'Text Engine' missing from my After Effects Type Preferences

[lukeclarke]

I need to use some animated Arabic text in an After Effects file that I'm working on, but I don't have the
'Text Engine' option in my menu to change it to ‘South Asian and Middle Eastern’:

 

[Peru Bob]

I've moved this from the Using the Community forum (which is the forum for issues using the forums) to the AE forum so that proper help can be offered.

[lukeclarke]

Sorry about that, as you probably know it's my first post.

Thanks.

[Deividas22168002sqwm]

Same issue, need help 😞

[lukeclarke]

Hi Deividas22168002sqwm,

I did find the answer in another thread, but I can't seem to find it anymore!

Anyway, if I remember rightly, this feature has now beeen incorporated into the Paragraph panel. Select the text in question, then go to the Paragraph panel and select Reset Paragraph, that should do the trick.

Cheers,

Luke.

[أحب برانم أدوبي]

Thank you, it is the way.

[avrumib8672517]

For those who cannot find the text engine in your type settings, don't get frustrated, the solution is simpler than you'd think.

in the paragraph panel you'll find two buttons with an "arrow and a P" on them, switch between them to flip the typing order.

[Jitesh26075850lce2]

Does this P right to left works for type settings. I want to change font to Asian. will that work with this ?

[robertog12061881]

I'm facing same problem, it was available on the previous AE but now is gone and iy seems nobody can help us anymore 😞

bad move removing this option

[Maen2650323828th]

Can anyone help us with this issue

[Mention266203697x9t]

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JUAnw6btKyIoL2RAmD-fZDf9cn_H34Xn/view?usp=sharing  

[amnaa28954270]

Thanks you saved my dat

[amgado18266496]

that solve the problem.. many thanks

[Mention266203697x9t]

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JUAnw6btKyIoL2RAmD-fZDf9cn_H34Xn/view?usp=sharing  

I used this steps , and it worked

[Mention266203697x9t]

[samnango94]

I just upgraded my After Effects from 2020 to 2022 and I face the same issue when using Asian Languages. Then I found the working method. Select your text then go to "Character Panel", click on more options and check on "Ligatures". Hope this can help.

[Vanh27998600t4j8]

the best brother i try search many time still can't thank you for your help ❤️️

[Parul Gupta グプタ パルル · Accepted solution]

Hey,

It was a deliberate move to remove that from Preferences because you no longer have to choose either /ơr between Latin and South-Asian scripts.

The new Adobe Text Engine is equipped to support both intelligently.

Are you facing any trouble typing in?

[wajdi28195784vtv4]

The same problem for the Arabic language
I tried all previous solutions but it didn't work

[ardalan ansari]

Yes , I'm still experiencing the problem. I wish Adobe had left the option to manually change the engine in case your AI didn't recognize the text. Is there any way I can fix this problem?

[illia237817770vsr]

I also encountered this problem, the program can not automatically detect that I have RTL Israeli text. And I can't find any options to do it manually.

[Nitish Aggarwal]

Hello,

Could you please tell me your system specifications and the After Effects version you are using.