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Every time I try to change the font from Myriad Pro, (highlight text, start to type in new font in text box - I get as far as 1 letter) illustrator stops working and won't reboot unless I shut it down and restart it. How do I fix this? TIA
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Which system?
Do you use font management?
Does that only happen when you type the name?
Does that only happen with a specific font? Or all?
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System?
No I don’t use font management. Should I?
It happens every single time. It doesn’t matter what font. I can’t get past the first letter!
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What operating system are you using and what version of Illustrator?
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https://forums.adobe.com/people/craftily+goodness schrieb
System?
No I don’t use font management. Should I?
It happens every single time. It doesn’t matter what font. I can’t get past the first letter!
When was your last computer restart?
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Windows 10
I shut my computer down every time I'm finished with it.
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If restarting your computer doesn't help then here are a couple of fixes that can be done regardless of your operating system:
Trash your Illustrator preferences:
For Macintosh Users: With Illustrator closed launch a Finder Window in column view and click on your home folder. With the Option Key pressed choose Library from the Finder Go Menu. Within the Library folder find the folder called Preferences and within it find the following two files and delete them: “Adobe Illustrator <Version #> Settings” (earlier versions of Illustrator might just say “Adobe Illustrator”) and “com.adobe.Illustrator.plist”. When Illustrator is next launched it will create new preference files and the program will be restored to its defaults.
For Windows Users: You can try the quick way of resetting on a PC which is to hold down Ctrl + Alt + Shift when launching Illustrator and respond affirmatively when asked if you want to reset. There have been some recent reports that the window asking if you want to reset is not popping up but that the prefs are being reset anyway. If this works great but if it doesn’t you may have to manually delete them.
To do so:
On Windows 7 and above the preference files are hidden. To find them go to the Control Panel and open Folder Options and then click the View tab. Then select “Show hidden files and folders” or “Show hidden files, folders or drive options” in Advanced Settings. Then delete (or rename) the folder at the end of this path: C:\Users\[User Name]\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator [version number]\ Settings\<Language>. Make sure that Illustrator is closed when you do this. When you relaunch the program it will create new preference files and the program will be at its default settings.
The advantage of manually deleting preference files is that after you’ve reset up the program (make sure that no document window is open) to your liking, you can create copies of your personalized “mint” preference files (make sure that you quit the program before copying them—that finalizes your customization) and use them in the future to replace any corrupt versions you may need to delete.
Uninstall and reinstall Illustrator:
In the app section of your Creative Cloud desktop app click on the "V" next to the app's (Illustrator) name and choose the "Uninstall" option from the pull-down menu that appears. After you've run the uninstall then use the Creative Cloud Cleaner Tool Use the Creative Cloud Cleaner Tool to solve installation problems . Then reinstall the program through the Desktop app. Before you reinstall, once again trash all preference files to make sure that your install is completely clean. Then launch Illustrator and see if the problem persists.
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I uninstalled then reinstalled illustrator and am still having the same issues
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https://forums.adobe.com/people/craftily+goodness schrieb
I uninstalled then reinstalled illustrator and am still having the same issues
Then please unmark the question solved. Otherwise not a lot of people will continue reading it.
Does it also happen when you select the font from the menu?
Do you have a lot of fonts from dubious sources?
Do you uninstall and install fonts a lot?
In that case some housekeeping might be necessary.
You might try:
Problems in Windows 10 Creators Update with Fonts Installed via “Shortcut”!
And maybe some more thorough font repair is necessary. I don't know that much about Windows, you might try:
How to reset Font settings in Windows 10 - Microsoft Community
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Ik heb dat probleem ook in illustrator, als ik het font verander crashen illustrator. hoe moet ik dat oplossen?
daarnaast als de programma's in cs5 sluit dan crashen ze!