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Some applications for managing buffer can not handle the vector data stored by Illustrator and force it to fall back to outlines and rasterized copies.
This time it was Launchpad app, quitting it solved the problem.
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ok, since this has worked for years and years, either a change was made in illustrator or launchbar.
I will reach out to the develop of that to bring it o attention, but there is a conflict that has opened up after working for at least 10 years together.
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!!! I think we found the culprit !!!
I use an app called launchbar, and it does handle some clipboard items. I just quit it and opened the document and copied and pasted, and it worked as expected.
so launchbar is conflicting with AI it seems. hope that helps.
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Egor, did anything ever come out of this? I emailed where you wanted describing all the info needed.
thanks!
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under the prefs, I have tried pretty much every combination of turning things on and off. same result.
I don't even know what a buffer manager is! so I am going to say no. I am on Mac, maybe that is on the windows side?
it is consistent across reboots, restarts, showing away prefs, reinstalling.
here is the thing about fonts. I am using the same 2 fonts for all of the text, and when I copy and paste it, some of the text remains editable, some it turns to outlines. some of each, but it is always the exact same ones.
I can't make a new file with this artwork, since copy and paste does not work. if I make a copy of the file, delete every single thing other than this design, it still does it.
I started to get this dialog now. then I hit ok and it turns the file into wire mode, and I cannot put it back into preview mode. get the same dialog until I delete the art that was just pasted. so that makes it unusable.
the workaround I have to use is to copy the artwork to a library, then drag out a copy of it anywhere I need and hope that it doesn’t break that file. I have to change a number in every instance of this artwork as part of the design, so this is just a nightmare.
making a new blank document, I make a copy of the library element. then all of the text is editable, but if I copy that element after changing the number, to paste it another part of the layout or design, it is outlines. so I have to either option drag it, or start it over from the library. and if I have to make a 2nd document that goes along with this design, then I have to start from scratch every single time, since I cannot copy paste from one document to another.
and copying that object to the library just to bring it over to another document is the worst solution I can think of from a productivity standpoint. a dozen steps rather than a copy paste.
I have tried going back 3 versions of illustrator to see if any of those worked, all the same.
I can send you a file if it will help, but this just sucks.
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Egor,
are you using launchbar by chance? if so, go into the settings for it and then to clipboard settings. under the edit for applications to ignore, add illustrator and it will fix it.