Accents in Illustrator

Forum|Forum|6 years ago
April 12, 2019
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i'm using Illustrator and I need to type in Portuguese/Spanish so i need to use accents like áàê

Everywhere else on Mac OS if I long press the key I get an accent pop up, like this:

In adobe products, this never shows up.

Am i missing something here or does Adobe products don't let this native pop up show up?

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default0bsu0bbwszzj

Participant

I also have the same problem.

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Anubhav M

Community Manager

Hello @default0bsu0bbwszzj,

Would you mind trying the suggestions shared in this help article (https://adobe.ly/4jelCow) to see if it helps?

Alternatively, try using the suggestions shared for macOS (https://adobe.ly/3E4jsZx) and for Windows (https://adobe.ly/3QVI0GZ) and share your observations.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Anubhav

pedrob72915308Author

Participant

Thanks for all the replies, all these workarounds are options, but neither is ideal - the accent pop up still feels like the easiest and fastest one (at least for me).

I was just using Adobe XD the other day and there the accent pop up shows up fine.

I'll just open an Illustrator feature request ticket.

Myra Ferguson

Community Expert

Go to Window > Type > Glyphs to open the Glyphs panel. If additional characters with accents are available in the font you have selected, it will show up there. If you select a character in your text that has alternate glyphs, it should show up in a box below your selection. Here's more info on alternate glyphs How to work with special characters in Illustrator