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Sorontar
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December 29, 2021
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Ligatures by default

  • December 29, 2021
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Why do we have ligatures on by default. How do I turn it off. Illustrator is not text layout program like Indesign. Every time I have to turn it of manually. Can I change just one default template file or something?
What is the logic behind it anyway? Do people want ligatures on everything.

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Correct answer Anshul_Saini

Hi there,

 

Sorry about that. Ligatures are determined by the default Character style/ Paragraph style in the file preset you are working on. Therefore, you will need to create a New template with ligatures turned off, or you can modify any default template you like. Default templates location is as follows:

Windows: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator <version>\Cool Extras\<locale>\Templates\Blank Templates
Mac: Applications/Adobe Illustrator <version>/Cool extras/<locale>/Templates/Blank Templates

 

I hope it helps!

 

Regards,

Anshul Saini

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SorontarAuthor
Inspiring
December 30, 2021

Ok, thanks everybody.

    Mike_Gondek10189183
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    Mike_Gondek10189183Community Expert
    Community Expert
    December 29, 2021

    You can turn change ligatures to standard characters by selecting the type & unchecking all the options in the opentype window. The first and third ones are for ligatures, 

     

    You can then edit and redefine your normal charcter style by unchecking the ligature optons, and you can do this to the template files mentioned by the previous posts.

     

     

      Anshul_Saini
      Community Manager
      Anshul_SainiCommunity ManagerCorrect answer
      Community Manager
      December 29, 2021

      Hi there,

       

      Sorry about that. Ligatures are determined by the default Character style/ Paragraph style in the file preset you are working on. Therefore, you will need to create a New template with ligatures turned off, or you can modify any default template you like. Default templates location is as follows:

      Windows: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator <version>\Cool Extras\<locale>\Templates\Blank Templates
      Mac: Applications/Adobe Illustrator <version>/Cool extras/<locale>/Templates/Blank Templates

       

      I hope it helps!

       

      Regards,

      Anshul Saini

        Ton Frederiks
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        Ton FrederiksCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        December 29, 2021

        Hi Anshul,

        Unfortunately that document describes templates (and how to create them) and new document profiles, but not how to create a new document profile.

        The only document I can find is for CS3: https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/kb/create-custom-new-document-profile.html

        I hope this can be updated.

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