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December 22, 2019
Question

Arabic punctuation

  • December 22, 2019
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Hi All.

I copied some Urdu text from an Acrobat file to an illustrator (23.1.1) file.
The result is almost perfect except for the brackets being reversed and in the incorrect position.
See Screen Shots attached.

 

The bracket on the left side is easily rectified, but I am unable to move the far right bracket to the far left side where it should be.

Any suggestions?

 

P.S.

I get the same result when opening the Acrobat file in illustrator.

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3 replies

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Erin28049899d4z5
New Participant
February 18, 2023

When on your text click Character, then the three lines on top right of box then check that language is set to arabic, and digits is set to RTL Arabic. Now click paragraph, then the three lines on the top right of the box, check middle eastern single or everyline is selected and right-to-left paragraph dictation is selected. Hope this helps! I was having a nightmare with it also. 

Pre-Press
Pre-PressAuthor
Participating Frequently
February 19, 2023

Thank you for your suggestion. This must be a new feature?

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Erin28049899d4z5
New Participant
February 20, 2023

Have you been using the english/arabic versions of the programs? I've been using it for about a year so not sure on that as was only in english before

Zaid Al Hilali
Zaid Al Hilali
Community Expert
January 14, 2020

This is definitely related to the Paragraph and Character Direction which can be controlled if you download current or older version of Illustrator with Middle Eastern support.

Ashutosh_Mishra
Ashutosh_Mishra
Inspiring
December 27, 2019

Hi there,

 

Thanks for reaching out. I have found a similar discussion on https://community.adobe.com/t5/illustrator/arabic-text-direction-and-language-in-illustrator-cc-2014/m-p/6297974
Please check it out and let us know if it helps you out.

 

Regards,

Ashutosh

Pre-Press
Pre-PressAuthor
Participating Frequently
January 2, 2020

Hi Ashutosh.

Thanks for the response.
I tried the suggested fixes prior to posting my question. They did not work then and they still do not fix my dilemma.
Any other suggestions?

 

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