Text on a path doesn't display or export properly
I am working in Illustrator 2024 on my work laptop running Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise (I've had this same issue in illustrator 2023).
I am able to type on a path, but then usually once I exit the file and then re-open it the text is no longer visible. I can locate the text in the layers panel which has been my work around. I'll find the text in the layers panel, target it, cut, and then paste in place. This will make the type visible again.
Sometimes the text will be visible when I'm getting ready to export, or create a link for review, and then it doesn't show up in the export or the review link. I then have to delete that export or link, go back into the file, target the text in the layers panel (even if it's visible), cut and paste in place to "reset," and then it will usually export properly.
There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason as to when this happens.
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Malia commented
Yes, I sometimes see characters scattered around the artboard. But I'm not outlining the text like the other person with the other bug was.
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Malia, can you please check this — can you spot any characters if you zoom out, far away?
There is a somewhat similar bug reported here — http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/601447/suggestions/46897540 — and I want to see if it’s the same one.