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  1. Export as SVG does not properly respect letter-spacing style on text

    When saving as SVG, the exporter temperamentally interprets letter-spacing as either 0 (no style exported) or "1". E.g. within Illustrator I might set letter-spacing to 185, this would be exported as just "1" without a unit. Furthermore, if I open the file again, Illustrator interprets this as "90", and if I save again, the exporter exports without any letter-spacing.

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  2. Export as SVG should respect all-caps style on text

    Text in Illustrator file set with All-Caps style. When export as SVG, the style is lost. Either the style should be preserved, or, during export, the case should be hard-coded into the text (e.g. "Hello" styled as all-caps becomes "HELLO").

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  3. 透明部分を含むグレースケールモードのPSDファイルを配置するとGPUプレビューできない。

    オペレーティングシステム macOS 10.15.6(imac20,1 32GBmem/1TBSSD/AMD Radeon Pro 5300_4GB)
    Illustrator CC ver.25.2.3

    問題が発生したときに実行していた手順
    1. CMYKドキュメントをGPU表示で編集中に透明部分を含むグレースケールモードのPSDファイルを配置する。
    2. GPUプレビューからCPUプレビューに切り替わり、以降、Illustratorを再起動するまでそのドキュメントでは先程の配置画像を除去してもGPUプレビュー表示に戻せない。

    想定していた結果
    GPU表示が正しく機能する。

    実際の結果
    CPU表示に強制的に切り替わってしまい、GPUプレビュー表示に出来ない。

    RGBモードのドキュメントではこの症状は発生しません。透明部分を含む画像形式であっても他の形式ではこの問題は発生しません。また、Windowsでは起きないとの報告を受けています。
    以下のコミュニティスレッドをご参照下さい。
    https://community.adobe.com/t5/illustratorフォーラム/gpuで表示-が使えなくなる/m-p/12040056#M25098

    40 votes

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    I am happy to share that we have fixed this bug in our latest release – 26.3.1 which is available worldwide now.

    Going forward, our goal is to fix as many top User-Voice bugs as possible and as frequently as possible. Given the nature of the fixes, some of the bugs will take a longer time to fix, but we are on it.

    You can update to the latest release using Creative Cloud desktop App: https://helpx.adobe.com/in/creative-cloud/help/creative-cloud-updates.html

    Thank you for all the feedback. Keep it coming!

  4. "Color A Vector" learning practice page comes in already completed instead of a prepped canvas.

    "Color A Vector" learning practice page comes in already completed instead of a prepped canvas, so nothing changes when proceeding through the practice steps. This causes confusion and wasted time because nothing was changing as if I was doing something wrong. I added a few screenshots to show some of the steps, and where the picture was already at the desired settings to complete the steps. Could this be fixed so that I am actually creating the image? I left my best contact email which is different from my business email linked to my account. I am using a Toshiba…

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  5. Color in Adobe CC Libraries Are Not Functioning As Expected?

    I am using Adobe CC Design Apps, specifically the latest release, for Illustrator 25.2.3 (as of 5.14.21) on a 2017 MacBook Pro on BigSur 11.2.3. The issue that I am having is as follows:

    I am building a library of 100+ illustrations that all use a custom library of CMYK colors. There are 10 colors in total.

    I have created a CC library of my colors — each color has been set as a CMYK value and defined as a spot color with the global box checked. My documents are all set to the CMYK color space, and they are all…

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  6. Tiles documents, Fit in window shrinks right column of windows

    If I tile a larger number of documents (50+), first I'd like the ability to fit all in their windows at once, but if I got through and do it one by one, the column of documents on the right shrink a little bit each time I fit any document in window. Doesn't seem to be any reason for this, and it reshapes all windows, slowing things down.

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  7. Missing close, minimize, and maximize buttons on Mac

    I use Magnet and whenever I snap the window to the full screen (4K) the maximize, minimize and close buttons all disappear.

    MacOS Big Sur, version 11.3.1
    Adobe Illustrator Desktop (M1 Beta)

    4 votes

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  8. Arrow Head and Font Drop Down in Floating Panels display bug on Multiple displays

    The Arrow Head drop down menu in the Stroke panel pops up in weird places as shown in the attached video.

    Similarly, the fonts drop-down menu in the Character panel seems to be showing much larger than it normally would.

    This only happens when I am using multiple screens.

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  9. Direct Select tool selecting unnecessary groups

    Steps to repeat making unecessary groups (just one of many ways) in order to test how they break the direct select tool, and cause unpredictable appearances:

    1) make a rectangle.
    2) apply a "3D Extrude & Bevel" effect
    3) Expand appearance

    Now that you've flattened your 3D object, you'll have an extra 4 unnecessary groups come along for the ride. But you won't know this unless you use Vector Firstaid, or use the appearance panel to manually inspect the situation (argh!).

    4) Now use the direct select tool to click in the centre of one paths of the shape (direct…

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  10. Install dialogue 'remove previous versions' not working

    Just updated illustrator on win10 desktop from Creative Cloud. Install dialogue checkbox 'remove previous versions' checked, but not uninstalled.

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  11. Exported ai files cannot be saved again

    Problem Description:
    When exporting an ai file via script or action, the exported ai file cannot be [Save], [Save As], or [Save a Copy].

    • Specify ILLUSTRATOR11 or lower for compatibility and true for saveMultipleArtboards.
    • This problem does not occur when ILLUSTRATOR12 or higher is specified or saveMultipleArtboards is false.
    • The version of the original ai file is not relevant to the operation.
    • It happens in both ExtendScript and AppleScript.

    Environment:
    • macOS 10.14.6
    • Illustrator CS6(16.2.1)-2021(25.2.3)

    Steps to Reproduce:
    1. Open an appropriate ai file and execute the script in the [Code to execute] section.
    2.…

    3 votes

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  12. Partially read the file disappears with legacy format

    In Illustrator 25.2.3, myself, my client, his colleague, and their client, all run into a nasty bug where some ai files will not open.

    The dialog saying Illustrator could only partially read the file will appear and the file can't be recovered properly. Sometimes the file(s) can be opened on a second attempt, but, we have found that only by saving the files in Legacy format, will this bug disappear and the files are usable once again.

    4 votes

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  13. Mac OS Save As file name highlight bug

    Productivity killing bug in Illustrator 25.2.3, but not Photoshop 22.3.1!:

    Mac OS (Catalina, currently) Save As dialog box highlights the entire file name, including the extension, which has been a bug the past several versions. For over a decade, Save As would not include the extension in the highlight, so one could tap the arrow key once to the end of the file name to change it, to increment a version number for example. This bug has been a huge stumbling block in my productivity.

    Also, in Illustrator, the sometimes Save As does not highlight the file name at all…

    2 votes

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  14. When saving as PDF, downsampling does not function for images that are part of a transparency mask

    Windows 10 - Illustrator CC Desktop

    How to create issue:

    Place a linked image. Use linked image with another object to create a transparency mask. Save as PDF. Adjust downsampling options. View created PDF with a PDF viewer and see that the image did not get downsampled. Also, look at file size of created PDF.

    Release the transparency mask and resave with all other variables identical to other saved file. Open the file in a PDF viewer and see that it is properly downsampled. Also, look at file size and see that it is smaller than the other created PDF.

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  15. パスの線(丸形線端)を分割・拡張すると端が切れる

    カーブしているパスの線(丸形線端)を分割・拡張すると端が切れます。

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    Under Review  ·  PCM Maro responded

    製品フィードバックへのご協力ありがとうございます。

    ご報告いただいた問題が再現できました。
    追跡調査を行います。

    情報のアップデートがありましたら、こちらでご報告いたします。

    よろしくお願いいたします。

    Illustrator チーム

  16. Beim Öffnen einer PDF werden Textzeilen in Pfade umgewandelt

    Meistens wenn ich eine PDF-Datei in Illustrator öffne, gibt es die Meldung, dass die Schrift in einen Pfad geändert wird. Jetzt habe ich herausgefunden, dass der Grund dafür ein Fehler mit Ligaturen ist. Wenn Ligaturen wie fl oder fi verwendet werden, kommt diese Meldung.
    Es scheint, dass Illustrator die speziellen Glyphen nicht erkennen kann. Wenn keine Ligaturen in der PDF-Datei vorkommen, öffnet Illustrator diese problemlos und der Text ist editierbar.

    Wolfgang J. Kremer
    Mac Pro 5.1, OSX 10.14, Creative Cloud

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  17. Convert to Artboards doesn't work when on the layer exists a repeat grid object

    I make a regular rectangle and try to convert it to artboard and get the attached error. If I put that rectangle on another layer, doesn't contain a repeat grid object it works.

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  18. Illustrator Background Flickering

    Hey all.... I'm getting a very annoying flickering background in illustrator CC 25.2.3 as I roll the cursor around.

    It stops when I turn off GPU performance but I'd ideally like to have the best performing Ai as possible...other wise what's the point ey?

    MBP spec:

    10.15.7

    MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2019)
    2.3 GHz 8-Core Intel Core i9
    64 GB 2667 MHz DDR4

    AMD Radeon Pro 5500M 8 GB
    Intel UHD Graphics 630 1536 MB

    Very Annoying as this MBP is brand new

    Anyone had the same thing?

    5 votes

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  19. The new simplify tool can't handle many lines

    The new simplify tool makes Illustrator freeze when I try simplify contour lines in Illustrator that I used to do without any problem with the old tool. I've been waiting for 10 minutes now without any response from the app.

    I'm using the latest Illustrator version (2021) and the tool is not working. Since the tool doesn't give you a dialogue box to press cancel or anything, it seems that I have to force quit Illustrator. This happens to all my files since they are pretty complex. No problem with old tool.

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  20. Direktauswahlwerkzeug funktioniert nicht

    Direktauswahlwerkzeug lasst sich nicht verwenden. Für die Programme bezahle ich ca 59 Euro monatlich, damit ich auf Illustrator verzichten muss. Per Mail und Telefon kann man niemanden erreichen. Eine Schande.

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