Avoid text converted to outlines when opening PDF

Question

Currently Adobe Illustrator automatically and arbitrarily converts text parts to outlines, making these parts not editable nor selectable.

It's not related to fonts, because that font is on my computer, and, other text parts that has exactly the same font are editable and not converted.

It's just because of the code point. For example, in term `∀𝑥`, the ∀ (U+2200) is editable and 𝑥 (U+1D465) is converted to outline. I really dislike this arbitrary behaviour. If compatibility is considered critical, the program should at least give an option to allow us the users to choose whether to convert them to outlines

Bobby Henderson · Answer

Most of the time when I import PDF files into Adobe Illustrator I use the File>Place command rather than the File>Open command. I'll keep the link box checked when placing the PDF file. That will keep any embedded fonts in the PDF intact. The Flatten Transparency dialog box can then be used to control how the imported PDF file can be converted into editable artwork.

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