29.8WindowsmacOS
August 2025 (Illustrator 29.8)
Added
- Copy color values directly from the Color panel, Color Picker , New Swatches , or Swatch Options dialog box.
- Snap precisely to the endpoint, midpoint, and center of any object with Smart Guides .
- Use Snap to Grid to position objects freely inside grid cells while still snapping to lines or intersections when needed.
- Use Snap to Pixel to keep your artwork aligned to the pixel grid by eliminating half-pixel shifts and misleading alignment cues.
- Toggle between Snap to Grid , Snap to Pixel , Snap to Point , and Smart Guides from the Snapping Quick Access panel in the Control bar. Use the panel to change snapping preferences, like Alignment Guides and Snap to Glyph .
- Use Smart Guides to detect rotation angles for consistent alignment.
- Limit snapping to objects only within the active artboard, and snap to isolated objects from the Preferences panel.
- Use advanced settings in Smart Guides to customize how objects align and snap on the canvas.
- Experience a faster app launch.
Fixed
- Duplicating an artboard may unlock and display previously locked or hidden artwork .
- Fonts applied to portions of text may shift when navigating through slides, causing applied fonts to change unexpectedly .
- Copying objects can sometimes cause Illustrator to crash .
- Symbols may not move along with the artwork when an artboard is repositioned .
- In Illustrator 29.7.1, units may reset from pixels to points when opening documents .
- Changing documents can cause swatches to vanish from the Swatches panel .
- Recent color swatches may disappear and show as None when global or spot colors are used .
- Recent colors sometimes save an invalid swatch, showing None as K=0 .
- Decimal values can’t be set in the keyboard increment field under Preferences .
- The font menu may not include specific font styles, such as Montserrat Bold, Arial Bold, or Myriad Condensed, and more.
- Opacity mask mode may only work when the Clip option is selected .
- Variable font content may not display correctly in edit mode .
- Images inside clipping masks may shift position when reopening a file .
- In Illustrator 29.5.1, fonts get randomly substituted in existing files despite correct fonts being installed .
- In Illustrator 29.8.1 and 29.9, fonts may not render or may display incorrectly when using Japanese typefaces such as Kozuka, Shin Go, or Ryumin.