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    103 comments  ·  Illustrator (Desktop) Bugs » Type, Fonts, Text  ·  Admin →
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    Sam Dal Monte commented  · 

    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.

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    Sam Dal Monte commented  · 

    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.

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    Sam Dal Monte commented  · 

    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.

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