Questions

Hi everybody !I am kind of  new to illustrator, and have been trying to find a way to align the stem part of this (N) serif letter with the rest of the paragraph instead of the serif bottom and top part, but I have no clue how to do it. What would be the best way way to do that ?Thank you !

I don't what is causing this or how to fix it.I exported a plot through Python / Matplotlib as a PDF, and this is how it looks. How to fix this? 

I'm new to Illustrator and am having issues scrolling on side panels. As you can see in the attached photo, part of the panel hides under my desktop bar and I can't scroll up or down to reveal the whole panel. This happens with generative recolor as well. Any ideas on how to fix this issue? Thanks!

I'm working on an event map and trying to update names that are listed on the map next to their location, but I don't know how to remove the existing words to replace them with new ones. Is this possible to do on this on Illustrator?

Dear all,now that Adobe CC documents no longer appear in the macOS Finder—nor there seems to be a way to make them appear there in any way—I find that it is no longer possible to Load Styles (in this case Paragraph Styles) between cloud documents (or from a cloud document to a local one). Since I assume this is an intentional change, what should one do now? Thanks! PS: I tried to create a CC library and to drag and drop a paragraph style to the new library. No effect. Pressing the + button only gives me "Fill color" as an option. Something seems wrong here.

Bonjour,Je rencontre un sérieux problème depuis une journée alors que je travaillais à modifier mes formes vectoriels crée sur Illustrator, je me suis rendu compte qu'il est devenue impossible d'afficher les points d'ancgrage quand je clique sur une forme avec l'outil "Selection direct" et à cose de cela je ne peux plus manier mes lignes directrices et cela m'empêche d'avancer sur mon travail !Je pense avoir fait une fausse manipulation avec la paume de ma main gauche, mais je ne sais pas comment retourner à la forme initiale de cet incident.

So I am helping someone with her design work which she did in RGB on Canva initially. Now we need to participate in the conference and we need to submit final files for Stand wall Panels in Illustrator to be printed which will be in CMYK format and 1 Panel will have to be in RGB format to be displayed on the stand desk. I tried to find the same vivid purple 7e57ff which we have on our Logo, Text in Canva but when I put it on Illustrator its very dimmed and very different version of purple. What can I do to get very vivid /bright purple in Illustrator as in Canva? See the photos of what we get in the attached.  Thanks! 

Is there a way to dynamically retrieve all the possible variants of a globally defined object, such as Justification, from a script?   In other words, I want to enumerate all the values under Justification—such as Justification.LEFT, Justification.CENTER, Justification.RIGHT, etc.—into an array dynamically, instead of hardcoding all the variations myself.   I tried code like the example below, but it seems that each value does not actually exist in Illustrator until it is explicitly referenced in the source code. var justificationArray = [] ; for(var propName in Justification) { justificationArray.push(propName) ; } alert(justificationArray) ;   Use case: Addressing an issue where specified text attributes are ignored when their values match the default values of the character/paragraph styles applied to that text. For types of Object, plan to dynamically retrieve values, convert them to an Array, and generate different values by shifting the index.   Trouble ass

Dear Community, I would like to know how to screen record only the artboard, in Illustrator. My goal is to make a timelapse video of what happens on the artboard when I make elements visible one by one (I would start by having all the elements hidden).P.S. I use Illustrator both on Windows and Mac. Thanks in advance for your help.Alberto

necesito una versión vieja de adobe illustrator pero desde CC no me deja descargar versiones más antiguas que 2024. alguien puede ayudarme? Pedí ayuda a soporte y agende una reunión para el 16/09/25 y me la canceló el del servicio y me la pasó para Julio 2025. jaja no se si es Joda o que. 

I added my collection of vectors and one of the issues that came back is: "Your vector file contains a raster/bitmap image, and vector files must not contain raster elements." This is simply not accurate. My files do not contain any raster elements. I know this for certain, and there is no way that all files have that. Do I need to save them as SVG not eps? How do I deal with this problem? I will give one file as an example below. I have included the SVG and the EPS. 

I am using an oval shape and tryint to use the pencil too to change the shape - With the same shape selected - one time it fills the pencil part but does not change the shape - then a few strokes later it adds the pencil line only - at one point it deleted points that outlined the shape.Example 3 shows what happened when added the pencil stroke from the stroke of the shape - it cut it into 2 parts.    All of this started with latest update.   I made all suggested changes to the preferences and it didn't fix the problem.  I als drew from the path which also didn't work.

Im over it. 2x this week since last update. Any recommendations on another application I can use?

Hi everyone,I’m experiencing a serious issue in Illustrator.When I create a new document, everything works fine: objects display at the correct size on the artboard, and their dimensions in the Properties/Transform panel are accurate.But after I save the file, close Illustrator, and reopen the same document, the objects still look visually correct on the artboard. However, in the Properties/Transform panel their dimensions suddenly become extremely large.The problem is that once this happens, all Illustrator tools (transform, align, distribute, scaling, etc.) start following these incorrect giant dimensions, which makes it impossible to keep working normally in the same file. It also affects zoom and scroll performance, which become very slow or freeze.So visually the artwork looks right, but Illustrator is treating it as if it were scaled to enormous values.Has anyone else faced this? Could it be a units/scale mismatch or a known bug in how Illustrator handles saved files? Any workaro

Hello - I've come through to the Illustrator forum as I had to get in somewhere - not finding the Adobe help process very flexible, some answers on other forums are similar but not the same, so I'd appreciate your help.My question is: why do my libraries on my pc say they are up to date when they are not - I've worked in Adobe Capture and saved shapes the past few days and none of them are showing on the pc libraries, all have appeared previously - I can open the new files successfully direct from phone to Illustrator or Photoshop, but they still don't appear in my pc libraries panel.I have my Creative Cloud panel open on the pc, I'm also signed into the Adobe website.Any help please?

Is it possible to use the Pathfinder Extrude effect to some live type? I'm trying to acheive a blank area inside the type (see image). Where you see black in the letters, I would like that to be the dark gray background, while still being able to change the text. I've tried applying the Extrude in the appearance panel but it doesn't seem to do anything. Thanks.

como recuperar un archivo en adobe illustrator que no se guardo porque lo cerre por error un archivo de una version reciente de un trabajo para un parcial

9/10/2025 just updated illustrator. This problem described below is a potentially a bug and also for discussion. This is occurring on Windows version of Illustrator.I used to be able to place guides on their own layer titled "Guides". Then when drawing, I could locate that guide layer below my drawing layer. This placed the guides under my drawing. As of today, the guides in my Guide layer are always on top of my drawing (no matter where I drag my "Guides" layer). This is very distracting.1. Is this an issue that can be resolved?2. If so, how can I repair this problem?

The setAttribute function in this script addresses an issue where specified text attributes are ignored when their values match the default values of the applied character or paragraph styles. Trouble assigning TextFrame to Justification.Left Apply Character direction to textframe characters via Extendscript Removing underline not working in Illustrator using Extendscript "All Caps" option turn "ON" by default when (Java)scripting a textfield… Why? How to avoid?   Since writing workaround scripts every time someone ran into this issue became tedious, I created this as a more generalized solution that reliably applies all text attributes.   Just sharing it in case it's useful to others.

Hello! I have been having an issue with Illustrator in which every time I launch the app it opens to the home page, but then immediately freezes and stops responding, and I have to use the Task Manager to close it. I have tried restarting my computer, uninstalling and reinstalling creative cloud, using the Adobe Cleaner, uninstalling and reinstalling Illustrator, ensuring that Illustrator is updated, and resetting my preferences. After I tried the Adobe Cleaning last night it worked once, but after closing it and trying again this morning the issue is back. Does anyone know what may be wrong?

The subject line above should be sufficient.  Illustrator was working fine 2 hours ago.  Now is malfunctions, and update also malfunctions.  Tech Support is needed.  Where is it?

Once I've created my 3D shape in Illustrator, the program recognizes what I would like as the front of the shape as the bottom. Can I change what is considered the "front" somehow? Thanks for your help!

Please add 'Snap to Document Bounds, just like in Photoshop.Even with Smart Guides switched on, Ai does not snap to the corners and edges of an Artboard, which is a must have for accurate work.

Hello everyone,I need some help. I am trying to generate a JSX to automatically export the artboards of an Illustrator document to TIFF (I have three artboards within the same document, and I am trying to export two separate images to two TIFF files) and save them to a specific folder.I've done this, but it's not working properly and I don't know where the error is. Can anyone help me??? Thaaanks 🙂  var doc = app.activeDocument;var f = new Folder("~/Desktop/JPG PDF"); f.create();var activeLayers = doc.artboards.setActiveArtboardIndex(0);doc.activeLayer = doc.layers.getByName('AN');//export frontvar docPath="~/Desktop/JPG PDF/";var docName='';docName = activeDocument.name;//app.activeDocument.artboards.serActiveArtboardIndex(1);var NewName = docName.replace(" - IMPRESORAS ","MED");var NewName2 = NewName.replace(".ai","");var NewName22 = "_AN.tiff"var NewName3 = "docPath"+"NewName"+"NewName2"+"NewName22"//exportFileToJPEG('~/Desktop/m300.jpg');exportFileToTIFF(docP