When can we expect a proper fix for this Adobe? You've known about this issue for 6 weeks now -- since October 30, 2024. How long do you plan to keep this fix in beta testing? This issue affects any and all text created in previous versions of Illustrator. This is a critical issue that thousands of professionals rely on to work properly. Adobe's lack of communication and dragging their feet on this issue just goes to show how out of touch and tone deaf you really are.

I'll add my voice to the chorus: calling a major bug resolved because you're having success in the beta version is absurd. I work for a corporation and use Illustrator in a manufacturing environment. We don't install beta test versions of software across our network. We don't even do updates for the first few weeks so garbage like this can get ironed out. We pay an outrageous price tag for a premium product. FIX. THIS. NOW.

Hi,

Im having the same issue still

Please fix in the primary release. We don't use beta and changing the font every single time is unacceptable. This would be an annoyance if we didn't pay so much for the software. In this case it is unacceptable.

Same here, please fix it 🙏🏻 its currently impossible to work with text

Having the same issue.

After typing in text using the type tool, changes in its font style are not applied permanently for further text edits. This happens for both font families and weights. Font sizes, distances, and other manual changes are not affected.
For example, if I type in the text 'No Edits' in Arial, then change it into Futura, it will appear be fully applied to the initial text. However, if I add in new letters, for example, making it into 'Please No Edits', the new word 'Please' will still appear in the style Arial instead of Futura.

This error is happening to both my coworker and me. We are both using Illustrator 29.1 version.

I am experiencing this issue too. It's so annoying I had to go back to 2024 version since bugs like this renders the new (2025) version to useless.

I tried to copy-paste the affected piece of text from 2025 to 2024 Illustrator version just to inspect. I noticed that text is getting chopped and cllpping-masked. I never saw this before.

BTW. It is NOT DONE, beta does not count. Its major bug.

It's not fixed until it's rolled out in a proper build. We aren't beta testers. We are paying customers. The dev team should work to confirm the functionality and stability on their end then issue the update.

Same as Jessica, I am not a beta tester. I need to work with Illustrator.
Please advise when the fix will be in a live version.
Thank you.

Fixing it in Beta only, is not a fix. Please roll out a patch to the regular version as well. I do not want to have to download and use the beta version for Illustrator to work properly.

All - you need to have latest Illustrator (Beta) app installed from Beta Apps section in Creative Cloud Desktop to try the fix done.

Anytime I change the selected font in a previously used type box and then click back into it afterward, the newly typed text reverts to the originally used font, regardless of the placement of the cursor.

Coworker and I are having the same exact font and character style issue. It is driving us nuts that the fonts are not working correctly.

Hopefully they get this fixed asap.

Character style fonts dont save correctly anymore, fonts change now when you copy a text label and start typing. Where previous illustrator versions did not have the issue and the font stayed the same.

Another update: I have been able to reproduce this behaviour in new documents with no objects copied over from the original document, and none of the same fonts used. This behaviour only seems to affect text objects created after the document has been saved, closed, and reopened.

Steps to reproduce:
1. Create a new document.
2. Add a text object (#1) and type something. Select the entire type object and change the font.
3. Add another text object (#2) and type something else. Select the entire type object and change the font (to a different font than #1).
4. Save and close the document.
5. Reopen the document.
6. Add another text object (#3) and type something. (This text object should have the default Myriad Pro font.)
7. Add another text object (#4) and type something else. With this text object selected, use the eyedropper tool on one of the original text objects, to transfer over the type style.
8. Change the font of each of the text objects to a completely different font that hasn't been used in the document yet. Use a different font for each.
9. Type something new in each of the text objects. #1, #2 and #4 will revert to their original fonts, while #3 retains the changed font.

It looks like any font styles that were created before the document was first saved and closed, and any font styles created after the document was reopened but before the default text style for new text objects was changed by the act of using the eyedropper tool, are somehow "contaminated" — any text set to any of these styles will revert to it as soon as new text is added, even if the text style has been changed since then.

Update with some more details: I created a new document and copied/pasted some text from my original document into it (both whole text objects and individual bits of text).

Unlike my original document, text objects created in this new document don't revert to their original font after changing the font and editing the text. However, the buggy behaviour from the original document appears to be "contagious": any text from the original document still reverts to the original font when edited, whether it's a whole text object copied/pasted over or individual characters pasted into text objects created in the new document.

Operating system: macOS Sequoia 15.0.1 (24A348)
Version: Illustrator 2025 29.1

I created text objects and set them to a specific font. Later, I changed them all to a different font. Now, whenever I add text to one of these text objects or create a new text object with the new font set in the Character palette, it reverts to the original font, no matter how many times I change the font.

For me the issue still persists.

Once I reactivated "Enable missing glyph protection" the same thing started happening as reported. CCD shows Illustrator was updated this morning, so I'm under the impression I'm using the newest build.

Thank you,
Mariusz

silly font problems