Feature summary | Illustrator on the desktop (October 2020 release)

We've improved the recoloring feature to help you explore different color variations for your artwork. You can now pick a color palette from any artwork or images using Color Theme Picker and apply them in your designs. You can also use color variations instantly using predefined colors from color library or create your own colors using the color wheel. 

For more details, see Recolor your artwork.

The following enhancements are made to Illustrator cloud documents:

• You can now embed your Adobe Photoshop cloud documents into Illustrator documents.
• You can easily access previously saved versions of cloud documents, preview, mark, and revert to earlier versions as needed.
• You can make your cloud documents available offline.
  

For more details, see Work with Illustrator cloud documents.

You can now use the Snap to Glyph feature to snap your artwork components precisely with the text or glyph bounds. Simply choose a snapping line option and you'll see the guides when you move objects around the text. Follow these guides to snap your objects. You can also drag and snap a shape precisely with the anchor points on the text.

For more details, see Snap objects to glyph and Smart ways to align your text.

The following enhancements are made to the text alignment in Illustrator:

Align text vertically to the top, middle, or bottom of a text frame. For more details, see Smart ways to align your text.

The Character panel in Illustrator now lets you set the actual font height reference. It is useful when you want to align your objects precisely with the text. For more details, see Vary your font height.

You can now align objects precisely with the visual glyph bounds. For more details, see Align to glyph bounds.