Discretionary hyphen doesn't work in illustrator

Forum|Forum|1 year ago
January 30, 2025
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Hi

The discretionary hyphen in illustrator v29.2.1 doesn't seem to work.

It works fine in InDesign v20.0.1

I'm writing in Icelandic and there's not a hyphenation system in place for that language, so I toggled the automatic hyphenation off.

Is this a bug for Adobe to fix or am I doing something wrong?

Monika Gause

Community Expert

What happens when you turn hyphenation back on?

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RasmusMalver

Participating Frequently

It doesn't work. The discretionary hyphen is ignored, and Adobe's very poor auto-hyphenation is used. It's a massive problem, when doing area text in Illustrator.

Screen_Recording_2025-08-10_at_11-17-06.zip

Ton Frederiks

Community Expert

Can you see the discretionary hyphen when the Show Hidden Characters is active?

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