Font Fill Won't Change Color After Saving in Illustrator

Hello, I’m new to font design and Fontself. I made an .otf font and installed it on my computer. It works fine until I try to change the fill when using it in Illustrator. Any suggestions?

Are you converting the font to outlines? If you do you should be able to change the color.

Right click the font (or phrase types) then select CREATE OUTLINES. Then highlight the font and change the color
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The first image is the font and the second image is the OUTLINED font

Let me know if this works