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    19 comments  ·  Illustrator (Desktop) Feature Requests » Type, Fonts, Text  ·  Admin →
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    Started  ·  AdminAvinash Singh Kotwal (Principal Product Manager, Adobe Illustrator) responded

    Hello,


    We have started working on the tech that allows us to enable the following:

    • Ability to convert the outlined/expanded text back to live text.
    • Ability to lock objects to a character/glyph of a live text, allowing users to change the text (properties) while the object stays locked into the character.


    As we work through the complexities of handling different font families, font size, and other font properties, we would love to meet with you and share our thinking around it and understand :

    • Your use cases and workflows that this feature will help you with.
    • What is most essential for you.
    • The workarounds that you currently use to achieve this.

    If you are interested, please pick a time slot that works for you using this link. https://calendly.com/meetai/60min?month=2023-01

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    Maciej Urbanek commented  · 

    you can open an AI file in Acrobat
    - then open the Flattener preview
    - check the box next to "convert all text to outlines"
    - click "apply"
    - save the ai as a pdf
    - open the pdf in Adobe illustrator

    done
    (but it would be best if Adobe Illustrator had an option to do it while opening the file)

    Maciej Urbanek supported this idea  · 

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