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September 3, 2020
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Arabic text no showing on epub - fixed layout

  • September 3, 2020
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Hi Guys, 

I am using the latest version for Indesign , whenever i export the file to epub fixed layout it appears as below 

I tried installing a previous version of indesigns but still the problem exists, I tried on 2015 version as well on my old machine, it worked better but still the alignment of the text is incorrect as you can see in the next picture, can anyone help?

 

 

 

 

 

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Correct answer Admirable_difference0D45

Hello,

thanks a lot for the advice, I do convert the arabic text to outline, and it works not the perfect method thought but at least it makes the pages readable

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*Sarah Radwan**Designer*

 

 

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4 replies

Community Expert
March 4, 2022

"I was offered to have the pages rasterized into images."

 

Hi Sarah,

sorry. Was under the false impression that you have the issue with Publish Online when looking for a workaround.

So I edited this reply!

 

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )

Community Expert
March 4, 2022

Had to edit my reply. See above.

 

Sorry,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )

Known Participant
March 3, 2022

I have the same issue in exporting a Farsi book which exports to pdf and reflowable ePub. However, it does not export correctly to fixed layout ePub.

This is the document's first two pages in Indesign Arabic/English 2022 Version 17.1:

The result when exported to ePub fixed layout looks like this:

 

 I was offered to have the pages rasterized into images. However, this idea is not a solution. If I wanted to create ePubs from images why would I learn and use Adobe Indesign?

Srishti Bali
Community Manager
Community Manager
September 6, 2020

Hi there,

 

Sorry to hear about this trouble. Currently we are investigating this issue. Will it be possible for you to share a sample file? You can upload it to the Creative Cloud (https://helpx.adobe.com/in/creative-cloud/help/share.html) and share the download link. 

 

Also, could you please try opening Epub file in some other reader like Readium. Let us know if this helps or the issue still persists.

 

Regards,

Srishti

Zaid Al Hilali
Community Expert
Community Expert
September 7, 2020

Tested on Readium, the same results where Arabic text is missing and messed up similar to Adobe Digital Editions, and Apple Books.

Zaid Al Hilali
Community Expert
Community Expert
September 6, 2020

Hi Sarah,

This issue has been reported to Adobe as a bug, you may vote to grab InDesign's development team attention to this matter here… https://indesign.uservoice.com/forums/601180-adobe-indesign-bugs/suggestions/41322403-arabic-exported-to-epub-fixed-layout-doesn-t-sho