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February 21, 2022
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Arabic font issue - illustrator does not support Arabic font

  • February 21, 2022
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Hi, 

I faced a problem with Arabic font I uploaded form Google in Illustrator. 

It does not look as it suppose to look like and also it adds some symbols that are not suppose to be there.
When I upload the same font file to other design tool (Pitch) it looks as it shown online of the font specimen page. What could be the problem here?

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Mike_Gondek10189183
Community Expert
Community Expert
February 22, 2022

You will need to install the Arabic Version, to get this to work correctly

https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/kb/access-install-hebrew-arabic-indesign-illustrator-CC.html

Participant
November 29, 2022

Hi, I've similar issue, same fonts are working in previous versions (Illustrator 2021) but 2022 can't read 90% of arabic fonts. It Shows the font and preview but when you select a font either its some boxes or just the same characters....

please find the screenshots to understand better.

Kevin Stohlmeyer
Community Expert
Community Expert
November 29, 2022

Are these fonts Type 1 fonts and Adobe fonts and not OpenType?

https://helpx.adobe.com/fonts/kb/postscript-type-1-fonts-end-of-support.html

Kevin Stohlmeyer
Community Expert
Community Expert
February 21, 2022

Do you have the Arabic version of Illustrator installed?

Viki ShinAuthor
Participant
February 22, 2022

Hi Kevin, 
No. I am not native speaker and use it only for content creation translated by other people. I use english version of illustrator