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  1. [ExtendScript] Cannot set TextRange.justification to value in ParagraphStyle

    We cannot successfully set textFrame.textRange.justification to the value in the applied ParagraphStyle.

    For example, if the text has [Normal Paragraph Style] applied, which for me has Justification.LEFT, then I cannot set that text to have Justification.LEFT in cases where the justification has been changed.

    (Tested on MacOS 15.4.1 Adobe Illustrator 29.5.1, but this appears to be an old bug.)

    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 textRange.justification to LEFT.

    Script:

    (function () {
    
        var doc = app.activeDocument,
            textFrame
    4 votes

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  2. Applescript—cannot save Illustrator file if embedding ICC profiles

    This is a bug, as verified by this post (https://community.adobe.com/t5/illustrator-discussions/there-is-a-problem-with-saving-as-illustrator-using-applescript/m-p/15287552) and this post (https://community.adobe.com/t5/illustrator-discussions/applescript-cannot-embed-icc-profiles-in-illustrator-save-options/m-p/15032019#M429674). I cannot save an Illustrator file as part of an AppleScript if ICC profiles are being embedded. This is a problem because I can no longer use my Applescripts for creating versions of logo files.

    The following code will fail with the error "Cannot get document 1". The error occurs when the save command’s with options parameter is a record containing a embed icc profile property.

    save document 1 in filePath as Illustrator with options {embed icc profile:true}
    I have verified that…

    4 votes

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  3. HEX Franklin Variable Font is Not Visible when Editing

    I am on a Mac running Illustrator 29.4. I am trying to use the variable OTF version of HEX Franklin, and all Adobe apps do not render the letterforms. When I try to select the variable font in the dropdown, it just defaults back to Myriad or the default typeface.

    Other variable fonts work as intended, but specifically, this one is broken. Any possible fix?

    4 votes

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  4. Objects vanish when a PDF is exported

    The PDF document is not being saved correctly. I have tried saving it in different ways, changing the elements and it still isn't working. I believe it is a problem in Acrobat itself perhaps?

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    Mateus, please File > Package the document, save the PDF preset used into a file, and send these over to the team for investigation, to sharewithai@adobe.com

    Put the link to this report in the body of the email as well: http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/601447/suggestions/49687994

  5. Tabs in Swatch Info text are made with spaces instead of actual tabs

    This is so bizarre. A native function for a professional application uses spaces in text to define tab stops, for a non-monospaced font...

    Sure, tabs just won’t work, since they stay in place if the Swatch Info object gets resized.... and Ai still doesn’t allow to scale tabs if needed...

    Instead of making 'Indent to here' work (here is a request about it: http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/37578991) and use it here, this is hacked, rather dirty, giving a worth example to designers. Change the font and the indentations rips apart...

    Shame!

    4 votes

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  6. Gradient Strokes lose exactly 1pt thickness when placed and embedded into another Illustrator file

    When placing AI or PDF files into an Illustrator document, any strokes that have gradients applied will become exactly 1pt thinner than its intended weight. The weight shows properly before embedding the link. I've seen a number of designers use a gradient 1pt line on their artwork to seem "metallic" only to find their line completely disappears if their artwork is placed into another Illustrator file. This only applies if you embed the link. Leaving the linked AI/PDF as a link will preserve the correct stroke weight.

    This appears to be present in several versions of Illustrator dating back to…

    4 votes

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  7. Locate Object highlights the first child of a selected group instead of the group itself

    When we select a group on canvas and click the Locate Object button, the tree gets unfolded and scrolled to the group.
    But for some strange reason, the item highlighted in the tree is not the group itself, but the first child within.
    This behavior is not new (although there was a time when Ai even used to keep the layer highlighted instead), but it feels odd.

    4 votes

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  8. Custom toolbars with plugin tools rearrange themselves alphabetically on launch

    Windows 11, Illustrator 29.3.1
    I use a custom toolbar with the tools I use most frequently (many Astute Graphics plugin tools), arranged in a specific order that I go to with muscle memory. Recently (2 updates ago?), they jumbled up – actually, they arranged themselves alphabetically descending top to bottom – but for my purposes, this is illogically jumbled, and I have to hunt for tools visually; it is very annoying and time-wasting. Then I noticed they were in my proper order again… next day, jumbled. I’ve worked out what is happening. First Illustrator launch of the day… alphabetically jumbled.…

    4 votes

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  9. Blob Brush strokes often include garbage on turns

    What is wrong with Blob Brush. Even with simplest strokes I often get groups, and these have the main part and tiny pieces of garbage next to it in them.
    Sometimes these are thinnest slivers, sometimes knotted madness, sometimes chunks chomped off...
    If I run simple Pathfinder Add, some of this get 'healed'. Why don’t you do at least this? Why these awfully angular turns and garbled edges happen in the first place? Please study the file.

    4 votes

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  10. Eyedropper picks the color of the antialiased edge of a stroke blended with the background instead of the actual stroke color

    Eyedropper requires a ton of precision when picking a color of s stroke.

    Watch the GIF.
    Here I have violet and green lines, drawn above a raster image.

    I’ve mistaken and used green color instead of violet, and now I want to pick it from the existing line.

    I click, precise enough (I hope), but the color picked — the almost correct violet (C74,95 M74,61 — instead of the global 75-75) — is not in the background at all. It’s a BLENDED color of the RENDERED anti-aliased EDGE of the stroke! So Ai secretly rasterizes what it sees and then…

    4 votes

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  11. Bullets/Numbering indents don't scale with type objects

    The Indent/First line indent values set in bullets and numbering options don't scale with type objects.

    Normal paragraph indents do scale as expected, so I think this is an oversight or bug.

    Examples:
    1. Area type with text at 12pt, numbering options have an 18pt left indent and -18pt first line indent.
    2. Same object scaled 150% -- type is now 18pt, indents have not changed, meaning left indents for double figures have been forced to the next tab.
    3. Paragraph without bullets/numbers, 12pt, left indent 18pt, first line indent -18pt.
    4. Same object scaled 150%, type is now 18pt,…

    4 votes

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  12. Live text in transparency mask not outlining or showing in font list

    This is a 2 part issue:

    1. If I select all and outline the type the document doesn't outline anything that is in a transparency mask. This is a major flaw that needs to be resolved as has lead to mistakes being printed with default text.
      Select all and outline needs to either include everything within transparency masks or a new command to outline text within these masks needs to be created as a separate option.

    2. A huge worry is I released work last week where I believed everything in the transparency masks had been correctly outlined by individually going in…

    4 votes

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  13. Conversion from CMYK to Grayscale is wrong

    Converting CMYK values to Grayscale will not give the expected result. C=50 M=50 Y=50 K=50 converts to 100% Grayscale in a CMYK document.
    The same C=50 M=50 Y=50 K=50 converted to R: 92 G: 81 B: 76
    in an RGB document it converts to 67,16% Grayscale, which looks more like the expected Gray value.

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  14. Clearly inform about specific words "violating" community standards when generating art

    I think when 'one or more words' violate the guidelines, Illustrator should clearly inform us what words these are exactly.
    I guess this can be used for a bad cause, like to gather the database of restricted words... but I don’t understand why normal users should suffer because of this.

    4 votes

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  15. Locking child objects in a locked top layer is not respected when the layer is unlocked and won’t toggle back

    If I have a layer locked and I click a pale lock icon next to a child item, the lock becomes solid, as if I am overriding the 'the parent is locked' status... but it can’t be toggled back.

    More of it, I expect this overridden status to stay when I unlock the parent — instead it gets dropped.

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  16. [ExtendScript] Rasterizing group creates two rasterItems

    1. MacOS 15.2.
    2. Adobe Illustrator 29.1
    3. Open demo document (attached) and run script (below).
    4. Should create one RasterItem, but instead creates two.

    Test Script (for use on attached test file):

    
    (function () {
    
        var doc = app.activeDocument;
        var item = doc.groupItems[0];
    
        // Raster Options
        var rasterOpts = new RasterizeOptions;
        rasterOpts.resolution = 192;
        rasterOpts.antiAliasingMethod = AntiAliasingMethod.None;
        rasterOpts.backgroundBlack = false;
        rasterOpts.clippingMask = false;
        rasterOpts.colorModel = RasterizationColorModel.DEFAULTCOLORMODEL;
        rasterOpts.convertTextToOutlines = false;
        rasterOpts.includeLayers = false;
        rasterOpts.padding = 0;
        rasterOpts.transparency = false;
        rasterOpts.convertSpotColors = true;
    
        doc.rasterize(item, item.geometricBounds, rasterOpts);
    
        var count = doc.rasterItems.length;
    
        if (count > 1)
            alert('The rasterization created two images but should have created only one.');
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  17. Rounding to integer or transform panel is broken after update to 29.0.1 from 28.X

    Rounding to integer or transform panel is broken (when using arrow keys to correct size of path with locked aspect ratio) after update to 29.0.1 from 28.X.

    Steps to Reproduce

    1.  Create a new path or use an existing one.
    2.  Open the Control/Transform panel.
    3.  With the Constrain Proportions option enabled, use the arrow keys to adjust the Width (W) or Height (H) value.
    

    Expected Result: Proportions remain consistent as values are adjusted.

    Actual Result: Proportions either change unexpectedly or the values jump to different numbers.

    Demo:

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  18. [ExtendScript] PageItem.resize doesn't scale Live Paint strokes

    While scaling Live Paint object correctly scales strokes if done via the UI, it fails to scale strokes if done via the PageItem.resize method in the scripting API.

    MacOS 15.0.1 Illustrator 29.0.

    Steps to reproduce:
    1. New document
    2. Create a Live Paint object including stroked areas.
    3. Select the Live Paint object.
    4. Run the following script:

    var item = app.activeDocument.selection[0];
    item.resize(200, 200, true, true, true, true);
    

    Expected result is that the Live Paint object's stroke widths would double. However they remain the same as before.

    See this user post.

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  19. Very laggy zooming in and out using mouse scroll since versions 28.1

    I'm on Windows 11, using the newly updated AI 29.0. This has been mostly my issue since AI 28.1 onwards. I've been using AI 28.0 without any problems, but I try out every new version to see if the issue will be resolved. I have a good internet connection (700++ Mbps). I think my system has more than the minimum requirements.

    For AI 28.0 - both .AI and AIC (cloud) files can be zoomed in and out using mouse scroller without any problems.

    For AI 28.1 - 29.0 - Locally saved .AI is somewhat laggy. Cloud saved .AIC has a…

    4 votes

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  20. Version 2025 crashes more than usual and freezes when a pen used with tablet

    With the last update 2025 there have been crashes, more than usual, and when I use the pen and the graphic tablet, Illustrator freeze.

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    Hi ,

    Thank you for reaching out to us regarding the issue you're facing. Unfortunately, we are unable to reproduce it on our end. To help us investigate further, could you please provide the following details:

    • Wacom tablet configuration (model and driver version)
    • When you first noticed the issue
    • Is the issue consistently reproducible? (i.e., does it happen every time?)
    • Machine's OS and GPU specifications

    If possible, it would also be helpful if you could share a short recording of the issue, or let us know if you're available for a debug session. This will enable us to resolve the problem more promptly.

    We appreciate your cooperation and look forward to assisting you.


    Regards,

    Aishwarya G Gadodia

    Illustrator Team

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