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nmkstudio
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June 16, 2020
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Simplified Arabic font error when converting from Word 2016

  • June 16, 2020
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I am converting an Arabic document from word 2016 to pdf. The font used in word document is Simplified Arabic, When I opened the converted pdf in acrobat dc some Arabic texts are not selecteable or searchable. But in the same word Document when I used Arial font instead of Simplified arabic , the converted PDF is searchable and selectable. Actually I need simplified arabic as font. please help. Thanks

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Zaid Al Hilali
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Zaid Al HilaliCommunity Expert
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June 17, 2020

Simplified Arabic is a font provided by Microsoft on the Windows platform. For many years this font (along with two other Arabic fonts) used to be locked by the Micorosft and were not possible to embed in any PDF. This is a System font that is used to display menus and commands if you switch to the Arabic interface. Recently the lock was removed, and the font became available for PDF embedding, however, I didn't test it since then as I work on Mac only.

 

If I were you, I would stay away from these System fonts: Simplified Arabic, Traditional Arabic, and Kufi Arabic, and I would go and purchase an elegant font that is designed well and can be freely embedded in PDFs.

 

For the time being, you can use Arial as you've tested already and you can use Times/Time new Roman as both have Arabic Glyphs in them.

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    nmkstudioAuthor
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    June 17, 2020

    Thanks. Actually this word file is using Kashida in it, so when I change to Arial the formting/ alignment is getting wrong . Because the kashida ( elongated using shift + J in word)  in Simplied arabic is smallar than kashida in arial. Could you please suggest or do you have any idea of any other font paid or not which is using same kashida length of simplified Arabic font . This document is 1700+ pages. Thanks 

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