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  1. Cannot select type baseline with text tool when snap to grid is active.

    Is there an option I'm missing here with the newer versions of Illustrator? I have to key command the grid on and off constantly just to highlight small captions or type.

    2 votes

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  2. Extremely slow resize objects selected with multiple sublayers.

    The performance of resizing object is killing my Adobe Illustrator. Waiting (5 minutes don't helps).

    But If I scale the same objects but in a flat layer (single layer) it is done in miliseconds.

    The problem is only when I scale objects in multiple layers. But i need it to use in Adobe Character Animation

    The PC is very good (64GB RAM, 3700x procesor, Nvidia 2070 Super )

    2 votes

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  3. Icon font shows Tofu

    I created a font with emoji. I installed it in the Application support/Adobe/Fonts folder as I do with all fonts I test. Emoji characters like duck show two Tofu characters, although in the glyphs panel it is displayed correctly, please see attached screenshot.

    In all other applications, the character can be displayed.

    2 votes

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  4. EPS links are slow

    For some reason, as long as it is an EPS file that needs to be placed or relinked to the image, it will be very slow.

    2 votes

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  5. Linear and radial gradient do not stay true to selected color's value

    Linear and radial gradient do not stay true to selected color's value
    Not an issue in freeform gradient

    2 votes

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    0 comments  ·  Gradients  ·  Admin →
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    Do you have the test fil you can share with the team?

    Please remove anything sensitive from it and leave only the shape with the gradient. Do not move it into another doc or make sure it uses the same color mode as the original document does.

  6. Repeated objects are invisible when an SVG is opened in Illustrator

    When the attached SVG is opened in Adobe Illustrator 2020 - second usages of glyphs (B, 2, 0) are not displayed properly like in attached screenshot.
    Is this an issue with original SVG (it looks fine in Chrome or Firefox) or Illustrator?

    2 votes

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  7. Stroke weight defaults to 10pts on oversized custom Artboard

    If I create a new document one of the standard sizes, say Letter... then draw an object and apply a stroke... the stroke size defaults to 1pt as it should. However, if I define a new custom oversized artboard, say 500 inches square, then draw and object... when I apply the stroke, the size defaults to 10pts.

    2 votes

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  8. Pasting and moving deletes blur and brushes

    On iMac Mojave 10.14.6 the Illustrator Update 24.2.3 is very glitchy. When pasting and moving artwork it deletes Gaussian blur and brushes from pasted artwork so then I have to redo all the work again by selecting and clicking on the appearance (see pics 1 and 2). Also when reflecting an object it defaults to an angle and not flipped as normal. Please fix, thanks.

    2 votes

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  9. Asset Export does NOT retain the layer name

    When selecting two or more elements in a layer named "A" for instance, and adding to the Asset Export panel with the single plus button, it renames it 'Asset1' or something random.

    HOWEVER, if that same layer is nested one level deep, clicking the multiple + add button adds it as a SINGLE object, WITH the proper name.

    Very funky indeed.

    Need the single add button to just simply add it with the name of the layer.

    Here's a notion of what I mean (includes several long standing bugs in Asset Export)
    https://www.notion.so/Illustrator-Bug-fecf7e5fd65c4d6681f541e699b0cf96

    2 votes

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  10. File opens with one color value & the values change when placed in a new document

    Hi There, I am working in the latest release of AI on a MacBook Pro OS 10.15.4 (Catalina) and I am reporting a bug I've encountered.

    To preface, I don't know the age of the original logo file. The artwork is a PMS chip value, saved in an RGB document.

    To get the RGB value of the logo I opened the file and inspect the color. Since it was a PMS, I go to the RGB view either in the color panel or the selector in the tool bar & I see a specific value. (0/53/98) when I paste the…

    2 votes

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    To ensure the colors match, all apps should have their color settings synced, manually or via Bridge. If the problem still exists when the settings and color profiles match, please provide the details about the chosen settings, the color settings configuration files, the test files themselves, screenshots, etc., so the team can try to investigate this.

  11. Illustrator 24.1.3 Type tool and text refresh

    I've been experiencing an error and annoying Type tool bug since the last update to AI 24.1.3. It happens when I type something and later I go back to edit it (for example adding extra text, fixing a type) and the change does not appear to occur until I switch to Outline view. Alternatively, if I option-drag the text path the duplicate path shows the correct text. This is an old error (at least in appearance) that was fixed several versions ago and now it's back.

    2 votes

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  12. My colors keep shifting values

    I create swatches and it still doesn't remember shifts the value. RGB and CMYK. Seems to happen in every doc.
    Any insight to what I'm doing wrong would be helpful.

    2 votes

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  13. when highlighting text and shift + eye dropping to get text colour only

    This action produces random results (like the text has two colours on it)

    2 votes

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  14. Where's the colour???

    My new Adobe Illustrator seems to be totally in Black and white and grey scale. Where do I find the colour option in it?

    2 votes

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  15. Selection tool works slow with rulers

    You can improve Illustrator by making the Selection tool workable. As long as I start using rulers in the document, the selection starts to run very bad.
    What a useful software.

    2 votes

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  16. 2 votes

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  17. After using a Chinese type input, some of the punctuations are stuck in Chinese after switch input/typeface/restart

    After using a Chinese type input, some of the punctuations are stuck in Chinese even after switching input/typeface/restart

    This issue also effects Photoshop, please notify those guys as well!

    Please fix ASAP

    Macos 10.15.3
    Ai 24.0.3
    MacBook Pro 16in

    2 votes

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  18. Reflect Tool options order is incorrect

    When using the Reflect Tool's panel (pressing enter), pressing the "Up" and "Down" keys on the keyboard recognizes the order to be
    1. Vertical
    2. Angle
    3. Horizontal

    which doesn't match the UI.

    2 votes

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  19. 2 votes

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  20. Duplicating an Artboard with art on it and then Undoing it, causes crash

    if you drag and artboard with art on it while holding option to duplicate, it duplicates fine, but if you Undo, the duplicated artboard remains and you can't delete. sometimes if you try and select the artboard illustrator will crash. the only way to update is to reopen the affected file.

    2 votes

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    Hi, Fernando, thanks for reporting the issue.

    Since we are not able to reproduce the issue in house, kindly provide the following information to nail down the issue further: the machine details, the Illustrator version with which the issue is happening, the test file, and test steps to help us reproducing the issue.

    It would be very helpful if you can provide the video recording to reproduce the steps. Kindly share the above details ShareWithAI@adobe.com in a Zip file. Please mention the title of this issue as the subject of mail.

    Regards, Pooja Garg, Illustrator Team

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