For many professionals, this was the version that cemented the Creative Cloud model as a necessity rather than a subscription cost. It proved that Adobe was listening to the community's practical needs, delivering tools that saved time and unleashed creativity. Even today, the Freeform Gradient remains one of the most utilized tools in the modern vector artist's arsenal.
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Additionally, this version introduced . Moving away from static font weights (Light, Regular, Bold), Variable Fonts utilized sliders to adjust weight, width, and slant dynamically. This gave designers granular control over typography, allowing for perfect typesetting without managing multiple font files.
Perhaps the most significant time-saver, this tool lets you select one object and automatically find and edit all similar instances across multiple artboards.
