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After years of using Illustrator,  all of a sudden my layers are merging after I save. ( .ai)  When I re open  I lose all of my text editing abilites.  Is there something I'm missing? I can't get a hold of any Adobe Support.  

Hi! This font was showing up fine in my file until now. I can select the text box, but can't edit the text with this font and it doesn't show up in my artwork file. I am able to select the text box, and change it to a different font though. Anybody know how to get Acumin Variable Concept back and working properly?

Bonjour,Lorsque j'utilise l'outil mesurer, la boîte info n'affiche pas la surface de l'objet.Les seules infos qui apparaissent sont :J'ai préalablement sélection mon objet, qui est une surface fermée et remplie.Je ne comprends pas comment faire apparaître cette information, importante pour mon activité (je suis paysagiste)Merci de votre aide,

I can't find a way to easily airdrop an image of my Illustrator work to my iPhone... is there one?  If not, please add this feature (similar to Photoshop's Quick Share to Airdrop in the current Beta). Thanks.

For the past couple of days, whenever I open an ad, be it from last year or last month, graphics or photos will randomly invert themselves. On an ad with multiple graphics, it's not even the entire ad - it's only one image. Many of these graphics have been in our files for years. They are not linked, but I don't have the originals anymore, so it's a burden when they're inverted like this. Why are they doing this and how can I fix it? 

hello!preface: skip to 2:20 in the attatched video and then to 5:45 to skip over unnecessary footageIllustrator is being a pain and I am unsure what is going wrong. It keeps randomly not being able to preview and goes to outlines. From there the file is basically irreversable so I keep having to recreate the file and copy and paste the text that way I don't have to keep writing it out over and over and fixing type settings.The screen recording i attatched shows me trying to place an image file in both .psd and .jpg both of which the file sizes do not exceed 82.0 MB, so I dont think its a problem with the file being too large and my computer not being able to handle it.

Hi, Hoping someone can help direct me to where I can adjust a setting so that when I am changing between fonts, I can return to the position of the current font in the font list, rather than return to the top of the list. It has only recently changed as I used to continue down the list rather than have to scroll back down through all the fonts to try the next font.Thanks

My IMac which I bought in 2018 says that I need macOS 14.6.1 or later for maximum performance. Does that mean that  all my colors in my projects will be different when printed off? Do I have to buy a new Imac?   If I buy a new Imac and upload all three of my Adobe apps ( Illustrator, Photoshop and Indesign) will my projects be able to have the correct colors or do I have to scan and enter all my illustrations all over again to get my correct colors in my illustrations?  

Hi everyone,I'm a computer graphic design teacher at NABA. While teaching Adobe Illustrator, I’ve found it challenging to explain the concept of Expand Appearance and how to properly flatten text and lines for final output.It would be incredibly helpful to have a one-click solution that automatically handles proofing—expanding appearances, flattening both text and lines—and clearly indicates that the AI or PDF file is ready for print or delivery.I hope this suggestion makes sense. Many thanks!

Dear all,A problem was reported, and Adobe accessed my device more than four times to resolve it. Yet every day, they tell me to wait for their call between 10 and 12, but no one ever gets back to me. As shown in the video, the settings don't work, and there's no guidance provided on how to save the file in PDF format. If anyone has faced this issue, please let me know what the solution is.For your information, I have been dealing with this issue for over four months. I tested the same file, along with another file, on a second device, and both worked perfectly without any issues or complicated workarounds to save as a PDF, contrary to what the support agent suggested. This confirms that the problem is not with the files or my method, but likely with the software setup or configuration on my primary device.The entire issue is captured in a short video.https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rbjfevRlV8jX7d6IXZxWjGxk8BOH7SnS/view?usp=sharing

This has been going on since beggining of last year and is completely destroying my workflow. I have read just about every thread on this and none of the fixes are helping. Whenever i am working in one document and need to copy from it and into another tab it only works 10% of the time. This happens with using cut as well. Cut will make it disappear from the original (so that proves the first part works) but like previously mentioned, will paste about 10% of the time.  SVG option in Preferences > File Handling and Clipboard is off Anyviewer uninstalledApp up to date Windows up to date  I have nothing else that would be conflicting with my clipboard. I'm at my wit's end and am about to leave adobe altogether 

So, I have some text I created.. then later created the geometry for the path I want it on. Is it possible to somehow 'move' that text onto the path?

Bonjour la communauté,Savez-vous si l'on peut désactiver la bordure épaisse du plan de travail actif dans la version d'illustrator 29.7. merci.Hello community, Do you know if we can disable the thick border of the active artboard in illustrator version 29.7. Thank you.FP

Is there a way to ungroup the elements of an imported pdf in Illustrator 6? Do you have to change the settings in Adobe Acrobat first to allow the elements to import individually rather than a group? Thank you.

- Compound shape and Adobe Javascript -> Very slow, known issue?  Hello - I've just made a small Adobe Illustrator Javascript.It worked very smoothly until I added an object with a single compound shape. When I launch the script, it works.But afterwards, it's as if the script is slowing down my machine.I thought my script was the reason (a infinite loop, ...), but after a lot of research,I thought of releasing the compound shape. When I relaunched the script, everything ran smoothly and correctly. So here's my question:Is there a known problem/issue between Adobe Javascript programming and compound shapes?  Thank you...    - Dimitri  

Hi All,how can I avoid these cuts when flattening transparency in illustrator?I'm preparing artowork for print. This specific banner is a real size so they won't enlarge it but I have gotten feedback before that these lines appear on the print.Previously they dindn't appear so I thought its a glitch in the pdf viewerI think they come from these shapes that illustrator cuts the shadows and shapes intoWhat am I doing wrong?I have different layers a tif background, some opacity gradients on top of that and other solid shapes with drop shadow.Is there another way of expanding these and flattening than selecting them all and flatten image and keep transparency?If I do each layer one by one then the visuals change a lot the images become dull and shadows change in appearance.Thanks for the help in advance! 

In illustrator v 29.6.1 I'm experiencing a bug where my font weights are visually changing automatically and i can't make them show correctly. The character window shows them as being what they should be, but they're showing and exporting incorrectly. See below, the "Commitment:" is demi-bold in the first image. While making my edits, it switches to new font wieght, almost flipping the weights... 

Hola vengo a ustedes buscando una solución a mi problema pues ya he intentado de todo incluso desinstalar el programa, antes de explicarles, especificaré mis programas:Pc: Macbook air M1Perfil de color de la computadora: SRGBIllustrator: Versión 27.6.1 (la mas nueva)Photoshop: 24.3.0 (no he actualizado) El problema es el siguiente:Los colores que muestra illustrator en todo el espacio de trabajo es desaturado en comparación al color real, que para mi el color real es el que exporto y donde dicha exportación es la misma que se ve en las diferentes pantallas. Meto al juego a photoshop ya que photoshop si me da los colores iguales en su espacio de trabajo y al exportar, aqui las evidencias: La imagen de la izquierda es como se ven las imagenes en illustrator, la imagen de la derecha es como se aprecian en photoshop y esto aplica con cualquier gráfico que yo inserte en illustrator en automático los desatura, incluso si importo a illustrator de photoshop.Ej. Esa imagen de pho

Wondering what is “Outlined” text? What is the use of outlined text in Illustrator when effects can be applied easily on Live text? An outlined text/font is a vector shape, created by tracing the live text. Once a text is converted to outline, editing/changing font size is not possible. It would behave like a shape created by Pen/pencil tool.   Why should I outline my text? Outlined text can be scaled infinitely without any loss of image quality. Your text will appear smooth and crisp at any size or resolution Font designers may want to protect their copyright. You will be able to open and print your artwork even if you don’t have the actual font used in the document installed on your machine. There are occasions when you are forced to use a commercial printer which requires outlined fonts. In some cases, a printer may not have the font which is used in your document. By converting text to a vector, it can be printed from anywhere. Occasionally you may find fonts that do not allo

Why isn't pen rotation enabled in Illustrator for iPad? The Apple Pencil Pro 2024 has the ability to detect pen angle, but Illustrator still doesn't detect pen rotation.ipad barrel roll illustratorPlease enable ipad barrel roll illustrator in illustratorFor example, Procreate has this feature enabled

Olá!!Não consigo trocar a cor do meu traçado. Quando tento, ele muda a cor do preenchimento...Outrossim, as amostras de cores sumiram da tela inicial, ficando apenas essa cor da imagem anexada.Já tentei alterar no Menu de biblioteca de amostras e não deu certo. Alguém pode me ajudar, por favor?

Necesito ayuda, se actualizo illustrator en mi mac y ya no me permite volver a una version anterior, podia usar hasta la version 2022, en el menu de 3 puntos ya no me da la opcion de versiones anteriores, que paso? y como podre solucionarlo? gracias 

Is this a bug of a new update or something?I can't find any way to get the rulers to move with my project artboard. They are frozen in place without any apparent option to get them in sync with the upper-left corner of the artboard - clicking and dragging from the ruler corner doesn't work, and "switch to global rulers" is disabled.Please help. Phone support was not useful since the person at the other end of the line spoke in an accent I could not understand, on a phone signal that kept cutting out. Hey Adobe: Earn your $55 a month please and provide better support. I have work to do.

Hello Community, I imported a nautical rope file from Adobe Stock and received the above error. I could still import it into Illustrator without an issue, but when I place another AI graphic inside it - it looks great onscreen, but when I export it as a JPG or PNG or try to send the AI file, ihe colors of the interior graphic  change! I tried the PS workaround & as many other things I could think of to no avail. Am I in the Twilight Zone? Even my more experienced Illustrator friend can't figure it out. It seems so simple, but... can anyone offer help on this? Thank you.

Hallo,wenn ich Ankerpunke verändere (bearbeite), mache ich das am liebsten mit der Werkzeugspitze, die man bekommt wenn man Direktauswahl A drückt.Wenn ich jetzt zB so etwas mache wie Ankerpunkt entfernen, dann bekomme ich die Werzeugspite "Füllfederhalter mit Minuszeichen". So.Und jetzt will ich aber wieder meine Werkzeugspite "Direktauswahl". Ich drücke auf A und was passiert? Nix! Die Werkzeugspitze bliebt bei "Füllfederhalter mit Minuszeichen". Das stört mich leider sehr. Was kann man machen?Vielen Dank, Roman