Captions reverse numbers when using symbols like %, - on macOS

Question

When creating captions in Premiere Pro (Mac), any numeric content followed or preceded by symbols like %, -, or / gets automatically flipped. For example:

Typing 90% displays as %90
Typing 2023-24 shows as 24-2023

This only happens in captions/subtitles, not in Essential Graphics.

It appears that the subtitle text renderer is interpreting the numbers as Right-to-Left (RTL) even when the rest of the text is in English and the language direction is set to LTR. Adding a space (e.g., 90 %) avoids the bug, but it's not a proper fix.

This issue breaks subtitle accuracy and readability, especially for percentages, dates, and data.

Platform details:

Premiere Pro version: [25]
macOS version: [15.3.2 (24D81)
Affects both open captions and subtitle formats (SRT, etc.)

Please fix this by forcing captions to honor LTR rendering for numeric sequences or offering a proper control to set text direction in captions.

Stan Jones · Answer

@ramesh33842487ikn0,

I suspect you have Hindi digits checked. Right-click on the caption track header, pick track settings, and see if that is the problem.

It is odd, because the setting for regular graphics text is a wrench icon in the "text" section of the Properties panel. For captions, it is in the track settings, per track.

Stan

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