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March 28, 2021
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Arabic language support

  • March 28, 2021
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On a Mac

Have created a form containing fields where the font is "Adobe Arabic" and alignment is right to left. Filling the form is fine and does not suggest any problems (i.e. Arabic shows correctly) but if I try to print, any field using the Adobe Arabic Font prints letters on top of each other (i.e. the field does not show).

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    Correct answer Zaid Al Hilali

    Marhaba Abdul Rahman,

     

    I worked on Arabic forms before and used Adobe Arabic font, but I mostly use GE Fonts such as GE Dina, I never had this issue, so I will try to replicate the issue on my Mac as much as I can.

    Did you try to print on another printer, A Postscript perhaps?

    As far as the scanned pages you shared here, I couldn't see the problem, which filed(s) shows the overlapped text?


    Set the font as Arial, see Arial has all Arabic characters and numerals and it is common on all platforms even mobile devices.

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    Eric Dumas
    Community Expert
    Eric DumasCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    March 28, 2021

    Hi,

    Can you share a screenshot of the form filled and confirm the version of your software and operating system?

    Can you open the form in MS Word and print it from there? to test 

    Obad
    ObadAuthor
    Participating Frequently
    March 29, 2021

    Using Microsoft's import utility into MS Word, yes, I was able to print the form correctly but printing from Adobe Acrobat DC is not able to print the Arabic fields correctly.
    I can take a screenshot but it's not going to provide any information. But I'm attaching scans of both the printed documents (|sorry for duplex scan) page 1 & 2 are the Adobe print, 3 & 4 are the MS Word print.

    Please note I'm running this on an Apple MacBook Pro (with MS Office 365 installed). 

    Adobe version

     

    Zaid Al Hilali
    Community Expert
    Zaid Al HilaliCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    April 6, 2021

    Thanks, that worked immediately. Adobe Arabic was the first font that said Arabic so I thought it appropriate.

    A side question, is there any way to flip language depending on field? Numeric fields in Arial won't take Arabic input. This is neither a feature request nor an issue, just asking if someone was able to do it.


    @Obad wrote:

    Thanks, that worked immediately. Adobe Arabic was the first font that said Arabic so I thought it appropriate.

    Adobe Arabic became a standard Adobe font for Arabic language users, I'm going to spend some time testing it on several printers and report back my findings to Adobe.

    As far as numerals are concerned, you may switch your Mac OS keyboard input between Arabic and English to type the Arabic numbers 123 or Hindi numbers ١٢٣.

    If switching keyboard input isn't what you're asking for, you may want to force your Acrobat to type one set of numbers or another by going to this menu on Mac… Acrobat > Preferences, choose Language from the left pane to uncheck the Hindi Digits in the main window.

    Note. changes made in the Preferences will affect your computer only, it will not affect your form behaviour elsewhere in case you decided to distribute it.

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