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Illustrator 30.8 · Known bug

Font weight wrong when opening files on another OS

Not marked fixed as of Illustrator 31.0.0. The bug was reported for Illustrator 30.8.1. Adobe doesn’t track it yet; 3 people report it.

Status
Not tracked by Adobe yet
Severity
Major
Affects
Specific feature
System
Windows and macOS

Timeline

  1. Sep 15, 2026Reported on Illustrator 30.8.1
  2. Nov 10, 2026Not marked fixed as of Illustrator 31.0.0not tracked by Adobe yet

The report

3 votes · 1 reply

Reported on Windows by 1 person, on macOS by 1 (from the report and 1 reply).

“Illustrator changing font weights when opening in different operating systems”

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