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June 12, 2020
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Do Adobe products support Myanmar Unicode font or other Asian fonts?

  • June 12, 2020
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I'm currently working on a project that needs Burmese orMyanmar subtitles. I've tried using different Myanmar fonts already but I can't get it right. Do Adobe products doesn't support Myanmar Unicode or other Asian fonts? Pls help

      Correct answer melaniem44089580

      I finally (after many Google searches) found all of the info needed to make Burmese display correctly in InDesign: Pyidaungsu font (Noto Sans and Zawgyi don't work correctly for me); in the Character panel, set Language to Burmese, and in Paragraph options, check Adobe World-Ready Line or Paragraph Composer. I also get a PDF from the translator so I can see if the characters display correctly.  

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      melaniem44089580Correct answer
      Inspiring
      June 7, 2024

      I finally (after many Google searches) found all of the info needed to make Burmese display correctly in InDesign: Pyidaungsu font (Noto Sans and Zawgyi don't work correctly for me); in the Character panel, set Language to Burmese, and in Paragraph options, check Adobe World-Ready Line or Paragraph Composer. I also get a PDF from the translator so I can see if the characters display correctly.  

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      jenna_3434
      Participant
      June 4, 2025

      Thank you so much this helped me!

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      Test Screen Name
      Legend
      June 12, 2020

      Some Adobe products do. You don’t say which ones you use but InDesign recently added this. https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/using/south-east-asian-scripts.html

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        Manan JoshiCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        June 12, 2020

        Seems it is not supported, see a thread on the same topic below from 2015 with a response from Adobe employee confirming it's not supported. The thread has comment as recent as 2020 so it seems that is still the case.

        https://community.adobe.com/t5/type-typography/i-am-adobe-user-from-myanmar-burmese/td-p/6989574

         

        The thread also has a open ticket on InDesign feature request, you can upvote it so that the chances of it being seen by engineering team increases

         

        -Manan

        -Manan
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          San Lin5FB7
          Participant
          August 5, 2021

          Hey vi·car·i·ous,

           

          I'm from Myanmar and also Users of Adobe Products.

           

          Please try to use Pyidaungsu Book Font. It works perfectly in every Adobe Products.

           

          FYI,

          Some Myanmar Unicode Fonts will not be working at Adobe Products that happen because Opentype Features that scripted in those fonts are not same.

           

          As far as i notice, Opentype Features that scripted in Myanmar Text Font are not working correctly in Adobe Products.

           

          Pyidaungsu Font is scripted by different Opentype Features that make sure to work correctly Myanmar Unicode at Adobe Products. 

           

          If you have any problem using Pyidaungsu Book Font. Contact me anytime.  [E-mail removed by moderator for your protection.]

           

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            rachelb46864273
            Participant
            March 12, 2022

            I am having a problem with Pyidaungsu Book displaying ကြၢး correctly. This is how it displays:

             

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