Illustrator (Desktop) Bugs
When reporting a bug, please provide a detailed description with the following:
- Details of your operating system
- The version of Adobe Illustrator (desktop)
- The steps you were taking when you experienced the issues
- Your expected result and the actual result
- Upload your Illustrator file or a video (screen recording or gif, this helps us most to reproduce the issue and resolve it)
8058 results found
-
Certain font styles are missing, like Montserrat Bold, Arial Bold, Myriad Condensed, etc.
I have ITC FrizQuadrata installed. This font family has 4 styles: normal, italic, bold and bold italic.
AI CC2017 does show all four.
CC2018 shows only one — 'ITC'.It doesn't show it when you type family name, it doesn't show other styles in drop-down style list.
If I copy/paste text with needed font family style from 2017 to 2018, AI will show me two identical font names but two different preview near them (and again no italics).-
Screenshot%202025-05-13%20093237.png 32 KB -
Screenshot (25).png 316 KB -
Screenshot (24).png 269 KB -
Screenshot (23).png 257 KB -
Screenshot (22).png 237 KB -
Captura de tela 2023-09-22 134539.png 46 KB -
Captura de tela 2023-09-22 134655.png 55 KB -
Screenshot 2022-11-07 at 21.13.17.png 6403 KB -
Screen Shot 2019-12-11 at 15.39.02.png 49 KB -
Screen Shot 2019-12-11 at 15.38.52.png 905 KB -
Bildschirmfoto 2018-12-31 um 12.46.04.png 838 KB -
adobexd.jpg 94 KB -
system.jpg 177 KB -
illustrator.jpg 38 KB -
adobexd.jpg 94 KB -
system.jpg 177 KB -
illustrator.jpg 38 KB -
Schriftschnitte_weg.jpg 83 KB
33 votes -
-
'Remove redundant points' in Pathfinder options keeps unticking itself
AI doesn't respect 'Remove redundant points' being checked in Pathfinder options and always unticks it.
This option must not resets itself.46 votesWe have the fix available in the latest release. Please update Illustrator using Adobe Creative Cloud application to the latest build for version Illustrator CC 23.0.
Please refer to our knowledge base FAQ – https://illustrator.uservoice.com/knowledgebase/articles/1844590 if you face difficulty in update.
Or get in touch with us at any of the other support channels – https://helpx.adobe.com/support.htmlWarm Regards,
Ashutosh Chaturvedi | Sr. Quality Engineering Manager – Illustrator
Adobe. Make It an Experience. -
2018 Illustrator CC is crazy slow / extreme lag on fast touchbar mac
AI is extraordinarily slow to do anytlhing, even select tools, or draw or duplicate objects. I have a very fast computer:
2016 MBP 2.9ghz intel core i7
16gb ram
radeon pro 460
running OS 10.13.6
I have 60gbb free of space on my SSD.I haven't worked in AI for several years, but I'm deeply familiar with PS, and I'm following a tutorial on how to draw a geometric shape. So thats what I'm doing in the project. Very simple stuff.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQXrYGcrFpw1 vote -
Stroke not updated when using arrow keys
An object's stroke is not updated when using the arrow keys to increase or decrease stroke size. Then selecting another object without pressing enter or removing focus from the input box applies the stroke to the new selection.
Steps:
1. Create 2 shapes
2. Select first shape
3. Adjust stroke with arrow keys in the properties panel - shape on artboard doesn't update
4. Select second shape - stroke that was supposed to be applied to first shape is applied to second shapeUsing Illustrator 23.0 (Windows)
2 votes -
Garbled Video Screen
I was just starting editing already (deleting parts of an emf file) when the screen became garbled.
1 votePlease get in touch with us at any of the other support channels – https://helpx.adobe.com/support.html . Since this is not a generic issue that we can reproduce at our end, we will need someone to look into your machine to figure out what is going on here.
-
1 vote
Please accept my sincere apology for the inconvenience. Please get in touch with us at any of the other support channels – https://helpx.adobe.com/support.html . Since this is not a generic issue that we can reproduce at our end, we will need someone to look into your machine to figure out what is going on here.
-
SVGs not aligning properly unless title layer is deleted.
When I import an image in SVG format the alignment tools do not work properly to align the image with other elements on the artboard. I've found a work around for this, deleting the "title" layer of the SVG in the layers panel seems to allow it to work properly. There is no graphic information in the title layer as far as I'm aware so why does it affect how the alignment tools work? Also with the title layer still present clicking align moves it every time it's clicked rather than just once, how it usually behaves. I've attached a…
3 votes -
Freezing issue
Since the 23.0 version Illustrator keeps freezing regularly, up to 3 times in a day's usage. There is no actual pattern that i can point to, just that it keeps doing it at certain time intervals and with certain signs sometimes (like the menus not showing), which are also irregular and i have to use Task Manager to close it and open it again.
1 vote -
Gradient stroke with spot colors separations error
Using spot colors in a gradient stroke has problems on a close path. When viewing separations, white gaps appear between some spot colors.
1 votePlease get in touch with us at any of the other support channels – https://helpx.adobe.com/support.html . Since this is not a generic issue that we can reproduce at our end, we will need someone to look into your machine to figure out what is going on here.
-
Undoing Warp Tool Transforms
Software Details:
Windows 10 / Ver. 1809 / OS Build 17763.316 / Illustrator Ver. 23.0.2Steps Taken:
a. Selecting Warp tool (or any other from the warp tools palette)
b. Selecting an object
c. Warping the object either once or repeatedly
d. Undoing all warps to restore original shape.Expected Result
The undo command would undo my actionsActual Result
Although the outline that appears when hovering over the object had returned to the anticipated state after the necessary number of undos, the object itself remained unaltered - sometimes disappearing. Subsequent undos would only affect prior actions on other objects.…
1 vote -
Bug: Cannot scale a horizontal line via center box handle
Hi,
in Ai CC2019 I cannot scale a horizontal line via the center box handle. The only way to it, is to use the direct selection tool (A).
see: https://feek.d.pr/drpiNK.gif
== feek
1 vote -
Draw Inside Object problems
I am working on an Apple Mac OS Sierra Version 10.12.6.
In Illustrator I can't use the draw inside objects, Draw Normal and Draw Behind are enabled, not Draw Inside?
Thanks, Pam1 voteRequest to Contact Support ·AdminIllustrator Engineering (Software Engineer, Adobe Illustrator) responded
Please accept my sincere apology for the inconvenience. Please get in touch with us at any of the other support channels – https://helpx.adobe.com/support.html . Since this is not a generic issue that we can reproduce at our end, we will need someone to look into your machine to figure out what is going on here.
Thanks & Regards,
Raghuveer Singh -
Delay when opening/placing/looking for files.
illustrator and indesign and photoshop all had little or no delay when 'exiting' the software to find/open/place/import a file. Now there's significant seconds added whenever I do anything, even selecting fonts causes seconds of delay when they used to show up instantaneously. just started Monday with Mojave 10.14.1 update
2 votes -
Text with effects becomes a group of text and rendered raster image. Effect is no longer 'live'
Text with effects becomes a group of text and rendered raster image. Effect is no longer 'live'
Text block is now a group with a raster image for the drop shadow. I have to reapply the drop shadow in order to correctly edit the text block.2 votes -
Text edits have no undo, do not trigger file as updated
When editing a block of text. Back delete key does not work and forward delete key deletes from start of block instead of cursor/insertion point. Text has to be highlighted to be deleted. Undo for deleted text is unavailable. Document does not indicate any changes and can be closed without a save dialog and thus losing edits.
2 votes -
Illustrator groups unintended objects, you can't ungroup unless you click on a certain object.
I've had this issue for years with various versions of Illustrator. Occasionally when grouping and ungrouping objects Illustrator will get stuck on a grouped object and then subsequently clicked objects with that object.
It's annoying because it creates unwanted group handles for the subsequent object you want to click or transform.
Over the years I've found that the only way to "ungroup" the unwanted group is trying to find and select one of the objects that is "causing" the unwanted grouping for lack of a better explanation.
Again, this is not a new bug. It's something that I've been dealing…
7 votesRequest to Contact Support ·AdminIllustrator Engineering (Software Engineer, Adobe Illustrator) responded
lease accept my sincere apology for the inconvenience. Please get in touch with us at any of the other support channels – https://helpx.adobe.com/support.html . Since this is not a generic issue that we can reproduce at our end, we will need someone to look into your machine to figure out what is going on here.
Thanks & Regards,
Raghuveer Singh -
Default Template Folder
Version 23.0 no longer opens template files from the default "Cool Extras" folder. Instead it navigates to the last folder saved. Please revert this back as it is a huge waste of time creating new documents now.
This also occurs for scripts, but I use less frequently and have dealt with it. Unacceptable for template files however.
4 votes -
Linked image used in opacity mask not compressing
I believe this is a new issue with a recent update. I've never had this issue before.
The attached pdf file should be renamed to an ai file. For some reason I am not allowed to attach an ai file. That doesn't make sense to me as this is a bug report platform for ai.
If I create a document that has a linked image used in an opacity mask, illustrator is not compressing the image when I save it. I'm seeing a file end up being, for example, around 8MB when it should be around 600KB. I am downsampling…
1 vote -
Artboard Not Visible when in a Tab
Mac Pro 2015 with OSX Mojave
When opening a PDF the file naturally attaches itself to a new tab on the illustrator workspace but the entire artboard is missing. Only when you pull the tab free to make an individual window are you then able to see the illustration contents.
1 vote -
Can't change the font in Glyphs
In Glyphs we can't change the font.
2 votes
- Don't see your idea?