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Why isnt my font options dropping down when I click a text

On the right side of the Menu Bar is a pull down menu where you can switch on/off some of the entries. If you just switch off Transform which might give you enough space to show you the full text tool …
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What's the name of an outward-linebased circle patter

A starting point could be radial line pattern.
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How can I set up this isometric grid to be able to use it?

If you're trying to create isometric drawings, a grid like this will probably not help you too much. You should to look into a technique called SSR (for Shear, Scale, Rotate). There are many tutorials …
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Illustrator: pixels lost after fitting to artwork bounds and saving for web

Make the artboard one or two pixels larger (on each side), to leave room for the anti-aliasing pixels bleeding over the paths. This also helps with (vector) SVGs where a tight bounding box can cut int …
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Illustrator: Export artboards using artboard name as file title

In the Save As... or Export dialogue, check Use Artboards. If you keep the default artboard names, only numbers will be added to the main file name. If you rename the artboards, the new name will be a …
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opening Illustrator template file (.ait) for editing results in untitled.ai

Just open the .ai file via the .ait file, make your changes, then save as template again.
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Adobe illustrator shadow

Your question is very vague. One possibility would be, that the fill opacity is set to 'Multiply' or similar, so the shape seems transparent and the shadow isn't covered up. You might want to set the …
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Inconsistent colors with the same values in Illustrator

Since you didn't add any screenshot, one can only guess. Maybe you did activate isolation mode? Click the 'back' arrow to exit it, and colors will look equal again...
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Paths to Polygon SVG primitive

I tried some SVG capable apps and found out that opening and exporting your path in Sketch does indeed convert the path to a polygon.
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Remove curvature from 360 images, without editing all files by hand?

If you want to omit the perspective distortion you need to set your blender camera to ortho mode. This should create a parallel projection without the distortion.
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Why does this graphic look different on Mobile vs Desktop?

I'd recommend not to use masks in a final version (It's OK for a working file that is subject to change, and where you want to keep the flexibility). Use Pathfinder to chop off the invisible parts to …
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Illustrator: weird blobs when using Inconsolata from Google Fonts

You can try the .otf version, which looks clean to me. Go to the Inconsolata Homepage and download it from there.
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Create swatches from gradient

A nice helper tool for calculating gradient color steps outside of Illustrator is chroma.js (eg. https://vis4.net/labs/multihue/#colors=#000000,#FFCCEE,#FFFFEE|steps=9|bez=1|coL=1)
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Export in multi sizes with illustrator create several icons

Drawing the icons in different sizes also means updating designs in different sizes. When every change means 3 changes, it can quickly get messy and inconsistent. EDIT: To make it clear: The @1x; @2 …
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Illustrator svg with screen shot image, large file size

As Jeremy S. has already pointed out, creating a PDF of the website is one way. Here's a quick tip for converting websites to PDF using Paparazzi! and Sketch. The 3 step guide to convert any webpage …
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