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Inspiring
March 5, 2018
Question

Shapes & Fonts Jagged Lines

  • March 5, 2018
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Hi,

This issue happened to me only 3 days ago, I create designs for apparel ( T-shirts, Hoodies, Leggings...etc ) so i use adobe illustrator to create and work on vector graphics rather than using photoshop for raster images and everything was working great until just a few days ago, i have been noticing that all the shapes and letters ( before and after converting them to outlines ) have those jagged / pixelated edges, I always work in 300 DPI - CMYK color mode and then convert to RGB color mode then save in PNG 300 DPI because my printer service requests all files to be sent in RBG mode, and it does not matter which color mode im working within, this issue happens regardless of the color mode or the DPI.

Here is what i have tried:

- Anti-aliasing was turned on by default , i ticked it off and on, no change.

- I have changed the settings in the document setup from medium to high resolution, no change.

- I have ticked the anti-alias option in ( Document raster effect settings ), no change.

- Because i used the 3d effect in my designs, i thought it could be the problem, removed the 3d effect, no change.

- Went over to my graphics card settings ( Nvidia Geforce 820 M ) which is compatible with illustrator , adjusted them and made adobe illustrator to be open and work with this graphics card ( because i have another build in graphics card ), no change

- Disabled the GPU performance option in the preferences -  performance section, no change

- Deleted the preferences folder, no change.

- Uninstalled adobe illustrator then installed it again, no change.

So I've reached the point where I'm just grabbing my hair and tearing it out because I don't know where the problem is, even after the latest update, that issue did not happen, my monitor is the same, nothing changed in its settings, so again i dont know what the hell is going on, below is the link of short video i put together of the problem... PLEASE HELP

https://www.screencast.com/t/x9ANooaz

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    Inspiring
    March 6, 2018

    Do you have Pixel Preview turned on by any change?

    If so, turn it of end see it is OK now.

    Can you share the ai file maybe?

    Inspiring
    March 6, 2018

    Hi CHMprepress,

    Thanks for the feedback.

    No i do not have pixel preview turned on, it's off.

    here is the ai file

    https://1drv.ms/u/s!AolWPluaVYDAnVZ5s-wDKk7Kpklw

    Inspiring
    March 6, 2018

    Can you try deactivating GPU performance. You can find it in your preps, or via the smal rockt in top left.

    Monika Gause
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    March 5, 2018

    You print on t-shirts and worry about some pixels along the edge?

    The garment will determine the resolution.