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Adobe Illustrator

Vector graphics editor from Adobe Inc

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 20, 2026
Entity authoritySource title only
Source-derived summary

Adobe Illustrator is a vector graphics editor and design software developed and marketed by Adobe. Originally designed for the Apple Macintosh, development of Adobe Illustrator began in 1985. Along with Creative Cloud, Illustrator CC was released. The latest version, Illustrator 2026, was released on October 28, 2025, and is the 30th generation in the product line. Adobe Illustrator was reviewed as the best vector graphics editing program in 2021 by PC Magazine.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Adobe Illustrator” as vector graphics editor from Adobe Inc. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Adobe, Illustrator and Vector.

Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1985, 2026, 2025, 2021—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Adobe, Illustrator and Vector providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Adobe Illustrator”, the useful work is to connect “vector graphics editor from Adobe Inc” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

The citation trail is more important than the brevity of the summary: it shows where individual claims can be examined in context. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 20, 2026. The first chronological checks are 1985, 2026, 2025 and 2021.

Critical limits

The absence of detail may reflect summary conventions rather than a lack of surviving documentation. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Adobe Illustrator”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Adobe Illustrator primary sources, Adobe Illustrator archive and Adobe research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

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This entry incorporates text from “Adobe Illustrator” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.