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  1. Illustrator 22.1 crashes on quit. (Mac OS X 10.11.6 on MacBook Pro i7 Late 2011)

    The latest Update to Version 22.1 won't work properly on my computer. Everytime I finish work and quit Illustrator, the programm crashes and freezes on exit screen, endlessly showing the rotating, colored ball (mouse pointer).
    I have to force quit, no other way to get around.
    So I switched back to Version 22.01 - everything working fine and smooth again.

    3 votes

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  2. Emoji rendering issues

    • Some emojis like 🎉or 😟show up as two undefined glyphs when pasted from the clipboard.
    • However, the 😟 will show up when inserted from the Glyphs palette.

    To replicate, simply copy/paste these emojis on a text using the Apple Color Emoji font.

    7 votes

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  3. 5 votes

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  4. Slow new start screen

    New start screen is slow and has difficulty connecting to the cloud. I have all the latest updates of the entire CC.

    2 votes

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  5. The software is glitching and refusing to open certain Illustrator files.

    I have to quit and open the software multiple times before I can get one file to open in this latest update.

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  6. Slow/Won't Export/Won't Save

    Have the latest version of Adobe Illustrator CC and the errors and error message are constant when exporting and saving.

    3 votes

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  7. text handling still a mess in 22.1

    Text handling in the 22.1 build - meaning the interactions between the Paragraph, Character, Paragraph Styles, and Character Styles panels - is still fraught with bugs and/or undesired oddity compared to previous versions. (2015.3 being the last completely -- or mostly -- working version.)


    Open Illustrator 22.1 (Windows) and create a new blank document.

    Draw a text box and fill it with placeholder text.

    Create a new paragraph style (‘body text’) and set the font, size, and leading to something different from the default. (e.g. font: 10pt Avenir LT Std Book, 16pt leading).

    PROBLEM 1: Select a word or words…

    26 votes

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    We 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 FAQhttps://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.html

    Warm Regards,
    Ashutosh Chaturvedi | Sr. Quality Engineering Manager – Illustrator
    Adobe. Make It an Experience.

  8. 1 vote

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  9. A clip group containing a compound path that borders an artboard often gets stuck as selected

    A clip group containing a compound path that borders an artboard often gets stuck as selected. Scaling the clip group (then undoing) causes the group to become unstuck as selected.

    2 votes

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  10. Hard crash GPU rendering MBP2016 - High Sierra

    I run a cleanly installed MBP2016:

    High Sierra 10.13.4
    3.3GHz i7
    16GB ram
    1TB SSD

    Illustrator Version 22.1

    On the current version of OS en Illustrator, but also for the past couple of releases I have experienced very frequent hard crashes of Illustrator when GPU preview is enabled.

    At random times, Illustrator will freeze, immediately after the entire system and only a hard reboot will bring it back.

    The phenomenon is frequent yet completely random (no obvious triggers).

    Disabling GPU preview immediately stops this from occurring.

    No obvious logs are generated during the event but I can run sysdiagnose if…

    1 vote

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  11. Tiny size indicators on high-resolution displays

    I have Windows 10 and a display with a resolution of 2560x1440 and a scaling of 150%. Illustrator displays tiny size indicators. Take a look at the screenshots.

    This is a long-standing problem with the scaling of the Illustrator interface. Please correct it, my eyes hurt.

    77 votes

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    We 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 FAQhttps://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.html

    Warm Regards,
    Ashutosh Chaturvedi | Sr. Quality Engineering Manager – Illustrator
    Adobe. Make It an Experience.

  12. Character window font selection search/dropdown box — User should be able to use Ctrl+A to select all typed in the search box

    Character window font selection search/dropdown box — User should be able to use Ctrl+A to select all typed in the search box

    1 vote

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  13. Change color in scaled dynamic symbols looses strokes scale

    When you place a symbol and scale it, of course, its strokes are scaled.

    But if the symbol was dynamic, and you try to change the color, then all the other parts MIGHT get their own stroke "unscaled".

    Look at the video below where all my shapes strokes reverted back to 24px instead of 50% scale (12px) If I had a more complex set of items, I can't imagine how to use dyn symbols at all, that's sad.

    The linked image also shows that.

    https://youtu.be/qO8Fu36Covg?t=46m10s

    1 vote

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  14. Style Sheets

    In Illustrator CC (Latest version and several previous) on Mac:
    - BUG 1: Copying text with a Paragraph and/or Character Style applied and pasting it into a new text box adds a "+" to the end of every applied style, effectively breaking every bit of formatting that has been done. (Every style must be reapplied to the text to make the text update when the Styles are updated).

    • BUG 2: When Staggered margins are set while editing the Style Sheet (e.g. a 20px Left indent and a -10px First Line indent), clicking on the "Tabs" tab, wipes out all newly…

    4 votes

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  15. Text size is not the same size as I set it

    How do I get illustrator cc 18 which I pay per month for, to apply text size the same size on the monitor as I pick in the layout?? If I put in for instance .50 size text it will be approx. .375 on the monitor or my layout. This is aggravating. It is something I am doing wrong or HOW DO I CORRECT THIS SO IT WILL BE THE SAME SIZE AS I CHOOSE. THANKS Jerry L. Evans Kokomo, Indiana. I had illustrator 6 on disk I purchased and had no problems like this.

    3 votes

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  16. layer panel crashes

    Scrolling in the layers panel on the laptop crashed illustrator
    and all the images disappeared from the recovered file.
    my illustrator version is 22.1 64bit.
    i am running win10 64 bit up to date.
    please fix this I am loosing whole days work due to this.

    1 vote

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  17. White spot and white line always appear up when I working and when I do an other things it will move into other position

    At the beginning it is work normal as usually then when I add something or move something there will happen a white line and white spot or missing part of my work and I try to ignored them but it will change position

    1 vote

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  18. Outline mode does not work

    I have Illustrator CC, I have tried the work around of Ctrl+E then Ctrl+Y.
    Outline mode displays the lines but freeze and won’t allow the color to leave the image or the lines to be manipulated. I’m so fed up how could I possibly use this program professionally, i have looked up the work around and tried Ctrl+E followed by Ctrl+Y and have tried to access through view mode, still no joy. I have shut down and reopened files 8 times and started again three times on new art board. This problem has gone on for two days. I had…

    2 votes

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  19. Offset Path Won't Work

    I am using Adobe Illustrator CC 2018 and can't get negative offset path values to work. I am trying to create an offset path in the negatives in text that I have created outlines on. When I do positive numbers, the offset path gets bigger (as it should) When I do negative offset values, the object is duplicated but at the exact same size. I have tried using the offset path tool from both the 'object' and 'effect' tabs and neither is giving me results. I have also tried negative values ranging from -1 to -16,000... there is no change.

    14 votes

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    Hi Everyone,

    Can you please provide a screenshot or step-by-step details of what you are trying to do. I ask because it’s working fine for me (see attached screenshot; it’s quite possible that I misinterpreted what you are trying to achieve). Could it be that the negative offset you are applying is greater than the size of the object. In that case, it won’t work. Otherwise it should.

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