Illustrator text glitch?

[richardm36438711]

A little hard to describe, but here's what's happening:

• I create two lines of text on the screen, created as point type (as opposed to text boxes).
• I set the characteristics for one – font, size, tracking, etc.
• When I select the second line of text, the characteristics of the first one continue to show in the toolboxes.
• Sometimes I can't make changes to the second line at all – change values in the toolboxes, nothing happens. And sometimes when I try, the changes show up on the first (unselected) line!

It doesn't happen every time, and I can't figure out what the pattern is, if any.

I bought a new Macbook Pro a month ago, but this issue began today.

Help?

I've tried:

• turning off GPU acceleration
• recreated the file
• tried different fonts
• upgraded Suitcase Fusion (font handler)
• searched these forums – nothing.

[barbara_a · Accepted solution]

I can't reproduce this issue. Try resetting preferences. If that doesn't work, you may need to uninstall/reinstall.

[richardm36438711]

Tried resetting the preferences, so far so good ....

[Monika Gause]

richardm36438711  schrieb

Tried resetting the preferences, so far so good ....

So it's working now?

[richardm36438711]

So far so good means "it's working now, but I don't necessarily have confidence that it will continue to work". As I noted in the OP, it was happening randomly. Will need more time to be sure that it's working correctly and dependably.

[Monika Gause]

When did you last restart the computer?

[richardm36438711]

About ten minutes before posting the question here.

[Kurt Gold]

Which version of Illustrator are you using?

[richardm36438711]

Up to date – first thing I tried.