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JEusaid
JEusaid
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November 15, 2017
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Trouble with Arabic language

  • November 15, 2017
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So I've followed all the steps to change my version of InDesign to English - Arabic  enabled, changed it over to the world ready paragraph composer, and it still won't recognize Arabic. I can't write in Arabic, so I am copy and pasting in from Word, and when I do, all of the characters are just squares. Any advice would be helpful.

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Correct answer Zaid Al Hilali

Squares instead of characters means no Arabic font was used. Make sure to use something like Arial, Adobe Arabic, or any similar fonts with Arabic glyphs. Here is a recent discussion with similar issue.

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Zaid Al Hilali
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Zaid Al HilaliCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
February 23, 2018

Squares instead of characters means no Arabic font was used. Make sure to use something like Arial, Adobe Arabic, or any similar fonts with Arabic glyphs. Here is a recent discussion with similar issue.

KingOfControl97
KingOfControl97
Participating Frequently
February 23, 2018

Hi,

Have you tried to follow this: Arabic and Hebrew features in InDesign ?

Have you also tried to install an arabic font?

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