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Amberrrrrr
Inspiring
August 15, 2023
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Touch Type Tool Bug

  • August 15, 2023
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I'm having a problem with the touch type tool wherein it keeps moving all of the characters in a word, instead of leaving all characters, perceding the selected character, alone. I do not know how to lock those first characters in place, or what setting I need to fix to get the little 'x' to appear at the bottom left of the first character in the word/ phrase. I've attatched pictures to illustrate what I'm talking about. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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    Correct answer Amberrrrrr

    WE HAVE AN ANSWER!!! The touch type tool operates based on the justification set on the word/ phrase! The problem phrase in the example was set to center justification, hence the issue! If the phrase was justified to the right, then the last character in the phrase would've stayed still and everything prior would move! If you're writing left to right, be sure the justification is set to the left so the tool works properly! (side note, if you have the text fit within a text box, or with the end line set to a specific justification, the same problem may occur!) Thank you again to @Monika Gause for answering as this issue was investigated!

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    AmberrrrrrAuthorCorrect answer
    Inspiring
    August 17, 2023

    WE HAVE AN ANSWER!!! The touch type tool operates based on the justification set on the word/ phrase! The problem phrase in the example was set to center justification, hence the issue! If the phrase was justified to the right, then the last character in the phrase would've stayed still and everything prior would move! If you're writing left to right, be sure the justification is set to the left so the tool works properly! (side note, if you have the text fit within a text box, or with the end line set to a specific justification, the same problem may occur!) Thank you again to @Monika Gause for answering as this issue was investigated!

      Monika Gause
      Monika Gause
      Braniac
      August 17, 2023

      How interesting! Thank you for posting the outcome!

      Monika Gause
      Monika Gause
      Braniac
      August 15, 2023

      So it depends on the font you use?

      Which language is applied to that text? You are not typing right to left?

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        AmberrrrrrAuthor
        Inspiring
        August 15, 2023

        Thank you for replying! The font doesn't seem to effect it. The font in the example phrase is carried over from the original file that is giving me trouble, I just didn't see the point in changing it for the sake of the example. Whatever the problem is, it carries over to new files even when copy/paste-ing the word/phrase. I've only been working in english so I'm not sure if a different language would result in something different. I am typing left to right in this case.

        Monika Gause
        Monika Gause
        Braniac
        August 15, 2023

        So you have one corrupt file and the problem gets copied from it to different files? 

         

        In that case I would just not touch that file again. Files can go corrupt and maybe if you send that file to the Illustrator engineers they can analyze it.

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