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AC_PP
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January 7, 2026
Question

Strokes inside symbols don't show correctly when exported as a png

  • January 7, 2026
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Here's a problem that I've noticed a number of times. It seems to happen intermittently and the really annoying thing is that it doesn't show up in Illustrator, only in exported images.

 

Strokes within symbols don't always display correctly when they are exported as a png. It seems to happen when the symbol is rotated or scaled. It doesn't always happen. I can't work out what specifically makes this happen or not happen.

 

I've attached a screengrab and a screen recording to show the process.

Artboard 1.png

2 replies

Ton Frederiks
Community Expert
Community Expert
January 7, 2026

Edit: That happens with Static Symbols, if you change the type to Dynamic Symbol it works as expected.

I would certainly report it here: https://illustrator.uservoice.com/

Monika Gause
Community Expert
Community Expert
January 7, 2026

PLease share the AI file. YOu can change the file extension to .PDF in order to upload it to the forum.

AC_PP
AC_PPAuthor
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January 8, 2026

Here's the file Monika

Ton Frederiks
Community Expert
Community Expert
January 8, 2026

And here is my version.