Characters on path disappear after Outline Text or just explode and get scattered all over the canvas
Started in in version 27.7.0
Reproduction procedures:
1. Create type on a path in document.
2. Save the document and close it once.
3. Open that document and select the text on a path.
4. Execute command “Outline Text”
The above procedure will make it all disappear and disappear.
This phenomenon is not reproduced in Illustrator 2022 or earlier, so it seems to be a 2023-specific bug.
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再現手順
1. ドキュメント上にパス上テキストを作成
2. ドキュメントを保存し、いったん閉じる
3. ドキュメントを開き、パス上テキストオブジェクトを選択
4. アウトラインを作成
以上の手順で、テキストはパスごと消えてなくなります。
Illustrator2022以前では再現しなかったため、2023固有のバグと思われます。
This issue is fixed in latest beta and prerelease builds. Prerelease and Beta builds are available Creative Cloud Desktop Beta and Prerelease Apps section.
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Kelsey McPherson commented
I am having the same issue with text on a path, but I need it to stay editable not outlined. It's fine until I close out of the document and reopen again, then is explode all over the screen letter by letter. See all the tiny dots in this screenshot - they are letters.
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Rob Reed commented
I was unable to attach the file to my intial report. The system wouldn't let me post with it attached.
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Rob Reed commented
Windows 11 Home v22H2 64-bit using Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.22644.1000.0 with OS Build 22621.1992
12th Gen Intel(R) Core (TM) i9-12900K 3.20 GHz
64GB RAM
2TB SSD
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 10GB
Illustrator v27.7File originally created last Friday, 07/21/23
Opening the file creates the problem every time. Once opened and addressed the issue stays dormant until re-opening the file.
Upon opening and clicking all text that is "Text-on-a-path" jumbles up or disappears. Undo does not fix the issue. When text is clicked on I get a pop-up window telling me that the text was created in a "different version" of Illustrator. Illustrator has not been updated since I created the file on Friday.Exact text of the pop-up:
"This text was created in a different version of Illustrator. Editing the text may cause some changes to your text layout. Basic formatting will not be affected. Do you want to continue?"I expect this to not happen, and it happens anyways.
While it is easy to fix, it's a temporary fix that takes time out of my day to do.
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Jed0328 commented
Note: When I "Alt + X" and "Alt + F" on the same artboard, the visual bug seemed to disappear. And it seems like its tied to the artwork I've made for some reason.
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Jed0328 commented
Seems like a visual bug, but when I exported the artboard to png, it still appears.
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Jed0328 commented
Out of the blue, these random letters just appears in and outside of my artboard, which I have no clue why and how. It is not seen/selectable in any of the layers nor is it a locked layer.
Adobe Illustrator 2023.
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Eli, yeah, it’s a known problem, and the team is going to fix it.
Thanks for the report. The workaround for now is to downgrade or to nudge the type on path sideways and back before outlining. -
Eli Holton commented
Was working in illustrator to make some logo and t-shirt ideas, and the program just started spreading letters and words from the logo lock ups I was creating all over the place
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Silas Yamakami commented
A workaround while this is not fixed is to select the text on path object, move it with arrow key, outline the text and then move it back to the right position.
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kata1963 commented
This is not reproduced in v27.6.1 or v27.5, so it seems to be a bug specific to v27.7.
v27.6.1,v27.5では再現しないので,v27.7固有のバグと思われます。
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ajabon grinsmith commented
There was a small error in my verification.
I correct it below.
The text appears to have disappeared, but has been moved far away from the artboard, outside the canvas.私の検証に小さな誤りがありました。
以下に訂正します。
テキストは消えてなくなったかに見えるが、アートボードの遥か遠く、カンバス外に移動されてしまっている。 -
ajabon grinsmith commented
Add verification.
After step 3, I get an alert when I try to edit text on the path with the character tool. "This text was created in another version of ....."
After translating that object slightly, etc., the disappearance does not occur.検証の追加
手順3のあと、パス上のテキストを文字ツールで編集しようとするとアラートが出る。「このテキストは別のバージョンで作られたものです....」
そのオブジェクトを少し平行移動するなどしたあとは消滅は発生しない。