Error when pasting if one symbol is built with symbol font
I'm working with maps in Illustrator and for a long time copying and pasting text inside an illustrator document has been acting weird. Each time I paste, the text is being pasted, but also added to the text is one or a few letters from a symbol font. It's like when copying text, it also copies something else.
Today I noticed that I have one symbol which is basically one of the letters in one of my symbol fonts. (not outlined) And when outlined that symbol instead I noticed that pasting text no longer added the symbol font in the end!
So somewhere there's a major bug. Not sure if it's in your copy/paste routine or something about handling symbols.
In the video I attached I show you the process.
• First I copy a piece of text and paste it below. The symbol font is added to the end.
• Then I change the symbol being a font symbol to an outlined vector symbol.
• Another try with copying and pasting text. The extra symbol is gone!
I'm using Illustrator 2021 and MacOS 10.15.7.
This bug has been with me for at least 4 years.
Oskar
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At the the same time I know there is a request to be able to add symbols into the text, like InDesign intentionally can:
https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657-illustrator-desktop-feature-requests/suggestions/32360128-in-line-graphics-anchor-object-to-text-ability
And this bug looks like Ai already CAN do that...Or is it the symbol with an arrow you demonstrate has a live text, which is a symbol font, that displays the arrow character?
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I have NO idea what is going on there.
Even with the video, even with the description... this is something very weird.
You copy and paste a text. When you do that, a SYMBOL (not a text symbol, but a symbol from Symbols panel) gets added INTO the text?! And it can be treated like a TEXT character?
Sorry, I do not get it at all. Can you please share the actual file — if this bug is still with you in the latest version?
