Illustrator is not respecting OpenType Contextual Alts

Question

I have created a conlang font that adds glyphs prior to text strings based on a few contexts:
Capital letters

Number strings

The capital letter condition places a marker glyph before the capital.
The number string places brackets around the string, including a special open bracket for negative numbers.

When used in Photoshop, it behaves as expected but does not in Illustrator. Contextual Alts are turned on in the OpenType panel.

I'm updated to the latest in both apps.

Any ideas why the type is rendering differently in different apps?

Abhishek Rao · Answer

Hi @default5xxt352msbqr,

Thanks for sharing the details! Since you mentioned that you're on the latest version, could you please confirm if you're using Illustrator version 29.5? Also, if possible, could you share a screenshot or a short screen recording that shows how the font behaves differently in Photoshop versus Illustrator? That would really help us understand what’s going wrong. And if you’re comfortable, feel free to share the font file too so we can test it on our end and dig a bit deeper.

Looking forward to your update!
Abhishek

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