What's New in Illustrator CC (2017):

Jump-start your creative projects
Now, while creating a document in Illustrator, instead of beginning with a blank canvas, you can choose from a wide variety of templates, including templates from Adobe Stock. Templates include stock assets and illustrations that you can build on to complete your project. When you open a template in Illustrator, you can work with it just as you would work with any other Illustrator document (.ai).

User experience refresh
Illustrator now has a brand new user interface that is flat, modern, and easy on the eyes. The tools and panels have new icons. You can customize the interface to sport one of the four available color options designed for optimal user experience: Dark, Medium Dark, Medium Light,and Light.

Fill type objects with placeholder text
Filling type objects with placeholder text helps you visualize the design better. Now, by default, Illustrator automatically fills new objects created using type tools with placeholder text. The placeholder text retains the font and size applied to the previous type object.

New Features:

Jump-start your creative projects
User experience refresh
Fill type objects with placeholder text
Import text into a path/shape
Font-related features
In-context alternate glyphs
Create pixel-perfect art
Zoom to selection
Other enhancements