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ExoticKhalid
Inspiring
September 6, 2017
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Text alignment when working with multiple languages

  • September 6, 2017
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Greetings,

I am currently working on a project at my job that has to be in both English and Arabic (which is Right to Left aligned). However when setting the text engine to Middle Eastern, I begin to face alignment issues when typing numbers in English. For instance, when writing 5:30 - 6:00 in English it becomes 6:00 - 5:30.

It is not practical for me to have separate projects for the same animation of different languages and having to switch the text engine every time I switch between them. 

Now I know I can type in reverse and it will show up correctly, but bare in mind this is for a template that might be edited later by someone else.

I'm wondering if there's an option or a solution I've missed, and I'd be grateful for any suggestions.

Regards,

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Correct answer ExoticKhalid

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Thanks,

Rameez


Hi,

So I contacted the customer support. I was told it could be a bug, and if it is, it won't be fixed until the next update. But I will be contacted.

...Oh well

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Rameez_Khan
Rameez_Khan
Legend
September 6, 2017

Hi ExoticKhalid,

Are you on Windows or Mac?

Can you share a screenshot of how it looks like?

Have you tried with different Arabic font styles?

Thanks,

Rameez

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ExoticKhalidAuthor
Inspiring
September 6, 2017

Hi Rameez,

I'm having the issue on both my home PC and work iMac.

Here's a screenshot that might help explain the issue:

So both Arabic and English text are fine (regardless of the type face), but when you start a line with numbers it gets aligned wrong. It should be '1- 20' and '1 to 20' instead of '20 - 1' and 'to 20 1' (Including when using separate layers for each language). Even when typing in English, it might look fine, but the cursor acts funny as if the text aligned right to left.

Now here's a screenshot of the same text after reverting the text engine to the default setting instead of (Middle Eastern):

Arabic text is messed up and wrongly aligned, but the English is fine. Please note that I had to retype the text as the changes in the text engine are effective on existing text layers.

Thanks for your reply, and happy to provide you with anything that might help you troubleshoot this problem.

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