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SJPing
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December 19, 2017
Question

Pasted text changes font in Illustrator

  • December 19, 2017
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Anyone else have this annoying thing happening? My Illustrator updated itself to the new (2018) version and now when I paste copied or cut text, the pasted version is in a different font to the original?! Very annoying. I have searched, but can't find other posts on this... is it only me...?

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    Jeff Witchel, ACI
    Community Expert
    Jeff Witchel, ACICommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    December 20, 2017

    Have you tried Trashing Preferences?

    To restore preferences quickly using a keyboard shortcut

    • Press and hold Alt+Control+Shift (Windows) or Option+Command+Shift (macOS) as you start Illustrator. You are prompted to delete the current settings. The new preferences files are created the next time you start Illustrator.

    Depending on the operating system that you are using, the Illustrator preferences file is available at the following location:

    macOS

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    <OSDisk>/Users/<username>/Library/Preferences/Adobe Illustrator <version number> Settings/en_US*/Adobe Illustrator Prefs

    Windows

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    <OSDisk>\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator <version number> Settings\en_US*\x64\Adobe Illustrator Prefs

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      SJPingAuthor
      Known Participant
      December 20, 2017

      Thanks Jeff, I'll try that too

      wrensauer
      wrensauer
      Inspiring
      January 3, 2018

      Hi SJPing,

      Were you able to resolve the pasted text issue with any of the suggestions? Let us know if you need further assistance.

      Best,

      Wren

      mcsousah
      mcsousah
      Participating Frequently
      December 20, 2017

      Strange!

      have you tried to uninstall and reinstall it?

      and OS are you using?

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        SJPingAuthor
        Known Participant
        December 20, 2017

        Thank you, I'll give that a go. Just gone up to High Sierra (Mac).

        mcsousah
        mcsousah
        Participating Frequently
        December 19, 2017

        Hi

        it happens sometimes when you copy from different format than what you paste into it.

        Try to copy the needed text and paste it into plain text forms or apps, like notepad or the address bar of the browser.

        Make sure that you paste it as "plain text"

        Then copy it, and paste it in illustrator at the same text form you need. It will keep the same format you used it before.

        Thanks

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        SJPingAuthor
        Known Participant
        December 19, 2017

        Thank you. I'm copying from text boxes in the same document on the same page.

        That is a work around, but is really annoying and will slow down my work process.

        How to take a perfectly working application and break it… wish I'd never upgraded - worked fine this morning

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