Illustrator Error---help?

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  • stewdio0

    It looks like you're missing an end-of-illustration tag in the file. Possibly... I have no idea how that would be possible unless you've manually edited the file in a text editor... but anyhow. If you're a 1337 haxor have a look at this thing I made waaaaaay back in 2004:

    http://stewd.io/automata

    When you generate an Illustrator file (in this case Illustrator 3 because its the simplest file format) you'll see that the files are really just text. (Post-script text actually.) So open up your corrupt in a text editor (TextMate is a good one) and see if adding " %%Trailer %%EOF" to the end of your document helps. Or if copying and pasting chunks of your file into the one generated on the Cellular Automata page works out. Sorry I don't have more specifics... would have to really investigate your file itself to understand what's up.

    • Ya know, I've rebuilt, but I'm totally going to try this anyways. Reporting back soon!Bargels

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