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***Cant Scroll through fonts using arrow keys

Forum|Forum|17 years ago
September 29, 2008
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when trying to preview different fonts in AI i am unable to scroll through them using the arrow keys, it just doesnt move... can anyone tell me whats wrong? im sure its pretty simple but i have no idea how to fix it...if it can be fixed... oh im using cs3 and a mac on os x leopard

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Red Point

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Seems like its not possible on Adobe formus to delete posts.

tansihui

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Mine is CS6. Press the search button. Hope it helps

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BorisMel

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I found the answer!

on windows it's Down arrow.

on mac it's SHIFT+down arrow.

problem solved.

(tried on mac illustrator CS6 + osx 10.8)

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emil emil

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BorisMell wrote:
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(tried on mac illustrator CS6 + osx 10.8)

I don't have a mac but I know that Adobe introduced this feature on a mac with CS6 so, it is not something that has been there all the time that you just discovered it.

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jimmyneutron84000

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Grrrhhh !!!

Why Photoshop and not Illustrator ... Why on PC and not on MAC ?

That's shitty ...

With Up and Down arrows you can visualize immediately the render of your selected font.

Maybe in CS 15

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Jnz77

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you cant scroll through fonts in photoshop too. the scrolling stops on an item of the list (maybe photoshop has problem with it), and 1. in photoshop, you can't jump over it, you have to manually place the selection on the item after the one that blocked the scrolling, 2. illustrator will jump backward and you will keep scrolling about max 5-6 fonts over and over.

the font groups divided with lines are meaningless. it doesn't have any relation with regional keysets or any good reason.
a lot of unusable font f....d into the middle of the page.
i have to scroll over a dozens of unusable system fonts, what I cannot uninstall from Windows.

no font management at all.

and yes waiting for another 300$ upgrade too.

(plus another upgrade for a flash, because flash drawing tools didn't see upgrades in their whole lifetimes.
these tools are covered with bugs from top to toe. because nobody takes care of them. 300$ / 1bug.)

are18

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Got it. That IS nice. Too bad AI doesn't have it.

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_Phos_four_dots_

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Selecting or highlighting the text isn't even necessary.

One need only target the text layer in the Layers Panellette while the Type Tool is active. Highlight the font name, and the arrow keys will step through the font list, interactively updating the appearance of the text in the document.

And AI Mac can't do this?

Again: Bloody ridiculous!

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reliable_force157F

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BS,

Does not work on all systems and versions.

Mine neither.

Waiting on the next $300 upgrade.

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NotInUse

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You are missing something, Arthur.

Try this in Photoshop.....

Set a string of text. Highlight the text. Place your cursor in the Font field of the Character Panel. Now use the up/down arrows. See how the font changes in the document to display the selected font?

Now try the same thing in Illustrator on a Mac. Doesn't work. It does work on a PC though.

Christopher was asking about the live update in the document when arrow keys are used in the Font field. While it's true arrow keys will let you select a font in Illustrator, they do not update the document or the highlighted text.

are18

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Scott. Am I missing something? The arrows work just fine for me (on a Mac)!

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NotInUse

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I know exactly what you're referring to, Christopher. Unfortunately it just doesn't work in the Macintosh version of Illustrator.

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_christopher_moore_Author

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ive tried to highlight the font and scroll through with the arrows but it wont work im not talking about the acutal menu list arrows thingys! haha