Numbers are acting weird in After Effects

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August 25, 2022
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Problem one when using the Arial font, when I type "100" or any other number I get these weird markings.

This happens when I use Regular and Bold, but not the other styles.

The next problem I have is with using numbers and a "-" if I type 1-3 it will switch it to 3-1 the second I type the 3. The only solution I have found to fix this is to type 3-1, which will then switch it to 1-3. This seems to be a problem across all fonts.

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Correct answer Mylenium

Check the language settings in the prefs and the settings in the character panel flyout menu. Sounds liek you may have set a combination of glyph substitution and input pattern that simply replaces regular numbers with Arabic.

Mylenium

MyleniumCorrect answer

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Check the language settings in the prefs and the settings in the character panel flyout menu. Sounds liek you may have set a combination of glyph substitution and input pattern that simply replaces regular numbers with Arabic.

Mylenium

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defaultfthueworx96wAuthor

Participant

So in the Character Panel flyout menu "Hindi Digits" was checked on.

Still have no idea why it reorders my numbers when using "-"

Zaid Al Hilali

Community Expert

Besides what Mylenium mentioned regarding the Hindi Digits, you may need to make sure you're using a non-Arabic font and change Paragraph Directions in the Paragraph panel.