Transparent PNG Illustrator Export

To make/export a PNG with transparency from Illustrator. Don't use the usual 'Export' feature in the file menu.

Use 'File' -> 'Save for Web and Devices'

From there, you can select 'transparency' from the options at the right of the dialog box.

Chinese or Unicode Fonts With Adobe Illustrator Not Showing

I had this problem where, after pasting some Chinese characters into illustrator, they were not 'digestible' by the system:




To solve this. I figured out that you need to select a Chinese font before pasting the characters.

I used Hiragino Sans GB.




And it was fine:

Opening a .ai File without Adobe Illustrator

If you don't have Adobe Illustrator, your options for opening a .ai file are:

1. Adobe Acrobat Reader

2. XnView. Available from http://www.tucows.com/preview/290806