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Nov 29, 2016 3:26 PM UTC
Question

Remember last type used

I've no idea why I can't get this to work.

I type something in my document.

I click on something else, to draw or whatever.

I click type tool again, and it's re-set to the default font/colour, rather than the last font used.

I don't want to change default overall, I just want it to remember the last font I used and use that for the next time I click on type tool in that particular document.

This seems like a very common thing that people would want to do--i.e. use the same font in a document overall.

Am I missing something?

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Participant
Dec 3, 2024 2:07 PM UTC

Facing the same problem here... but actually, Illustrator is using a font from another file, totally different from what I'm using in this new file... It sucks 😕😕

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Anubhav M
Community Manager
Community Manager
Dec 3, 2024 2:26 PM UTC

Hello @vitor_6021,

I am sorry to hear about your experience. Would you mind confirming if the problem is similar to the one shared here (https://adobe.ly/3ODn4Dn)?

If yes, try turning off Missing Glyph Protection from Preferences > Type > Enable Missing Glyph Protection to see if it helps.

Also, kindly upvote this UserVoice (https://adobe.ly/3ZBcT8T) to get the latest updates.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

 

Anubhav

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Kurt Gold
Community Expert
Community Expert
Jul 4, 2022 5:05 PM UTC

As far as I can see, in the latest version Illustrator actually does remember and use the last type used if you are creating new type objects (AI 26.3.1 on Mac OS 12.4).

 

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EthosWhippet
Known Participant
Jul 4, 2022 4:12 PM UTC

Same problem. SUPER annoying. Always defaults to Myriad. Drives me nuts.

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Met1
Legend
Jul 5, 2022 3:40 PM UTC

A good working practice is to set up Paragraph and or Character styles...

But as I said above if you are not running 26.3.1 update, it works there (maybe worked earlier too).

If you use 26.3.1 and it's not working, reset your prefs.

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Monika Gause
Community Expert
Community Expert
Nov 29, 2016 3:37 PM UTC

Open Window > Text > Character formats

Double click the Default Character style and set to whatever you need.

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krane1Author
Participating Frequently
Nov 29, 2016 3:38 PM UTC

Thanks, but as I said "I don't want change the default".

I just want it to remember the last one used.  Next document, I want it to remember a different last font used.

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Larry G. Schneider
Community Expert
Community Expert
Nov 29, 2016 3:46 PM UTC

Put in a Feature Request for it.

Feature Request/Bug Report Form

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