Illustrator exports SVG with font set to ArialMT

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May 11, 2023
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When we export artwork from Illustrator with text formatted with the Arial font, the SVG code has the font set to ArialMT (the old Postscript name). This generally isn't a problem unless the image is displayed on a system that does not have the ArialMT font installed.

Short of change the SVG code, is there anyway of preventing Illustrator from using the old Postscript name for the Arial font.

It seems to be same with artwork created on MacOS and Windows.

Inkscape does not have this problem.

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Correct answer Monika Gause

You could report this as a bug on https://illustrator.uservoice.com

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Susanne376541626lw0

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Hello, I see your last update is from January. Did you ever find a solution to this bug? We are having the exact same problem, for SVG and for EPS both and it's becoming very tiresome having to change the code of the files every time after doing even a slight change...

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m.j.vermeulen

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Hi Susanne,

yes, I found a solution, but every time a new version of illustrator is installed we had to do it again. Adobe unfortunately does not do anything about this at all.
We are therefore now working with a version that does work
Unfortunately then we can't use the new features, but that doesn't outweigh using the older version anyway.