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Mikołaj Kuik
Mikołaj Kuik
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February 16, 2026
Question

Typing Polish letters

  • February 16, 2026
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Without any noticeable reason, typing Polish letters (Right Alt + a/e/c/o/l/n/s/z) in Type tool text editing mode has stopped working.

THIS IS NOT A SYSTEM KEYBOARD LAYOUT ISSUE.


I am able to type Polish letters in several Illustrator input fields (e.g., Search), but it does not work when using the Type tool. When I try to type Polish letters while editing text with the Type tool, different options/shortcuts are triggered instead.


This happened to me once a few years ago, and now I’m experiencing it again. The problem has clearly existed for a long time, and as far as I can see, there is still no fix. In my case, resetting preferences and even reinstalling Illustrator did not help. It seems like the Adobe team does not care.

    1 reply

    Anubhav M
    Community Manager
    Anubhav MCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    February 16, 2026

    Hello ​@Mikołaj Kuik 

     

    Thanks for reaching out. Would you mind trying the suggestions shared in this community post (https://community.adobe.com/questions-652/cannot-type-in-polish-letters-in-text-editing-field-by-holding-right-alt-775895) and letting us know if they help?
     

    Looking forward to hearing from you.
    Anubhav

    Mikołaj Kuik
    Mikołaj KuikAuthor
    Participant
    February 17, 2026

    That’s not a solution at all…
     

    What helped in my case was changing the system language to Polish (I had to download and install the Polish language pack). Before that, I was using English as the system language with the Polish programmer keyboard layout. Apparently, the keyboard layout alone isn’t enough for Illustrator (there were no problems with Photoshop, for example).
     

    To the developers - this can be problematic, especially on corporate machines (like mine), where you don’t always have administrative privileges.

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