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  1. Illustrator has bugs to support variable font with 3 attributes

    This is a sample font which to demo the variable font has 3 attributes (weight/height/Optical Size).

    If use Illustrator's Character panel to adjust the height attributes, the weight attributes would no work.

    1 vote
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  2. Cannot Pan/Scroll with WACOM pen in Open/Save/Place file dialogue windows.

    Cannot Pan/Scroll with Wacom pen in Open/Save/Place type file dialogue windows in mmany if not all of Adobe apps (where every other non-Adobe app I know of does, Apple and other 3rd parties), obviously this pertains to when you've mapped a Wacom pen button to pan/scroll to use in that manner (Wacom settings screen attached).

    What should happen is being able to interact similar to touch omnidirectional swiping which includes vertical mouse-like scrolling when pressing the button and making contact with the pen, as would be expected and Wacom designed it to do.

    What instead happens: Adobe apps interpret this…

    4 votes
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  3. Artboard sequence

    Converting Objects to artboards does not match layers sequences.

    1 vote
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  4. Black boxes appear on top of anything I draw with the pen tool

    If I try to draw something with the pen tool a black box will cover it, while I can still draw what I want, I can't see what i'm doing which makes it very difficult.
    I've updated illustrator, my laptop, and tried new documents but nothing will change it.

    7 votes
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  5. Artifacts that shouldn't be there

    I've noticed that sometimes there will remain some random artefacts of after deleting anchors that are ordered in lines or curves around each other.
    It will remain there, can't be selected, and even if the rest of the original form is removed, it still remain.
    It is not shown after rendering the image though.
    It occurs sometimes, and could be disturbing.

    Latest in CC 2018-01

    2 votes
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  6. Can’t select tools in tool groups, no dropdowns appear

    When trying to select a tool underneath the main tool, nothing happens. Tools with arrows to select further will not "drop down" so i can select a different tool. So when trying to select the smooth tool from the sharper tool, it doesnt do anything whether i highlight over it or click and hold.

    2 votes
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  7. Copy and paste doesn't always work

    Hi,

    I've been experiencing problems with Illustrator. When I copy an object with the ctrl + c button and try to paste them it randomly doesn't work.

    The problem is that I can't replicate it on command. At first I thought it had something to do with the laptop that I used, but it also happens on a freshly installed desktop.

    My version of Illustrator is 22.0.1

    I also checked the copy paste functions under the edit tab, and when I copied something it didn't show the ability to paste it. It could also only have something to do with…

    93 votes
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  8. Tiny background pixels in top objecting flickering in and out

    In some of my files pixels that are the color of the immediate background of an object will flicker in and out of the object. Zooming in and out changes the regions of the object that are affected, and sometimes it appears as if the object is fine. However, if you then zoom in, the problem resumes.

    1 vote
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  9. GPU bold fat offset artwork

    I have no idea how to properly name that bug, but here're images.
    This bug, once happened in document, stays at various zoom levels, after switching mode to CPU and back several times, stays after document closed/opened. Even after relaunching AI (he threw an error message also), bug stays!

    11 votes
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  10. Artboards name disappear after renaming

    After renaming an artboard in the panel, it will return to it's default name eg. , Artboard [x], instead of maintaining the new name.

    AI version: 22.0.1

    37 votes
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    Request to Contact Support  ·  Anish Kumar responded

    I am closing the ticket due to lack of response.
    Please get in touch with us at sharewithai@adobe.com or any of the other support channels – helpx.adobe.com/support.html . Please give a reference to this post so that we can identify you.
    Since this is not a generic issue that we can reproduce at our end, we will need someone to look into your machine to figure out what is going on here.

  11. Set Area Type width to larger than 13.888 inches via Type->Area Type Options... dialog

    Though the type tool can draw area type boxes of any size, the width property of the Area Type Options dialog box can only be set up to 13.888 inches. This means that for any wider area type, whenever you change a property within the Area Type Options it will be resized to 13.888 inches wide.

    This is not a new problem as seen in this thread started in 2010: https://forums.adobe.com/thread/701249.

    I often work on area type larger than this seemingly arbitrary limit. If I adjust the columns, gutters, inset or any other property found within the Area Type…

    11 votes
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    Completed (Comments Open)  ·  AdminAnkit Goyal(Illustrator Team) (Admin, Adobe Illustrator) responded

    I am happy to share that we have fixed this bug in our latest release – 25.1 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!

  12. Bug saving and opening legacy version 8

    Bug in latest version of Illustrator CC2018
    A file saved as version 8 (eps or ai doesn't matter) can't be reopened in Illustrator CC2018.
    Got this problem since this month (January 2018)

    1 vote
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  13. Snap to Point does not work with Text Objects anchors

    Snap to Point used to work on the anchor points of a Text Object. It's broken now.

    4 votes
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  14. Unable to move anything once placed within Adobe Illustrator

    I am using the latest version of Adobe Illustrator, i have restarted both my computer and my program numerous times and the issue persists. I am unable to move anything once placed on the Illustrator workspace. the only thing it allows me to do is to resize the objects but not move them.

    It is really frustrating when you come across issues like this which just interrupt workflow preventing you from doing the simplest actions. I am sure there is a fix but I don't have the understanding to know how to fix the issue and the majority of forums…

    1 vote
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    Request to Contact Support  ·  Anish Kumar responded

    Please accept my sincere apology for the inconvenience. Please get in touch with us at any of the other support channels – https://helpx.adobe.com/support.html . Since this is not a generic issue that we can reproduce at our end, we will need someone to look into your machine to figure out what is going on here.

    Thanks
    Anish Kumar
    Illustrator Team

  15. Illustrator CC 2018 (Mac) "Beachball of Death" Crash Anytime I try to Save! HELP!

    I've seen this issue in other spots but can't understand why it's not resolved. I've attached an error log in Word.

    3 votes
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  16. when .75 size for letter selected it prints .50 instead how to correct?

    when .75 size for letter is selected it prints .50 instead how to correct? I am using illustrator cc 18

    1 vote
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  17. In CC2018 the combination of alt and shift to duplicate and align at the same time doesn't work at all

    Hi
    In CC2018 the combination of alt and shift to duplicate and align at the same time doesn't work at all in my iMac.
    I would like to know how to fix this problem since this is very difficult to work like this.

    Thanks
    Avital

    1 vote
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  18. Dotted line stroke defaults to 0 dash 1000 gap

    BUG:
    Dotted line stroke defaults to 0 dash 1000 gap.
    Illustrator 22.0.1
    Trying to make a dotted (circles) line (2 pt. line with rounded caps) with 0 stroke and 3 gap.
    Defaults to 0 dash 1000 gap.

    2 votes
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  19. Type reverting to default when using shift or symbols.

    When within the text box, every time I use a symbol (i.e. parenthesis, bullet point) the action causes the type font to revert back to default. In the attached image I was using Acumin and after the parenthesis it reverted back to Myriad Pro.

    It's just inconvenient to have to select the text over again and make it the correct font.

    2 votes
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  20. cant copy text from illustrator and paste to indesign

    When I attempt to copy selected text characters (not the object) and paste in Indesign, I get outlined characters. I have to go through TextEdit, or any other place I can paste text, then copy it again to get text that will paste in Indesign as characters.

    2 votes
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    Need More Info  ·  AdminEgor Chistyakov (Admin, Adobe Illustrator) responded

    The latest version of Illustrator and InDesign have better handling of the buffer contents now. A selection of text at character level from Illustrator now gets copied and pasted fine in Indesign.


    Please check if it works for you now and comment back.

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