Missing Symbols/ glyphs When Pasting Thai Text from Excel to Adobe Illustrator

[LG28403697rmne]

Dear Sir/ Madam,

Recently, I am facing with this issue when trying to copy Thai sentence from Excel to Adobe illustrator.
After pasting it on Adobe illustrator, I found that there are some missing symbols as compared to the original text in Excel. 

Is this a known issue or constrain in Adobe illustator when it comes to handling Asian languages?
Thank you in advanced.

[Monika Gause]

Do you have the same font available in Illustrator that you have in Excel? Fonts can get installed just for Microsoft Office, so just to make sure that this didn't cause your issue.

[LG28403697rmne]

Hi Monika,

Thank you for your feedback.

Yes, I do have the same font installed and available in both Adovbe Illustrator and Excel.

Best regards,

Goo

[Anshul_Saini · Accepted solution]

Hi @LG28403697rmne,

I understand that you are experiencing an issue with missing symbols when copying Thai sentences from Excel to Adobe Illustrator.

This issue can occur due to different font compatibility in Excel and Illustrator. To resolve the issue, you can try copying the Thai sentence from Excel and pasting it into a text editor like Notepad or TextEdit and then copying it from the text editor and pasting it into Illustrator. This can help remove any formatting issues or unsupported fonts.

If the issue persists, please ensure that you have installed the Thai language pack in your operating system and that the font used in Excel is also installed in your system.

If you are still facing issues, please share the excel file & font with me here or via DM. So we can further investigate the issue.

Looking forward to hearing back from you.

Thanks,

Anshul Saini

[LG28403697rmne]

Hi  Mr.Anshul Saini，
Thank you so much for your helpful and prompt reply.

As per mentioned in your previous reply, copying the Thai language from Excel and pasting it into a text editor, then copying it from text editor to Illustrator can help remove any formatting issues or unsupported fonts.
This method works but I would like to know more details on why copying the Thai sentences into text editor helps to remove formatting issues or unsupporting fonts? Do you know the logic behind in your proposed solution ?

Thank you in advanced.
Goo

[Anshul_Saini]

Hi Goo,

I'm glad to hear that the solution I provided has helped in removing formatting issues or unsupported fonts when copying the Thai language from Excel and pasting it into Illustrator.

To answer your question, when you copy text from one application to another, the text often carries with it the formatting from the original application, including font, size, color, and other styling options. Sometimes, the font used in the original application may not be supported in the destination application, causing issues like incorrect display or missing characters.

When you copy the Thai sentences from Excel and paste them into a text editor like Notepad/TextEdit, the formatting and font information are stripped away, leaving only the plain text. Then, when you copy the plain text from the text editor and paste it into Illustrator, it adopts the default font of the text editor or the font of the text selected in Illustrator.

This method works because it removes any formatting issues or unsupported fonts that could cause problems when pasting into Illustrator. It ensures that the Thai text appears correctly in Illustrator and can be edited or stylized as needed.

I hope this explanation helps, but please let me know if you have any further questions or concerns.

Best,

Anshul Saini

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Fonts can get installed just for Microsoft Office ...?