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  1. Rich tool tips keep popping up

    Rich tool tips are always randomly opening and staying open something even when I am on other side of screen. Hard to take a screen shot, as when I click to screen shot the tool tips disappear. It's been happening on 2 different machines running Sonoma for about 1 year. Never used to happen.

    2 votes

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  2. Script selection/appearance modification causes error 8702

    I am using a script to change the appearance of an object (fill color of an ellipse shape). Since there is no way to access appearance properties directly (which would be lovely to get someday), I am using a known workaround with defaultFillColor on the selected document.

    app.activeDocument.selection = [item.obj];
    app.activeDocument.defaultFillColor = item.newCol;
    

    Unfortunately, the selection seems to leave Illustrator in a weird state, and any further script command (e.g. next iteration of the loop) fails with "Error 8702: there is no active document."

    This sometimes goes away if I use CPU instead of GPU preview, though not reliably. And…

    2 votes

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  3. プリセットのB6サイズについて

    IllustratorのプリセットのB6サイズは125 mm×176 mmですが、日本の規格はB6サイズ182mm×128mmです。
    他の投稿より引用ですが、プリセットは、B4とB5はJISで、他のB系は国際規格になっているので、統一してほしいです。

    54 votes

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  4. Image Map URL Links Disappear in PDF Export

    Issue occurs in Illustrator 2025 (29.6) and later versions

    Description:
    URL links configured through the Attributes panel’s Image Map feature are not preserved in exported PDFs, despite enabling the “Preserve Hyperlinks” option in PDF export settings.

    Steps to Reproduce:
    1. Create a new document
    2. Create an object (e.g., rectangle, text, etc.)
    3. Select the object and enter a URL in the Attributes panel → Image Map
    4. Create a new layer above the current layer
    5. Export as PDF with “Preserve Hyperlinks” enabled in export settings
    6. Open the exported PDF in Adobe Acrobat

    Expected Result:
    URL links should…

    28 votes

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  5. Illustrator 30.3 Font Handling Issue

    The new 30.3 update for Mac introduced "improved font handling in Illustrator (macOS) for better consistency and reduced reliance on unsupported system resources"

    However, this seems to have broken auto font activation with the Typeface font manager.

    Is there a way to get this fixed?

    Thanks!

    4 votes

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  6. Using Image Trace with specific settings generates large black blob made of gigantic black circles

    Image Trace yields a black blob when adjusting the settings now. For instance, it renders a details drawing into a clump when changing the settings to have 1% for the corners slider. This bug is in AI 2026 only.

    4 votes

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  7. Color Mixer in Control and Properties panels gets broken after using Tab

    The Color Mixer in Properties and Control works oddly. Here, I try to navigate my fields with Tab, and then drag one slider — boom, it all breaks: sliders vanish, active fields become visually inactive, closing it becomes very hard...

    I feel like it started happening when the generative virus put its tendrils into Ai.

    21 votes

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  8. 34 votes

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  9. Em dash incorrectly rotates upright in vertical text layout

    Illustrator 2025 (29.8.1) (29.8.2) Japanese

    Em dashes are Latin characters, so in vertical text layout they should be rotated sideways like other alphanumeric characters.
    However, in v29.8.2, Em dashes are rotated upright like Japanese characters. This is clearly a bug.


    EMダッシュが縦組みで正立回転する

    EMダッシュは欧文の文字なので、縦組みでは他の英数字を同じく横倒しになります。
    しかし、v29.8.2では、和文の文字のように正立回転してしまいます。これは明らかにバグです。

    19 votes

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    修正は最新の30.3一般リリースに反映されています。アップデート後、問題が解消されているか確認し、引き続き問題が発生する場合はご報告ください。

    The fix has been pushed into the latest 30.3 general release. Please update, check, and comment back if it still happens.

  10. New Glitch in Smart Guides, highlighting perspective grid-like points

    Theres a new update glitch in smart guides, when I have an object selected, a bunch of perspective grid-like highlights.

    This setting is connected with object highlighting in smart guide settings. If i shut off object highlighting in Illustrator>Preferences>Smart Guides>Object Highlighting, the issue stops.

    Seems like just a new bug glitch in a recent illustrator update.

    2 votes

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  11. Images and Shadows Not Rendering Correctly

    I am having issues with build 29.8.2.
    When I link photos to my artboards and add drop shadows to shapes or objects, the display is not rendering them. It will show them, but if I move or zoom out, sometimes they go away. And if I export my artboards, these issues carry over. The images dont export, there is just a grey circle where that masked image is supposed to be. And shadows from one object to the next are different, just not even there. How can I fix this?

    3 votes

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  12. 13 votes

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  13. Transparency mask bugs with "Gaussian Blur" effect applied inside the mask

    I've got an object with a transparency mask applied which contains a "Gaussian Blur" effect, when I want to align it with the Properties panel"(copy of the first object - pasted on second object), the effects change totally (I need to change the blur from 80 to 30 to have nearly the same effect.

    2 votes

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  14. Illustrator crashes using copy command

    Everytime I use the copy shortcut or from the edit drop down, Illustrator crashes. I'm on Windows 11. It just started today.

    15 votes

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    We have confirmation from multiple users that copy paste crash issue is resolved after updating to latest MS Windows Defender security intelligence update - 1.435.148.

    Request everyone in this thread to update to the latest MS Windows Defender security intelligence update - 1.435.148 and share if this resolved this issue.

  15. 文字パネルのカーニング設定のドロップダウンのチェックマークが1つ前の選択オブジェクトの設定を表示する

    macOS14.7.2/iMac27inch
    ver.27以降で確認

    Step to Reproduce
    1. ドキュメント上にエリア内文字を3点用意し、それぞれの文字間のカーニングを設定を「和文等幅」「オプティカル」「メトリクス」に設定する。
    2. 選択を解除し、「和文等幅」を設定したものを選択する。
    3. 再び選択を解除し、「オプティカル」に設定したものを選択する。
    4. 文字パネル上では「オプティカル」が表示されているが、ドロップダウンをプレスすると「和文等幅」の項目にチェックマークが付いている。
    5. 選択を変更しながらドロップダウンのチェックマークを確認すると、一つ前に選択していたものにチェックマークが付いている。

    期待する結果
    文字パネルに表示された項目と同じ項目にドロップダウンのチェックマークが付く

    実際の結果
    1つ前の状態を表示する。

    これは文字パネルのみの不具合です。プロパティパネルは正常に表示されます。

    EN
    Steps to Reproduce
    1. Place three textFrames in the document, and set the kerning each textFrames to “和文等幅”, “Optical” and “Metrics” respectively.
    2. Deselect all textFrames, then select the one set to “和文等幅”.
    3. Deselect all characters again, then select the one set to “Optical”.
    4. Although “Optical” is displayed in the Character panel, when you click the drop-down menu, the “和文等幅” option is checked.
    5. When you check the checkmark in the drop-down menu while switching selections, the…

    4 votes

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  16. Placing Illustrator file in InDesign

    Placing files with bleeds create in Illustrator 30.1 and 29.8.4 moves the artwork down-left without respecting the bleeds.
    Illustrator 29.5 works correctly.

    2 votes

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  17. New fonts don't load upon installation

    Somehow, the new Adobe Illustrator updates prevent manually installed fonts from loading. These are fonts that aren't available in Adobe Fonts. So I have to install them manually. Because of this, I have to restart Illustrator so I can use the font. There's no problem when activating fonts on Adobe Fonts. Is there a workaround for this?

    9 votes

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  18. 前面へペースト

    30.2.1にて前面へペーストが二重になるバグが時々でます。
    イラレを再起動や画面の切り替えで治ったり治らなかったり。
    前のバージョンではならず、別の初期化済みMacでも発生します。

    mac mini M4

    MacOs 26.3.1

    2 votes

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  19. Swatches disappear in Swatches panel when switching between documents

    I've got two documents open. An RGB one, and a CMYK one. When I CMD+TAB between the two, all the current swatches disappear. I have to click on a different 'view swatches' button to make them appear. This happens EVERY TIME. I just updated to the latest version of Illustrator thinking it would fix it, but it doesn't.

    10 votes

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  20. PDF/X-4で書き出す際にダウンサンプルされる

    macOS14.7.2/Imac27inch i5/32GB mem/1TB ssd
    Illustrator ver29.5

    再現手順
    1.800ppiのモノクロ2開帳の画像をドキュメントに原寸で配置する。
    2.ファイル→コピーを保存を実行、PDF形式を選択し次のダイアログでプリセット「PDF/X-4:2008(日本)」を選択して保存する。
    3.PDFを開いて配置した画像を調べると300ppiにダウンサンプルされている。

    期待する結果
    800ppiのままダウンサンプルされずに保存される。

    実際の結果
    配置したビットマップ画像は300ppiにダウンサンプルされる。

    このプリセットでは実行解像度が1800ppiを超えた際に1200ppiにダウンサンプルされるように設定されている。配置状態で800ppiの画像はダウンサンプルの条件に当てはまらない為ダウンサンプルされてはいけない。
    また、300ppiという数値はモノクロビットマップ画像を取り扱うには致命的に低い解像度と言える。

    回避方法
    ビルトインのPDF/X-4プリセットは利用せず、同等のプリセットを自身で作成して利用する。その他、プリプレス関連メーカーが配布するPDF/X-4プリセットを利用しても良い。

    EN
    Step to reproduce
    1. Place an 800ppi monochrome bitmap image in the document in its original size.
    2. Select File→Save a copy, choose PDF format, and in the next dialog, select the preset "PDF/X-4:2008 (日本)" and save the file.
    3. Open the PDF file in Acrobat and check the placed image to find that it has been downsampled to 300ppi.

    Expected result
    The image is saved without being downsampled to 800ppi.

    Actual result
    The placed bitmap image is downsampled to 300ppi.

    32 votes

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    修正は最新の30.3一般リリースに反映されています。アップデート後、問題が解消されているか確認し、引き続き問題が発生する場合はご報告ください。

    The fix has been pushed into the latest 30.3 general release. Please update, check, and comment back if it still happens.

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