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  1. Touch Type's alternate glyphs panel should ignore view rotation.

    Okay, just, look at this screenshot. Look at it. Contemplate it for a moment. Ask yourself if this feels like the right thing to do.

    The type itself is at about 45º to the edges of the artboard; I've rotated the canvas to roughly align with the type so I can have a better view of it while I think about how to properly deploy Bookmania's glorious OpenType alternate forms.

    I really wasn't expecting the Touch Type tool's popup to match the alignment of the canvas' edges but in retrospect I'm not surprised. NOTHING drawn in the preview window aligns…

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  2. Unable to export blank canvas using 'Export to Screen Multiple Formats'

    Cannot export blank canvas using 'Export to Screen Multiple Formats'.
    When making a brochure, one page is blank, but when using "Export to Screen Multiple Formats" to export, it prompts that a blank canvas cannot be exported.

    2 votes

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  3. Perte de l'affichage des bibliothèque de "marque"

    Quand on supprime un élément d'un bibliothèque de marque (option stockage d'entreprise), la fenetre de bibliothèque se vide et aucun efaçon de la réafficher qu'en quittant et relançant illustrator

    2 votes

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  4. Perspective grid vertical axis has incorrect foreshortening

    The vertical axis of the perspective grid has an incorrect scale/foreshortening factor. For example, if you show a cube, it appears too tall.

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  5. Object size (width/height) swapped in control bar.

    See attached screenshot. Control bar shows the width and height of the object/rectangle incorrectly. 'Transform' box shows correct info, but control bar swaps the 2 dimensions.

    2 votes

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  6. [ExtendScript] Cannot set some TextRange.characterAttributes after TextFrame.resize.

    We cannot successfully set some TextFrame.textRange.characterAttributes after the TextFrame has been resized using TextFrame.resize.

    (Tested on MacOS 15.4.1 Adobe Illustrator 29.5.1)

    Steps to reproduce:
    1. Create new document
    2. Run the below script

    Expected Result: all tests passed and no alert message appears.

    Actual result: Failed to set characterAttributes.size to 12.

    Script:

    (function () {
    
        var doc = app.activeDocument,
            textFrame = doc.textFrames.add();
    
        textFrame.textRange.contents = 'Hello.';
    
        textFrame.resize(200, 200);
    
        textFrame.textRange.characterAttributes.size = 12;
        if (textFrame.textRange.characterAttributes.size !== 12)
            alert('Failed to set characterAttributes.size to 12');
    
    })();
    

    NOTE: some other character attributes are "unsettable" also, eg. leading.

    2 votes

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  7. Gray popup about Unpropping appears again and again

    A grey popup appears constantly whenever I am ungrouping things to tell me about ungrouping.
    Nothing in Preferences makes this go away and I see it repeatedly so closing it once doesn't work either. I really don't need training wheels and this should be one simple option to disable all large tooltips, blue popups and gray popups. There are already enough idiosyncrasies and distractions with Illustrator.

    2 votes

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  8. Double Click on Fill results in Black

    Double clicking on the Fill (bottom of tools palette), when the current fill is a gradient results in the fill turning black, in stead of opening the Gradient Editor, which might be helpful and intuitively right.

    Please make this happen:
    Double click on the Fill at the bottom of the tools palette should open the color editor that is most likely:
    -RGB color should open RGB editor, CMYK should open CMYK editor, Gradient should open Gradient Editor, etc.

    2 votes

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  9. Can't constrain Curvature tool with Shift while moving points

    When using Curvature tool while drawing a line you can use the Shift key to constrain the new point to certain dimensions like you would with pen tool, but if you go back and try to move a point later, the shift key seems to have no effect on movement.

    2 votes

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  10. Curvature tool does some funkiness when clicking on a point of a different object

    Curvature behaves weird when you click on another object (related to https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/601447-illustrator-desktop-bugs/suggestions/44830828--corner-anchor-points-become-smooth-when-joining).
    But I'm not trying to join the objects, just click on it. It works fine if you click on the path of the second object, but if you click where an anchor point is it joins the two objects together at the point you click and the first anchor point of what you clicked off of. It also deletes all corner points of the object you clicked on.

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  11. Snap to Point doesn’t help much to snap an object’s edge to another edge, even with Smart Guides

    'Snap to point' in Illustrator is poor. You cannot currently snap objects together reliably. Results are inconsistent.
    For example:
    1) snapping a point to an edge does not work well, if at all. I have 'snap to point' on and smart guides enabled.
    2) when using constrain with the Shift key, whether they be points or edges. Even with Snap to Point turned on, or using Smart Guides. Just something simple as drag-copying another box adjacent to itself does not snap together the edges.

    In my videos, the first video applies to point 1) and the second video at 10s,…

    2 votes

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  12. When revealing a link in Finder/Explorer Illustrator opens the folder but doesn’t select the file, unlike InDesign does

    Unlike InDesign, this function does go to the folder, but it doesn't select the file.

    I assume this is a bug and not how Adobe intends it to work??

    I don't buy the idea that "I really doubt Illustrator can SELECT the file in the Finder / Explorer... I bet it’s something outside of its capabilities and both OS don’t really offer an integration like this".

    Why is it that InDesign can do this if there's some inherent thing blocking this functionality?

    2 votes

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  13. When selecting all objects, there will be very severe lag, and even software crashes.

    When I select all the objects, if there are many objects, it will cause the software to crash.

    2 votes

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  14. Advanced Options Missing in Recolor Artwork Panel with UI Scaling

    Bug Description:
    When the UI is scaled up , the advanced options in the "Recolor Artwork" panel become inaccessible. This happens because the panel becomes too large, causing the advanced options at the bottom to be cut off. Additionally, the absence of a scroll bar prevents users from navigating to the hidden section.

    Steps to Reproduce:

    Open Adobe software (e.g., Illustrator).

    Access the "Recolor Artwork" feature.

    Use the software on a high UI scaling factor.

    Notice that the advanced options at the bottom of the panel are not displayed and cannot be accessed due to the missing scroll bar.

    Expected…

    2 votes

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  15. Preview Only Text rendered as moved compared to the original

    The new Preview Only Text feature is bugged. Attached is a screen shot of a comparison of the original document and Illustrators Preview Only text. The copy actually moves quite a bit from it's original position. The text is area type and within a box if that is a clue. This should be a huge concern for anyone trusting the preview only text.

    2 votes

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  16. Strokes with a profile and have the rounded corners selected end up having pointy corners

    The corners of my strokes should have a rounded corner but the moment I adjust the profile with the width tool they turn all pointy

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  17. 29.5 hanging on startup

    29.5 is hanging on startup for me, won't get past loading in plug ins, then it just sits there... system is OS 15.4, Mac Studio M1 Max 64/512. SwatchLibs.aip seems to be the issue, won't load anything past that. Wacom Tablet is installed, latest driver in place as well.

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  18. Search for a file name in the Save As dialog on Mac doesn’t work

    When saving a file, searching for a filename, to add a V2 or FINAL as the end of the file name, does not work.

    I am using illustrator 2025 on Mac OS 15.4.1

    I have made sure that illustrator has full disk permission. See attached screenshots.

    2 votes

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  19. Saving as PDF loses all artwork outside of artboard - THIS HAS TO BE FIXED

    For 15 years I have never had an issue saving files as PDFs. I have always used the save as Smallest File Size PDF option, I do a lot of large format printing so this is necessary in order to rip files in a timely manner to the printer. Now when I save a pdf all my artwork that's outside the artboard disappears, hours upon hours of artwork just gone, no warning. Its bad enough there is no longer a way to purchase the software so having to pay monthly and the constant terrible updates are ruining me and my…

    2 votes

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  20. Fonts used previously won’t load and miss in the document

    Many of the fonts aren't opening properly on the working files from the previous version of IIllustrator. It appears as I have no these fonts, but I sure had yesterday in 2024 version, so it's there :d

    2 votes

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