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I feel this tool hasnt gotten the love of smart guides. It would be so much nicer to have smart guides on this tool as well. same goes for reset option. EDITWell, going to Character Panel > Reset Panel. Its actually resets the touch type edits, but i had to do it twice. First time it clears the rotation, second time it clears the letter-spacing and others 

Buen día,La cosa es sencilla, si trato de abrir algún archivo del cual no tenga alguna o todas las fuentes (tipografías) illustrator automáticamente se bloquea y no puedo hacer nada, ni cerrar la ventanita de alerta que indica que faltan fuentes (si se pudiera podría seguir trabajando), literalmente toodo illustrator deja de funcionar.La solución que tengo por ahora es ir pensando que fuente fue la que se pudo haber usado e instalarla para ver si coincide, o preguntarle a la persona que creó el archivo me envíe todas las fuentes que usó. Obviamente no es una solución, pero es lo que hago para poder seguir trabajando.Desde hace ya varias versiones anteriores viene pasando este problema.¿Saben de alguna solución?Gracias

Cuando estoy trabajando en Illustrator y abro algún archivo que tiene una tipografía nueva, bloquea mi pantalla de Illustrator y solo puedo cerrarlo desde la barra de tareas y pierdo todo el trabajo realizado. Si puedo volver a cerrar el aviso la 2º vez que abro el archivo. Siempre que abro un archivo y contiene una tipografía que no tengo guardada bloquea automáticamente todo. ¿Cómo podría solucionarlo? 

All work paths exported out of Photoshop to Illustrator will not open. I also cannot place the path file into Illustrator. Running the latest versions of Photoshop and Illustrator. Any ideas on how I can work around this?

Hi, I'm using Illustrator 29.1, when inserting % after a numeral it moves to before? Is this a preference? I cannot find any to change it ...real irritating :  ) cheers, c

I've been working on some simple files but after 2025 update my illustrator shows this error message. It forces me to restart Adobe Illustrator even without any open file... it is very annoying and time consuming because the only way to resolve it temporally is to restart the mac which takes me around 2-3 minutes each time it happens (approximately each 20 minutes) this did not happen before the 2025 update any tips on how to resolve it? thanks. 

I'm putting together a brochure. Originally it was going to be bound in a large ring binder type book, so I made the pages as individual artboards in Illustrator. Now it's going to be a normal, stapled together book, which I think means my spreads will need to be rearranged in the final PDF export because page '1' will be printed on the same sheet as page '30' etc. Is there an easy way to get Illustrator to do that for me, or do I have to figure it out manually? Alternately, would a simple solution be to export it all into InDesign somehow, which probably does know how to sort out the spreads for me?

Hi, I’m experiencing a frustrating issue in Adobe Illustrator when trying to edit anchor points with the Direct-Selection Tool and the Hand Tool. Here’s what happens:I open a document and select the Direct-Selection Tool (white arrow) to adjust or delete anchor points.The first anchor point can be adjusted or removed without any problems.Then, I use the spacebar to temporarily activate the Hand Tool and move the canvas around.After that, when I try to switch back to the Direct-Selection Tool, Illustrator seems to get stuck on the Hand Tool.Once I manage to reactivate the Direct-Selection Tool, things get weird: instead of letting me select anchor points, the tool sometimes moves the selected object or behaves unpredictably. It feels like the tool is inconsistent and doesn’t respond as expected, making editing anchor points incredibly frustrating and time-consuming. Has anyone else experienced this issue, or does anyone know of a solution? I’m working on MacOS Sequoia ver

Why would the clipping mask option be greyed?

Hello,  This is just a random example. I wonder if anyone could help me how to remove sharp edges on the art specifically art containing huge letters only, some letters have smooth edges while others look sharp/ with sharp pixels, how can I make all the edges look smooth? Can noise reduction do it or any other tricks?  

I've installed some brushes, but I'm annoyed the name wasn't changed first, and now I can't figure out how to remove the libraries/sets! See attached image for reference.

I have an issue that caused me hours of troubleshooting, but I still cannot figure out why export options are not being applied to SVG files. Here is my code—if anyone has a slight clue as to what the problem is, I would greatly appreciate feedback. (In this code i even apply the options right before export but it still does not work. I also tried things like exportForScreens or saveAs and all is to no avail)It is important to at least have 7 decimals places beeing applied. // Function to export SVG using Adobe's SVG options function getSVGOptions() { var options = new ExportOptionsSVG(); options.embedRasterImages = true; options.fontSubsetting = SVGFontSubsetting.None; options.cssProperties = SVGCSSPropertyLocation.STYLEATTRIBUTES; options.documentEncoding = SVGDocumentEncoding.UTF8; options.DecimalPlaces = 7; options.Minify = true; options.Responsive = false; return options; } // Function to export a single artboard as SVG, PNG, and JPG (if applicable) function exportArtboardAs

Anyone else dealing with a width/height bug since the 2025 update? It keeps happening to me when I try to resize icons lately. I'll have an icon that's slightly off from being the same width and height to start and it's making it impossible to fix it. With "maintain proportions" on, I resize it to 350px wide, which puts the height at 350.0004. I'll then turn off "maintain proportions" and type 350 into the height, and when I hit enter, it changes both numbers to what's in the screenshot. I know I'm being too detailed and nitpicky about this but it's driving me crazy.

While I was working with the adobe creative cloud open on an illustrator file, that was saved previously on mac, illustrator crashed! I restarted illustrator but I had no message that the file was recovered, and the file did not oppened! I was quite sure that my file was saved on creative cloud automatically, but NOT!  What I should do? I really need this file!

How can I get anchor points on an image to be able to transform it with perspective?

Hello, I'm new to illustrator so this is probably user error. However, Illustrator keeps undoing my work with any keystroke I do after I create a shape or select something. I tried resetting the preferences as someone had a similar issue in 2019 in the threads. I'm on AI version 29.1I've got no security programs running, nothing automated in the background that would switch my keys. I'm using a Wacom tablet with all express keys disabled.  Many thanks in advanced. 

Hello, I saw similar posts in the community but was not able to solve the issue even after contacting Adobe support + Brother Support + Apple Support (all of them referred me to each other at the end and no one seems to know the issue). I guess posting here is my last resort before I decide to change this printer. I'm running InDesign 2023 on MacOS 14 Sonoma / Apple M1 machine. I recently purchased a B&W high DPI Brother printer MFCL2710DW. I installed the printer as required using "printers & scanners" and let Apple download the correct driver for the device, which it did. The printer functions well. Brother website and Apple does not offer an alternative driver for this particular machine. While using the printer to print from applications such as Notepad or Drawbot, the prints come out pretty sharp and satisfactory. Even when I create a PDF from these sources, the print quality is superb.  However when I work in any Adobe applications (illustrator/in

Hello! I am using a handwritten words that I have photogarpherd, placed then used image trace to vectorize. I have then added a stroke and used the width tool to make them fuller - since I would like to use an image to fill the letters, using clipping mask.  Here is a screen shot of the first letter I have made a little bigger with stroke and width tool.   Now when I make the clipping mask with the image below - the clipping mask ignores the storke.  This is not working the way I hoped -  but not sure if there is an other way to do this, that wonʻt be super time consuming.  1. Maybe use a different tool to uniformally add fullness to the leters (not stroke/and width tool)?2. Or is there a way to combine the stroke with the original path?3. Or maybe a way to ask the climmping mask to not ignore the stroke? I am pretty new to Illustrator - so I am hoping there is an easy fix and whatever I have written above is not total gibberish.&n

I have had this happen to me twice with completely benign words in my prompt. Several months ago, I had the word "lasso" in the prompt and kept getting the message that the prompt violated guidelines. I changed "lasso" to "lariat" and all was good. I'm assuming the middle three letters of "lasso" was the violation. At least, that's the only thing I can think of. HOWEVER, I have no idea what might be in appropriate in "elk antlers with no background". I started with "horns" and changed it to "antlers" thinking there might be some way to construe "horns" as dirty, but there was no change. "Antlers" is just as bad, apparently. I do understand having guidelines, but I think they need to be reviewed and maybe softened a little. Lasso? Really? And I'm a bit floored by the second one. I didn't even say "bull elk"! 🙂

Hi community. I have made a shape, and then use the transform FX to rotate it, but my pattern has overlapping shapes.is this the correct method to make pattern shapes?  

Sometimes when I use image trace for complex images it produces multiple layers of paths, sometimes in which paths in the exact same line are "stacked" on top of each other - in other words the trace process has produced multiple shapes and when you work with the paths (which I need to do to use in a vinyl cutting process) there are doubled lines in different sections. I've tried to explain with the attached photos - the first one shows one layer/path, the next with that one hidden and another highlighted that covers much of the same area. I would like to be able to combine/merge/flatten these paths into one rather than trying to wade through the layers and hand edit them. Is this possible?

Is it possible to create a .AI file that contains hyperlinks (I know how to do that part) that maintain their integrity when placing it as a linked image into another illustrator file? When I create the file with the hyperlinks and export it as a PDF the hyperlinks work but when I then place it as a link into my other Illustrator file - I cant get it to work at that point. I want to make the imaster mage and link one time and have it in many files. Am I missing something or does it just not work?

When processing objects that were retrieved as 'doc.pathItems' I skip the ones that are- hidden- locked- are on a hidden layer- are on a locked layerHowever, the script still tries to process an object that is on a hidden layer, and gives an error when it does a item.selected = true; // inside of pasteSubtractOn()  if (!item.locked && !item.hidden && !item.layer.locked && !item.layer.hidden){ pasteSubtractOn(item); } 

Hi, all; I have been working on a project where I have been asked to have the output file be 100% vector. My usual workflow is to build up my shapes & design in Illustrator, and then use a custom brush in Photoshop to apply my "grain shading" - see below for an example of my previous work, and for the effect I'm trying to replicate.  The most accurate way I've been able to replicate this in Illustrator is to build out my shapes as usual, and use autotrace to create vectorized versions of my "shading", which I then colourize & apply to each shape with clipping masks. This is creating some seriously large files that are also VERY, VERY slow - I can imagine that the thousands and thousands of tiny little shapes that make up the "spray" are the culprit here. Can anyone suggest a more efficient way to accomplish this? 

Even if I have text selected that is a different font.