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December 13, 2017
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Text size changing for each digit I enter

  • December 13, 2017
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When I'm resizing small documents into larger ones, I am running into a problem where the text size is changing as I put in the new typeface size. For example, if I have an 8pt font size and want to change it to 200, when I enter two, it changes before I can enter the following zeroes, it it changes again when I enter the next digit. So illustrator is making me change the font from 8pt, to 2pt, to 20pt, and finally to 200pt. This is a huge problem when working with larger files and text effects. Please someone tell me how to turn this feature off....

Valerie Valentine

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    Correct answer Kurt Gold

    Perhaps this behaviour was introduced as a well-meant preview improvement in Illustrator CC 2018. Or maybe it is just a bug.

    A workaround to get the usual behaviour is to use the brand-new Properties palette to change the font sizes. It works as you expect it to work.

    Pretty inconsistent.

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    Rickeisha275450973hd9
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    December 12, 2022

    The text will not show on Adobe Illistrature do you know what is wrong with it

    Kurt Gold
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    Kurt GoldCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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    December 13, 2017

    Perhaps this behaviour was introduced as a well-meant preview improvement in Illustrator CC 2018. Or maybe it is just a bug.

    A workaround to get the usual behaviour is to use the brand-new Properties palette to change the font sizes. It works as you expect it to work.

    Pretty inconsistent.

      scubaraven
      scubaravenAuthor
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      December 13, 2017

      That will work! Thanks all and thanks for your recommendation Kurt. The properties palette does the trick!

      Rich

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      December 13, 2017

      Or paste 200.

      KShinabery212
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      KShinabery212Community Expert
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      December 13, 2017

      That is strange...... I have to see if mine is doing it.  I have not heard of this issue.... but since my mom is visiting me in Germany, I have not used Illustrator in a month.  I will investigate this too!

      Let's connect on LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/in/kshinabery/
        Ton Frederiks
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        Ton FrederiksCommunity Expert
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        December 13, 2017

        It looks like a new behaviour compared to previous versions, but I don't know an option to prevent this.

        You can mention it here:

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