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Aeizalt123
Aeizalt123
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October 29, 2019
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Illustrator Logging Number Inputs in Font-Size Field as Individual Changes

  • October 29, 2019
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Just wanted to point out how it's dumb that that Illustrator logs every single number intput into the font size field as individual changes.

 

This makes for a very awkward user experience when doing Ctrl-Z or Shift-Ctrl-Z back and forth for type size comparison.

 

Seriously though, how does the text field log each number input as invididual changes? Isn't it only applied once I click Enter?

 

To give you an example of what's happening:

 

Let's say I want to go from 10 to 16 point. I want to enter 16 instead of click-click-clicking my way up to it. When I type the number 1 into the field, before I type the number 6, Illustrator logs that as a change. So when I click Ctrl-Z, Ctrl-Shift-Z to compare sizes, it shows that type at 1 piont (ONE POINT?!) in between.

 

Kind of a small thing, but kind of not, considering how much type is used in graphic design.

 

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    S_Gans
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    S_GansCommunity Expert
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    October 29, 2019

    Hi. can you please tell us which OS you're using? Reading this, it occurred to me that I hadn't encountered that, so I tried it. On my MacOS 10.13.6 with the newest Illustrator, it doesn't do that. It starts wtih 12pt, I type in 16, and when I Undo/Redo, it jumps from 16 to 12 to 16. I wonder if this is an OS issue?

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