Text characters (accents) not displaying properly in Illustrator

[EricaSholycow]

Illustrator isn't displaying the characters properly. For example this text W̱SÁNEĆ would drop the accent under the w and display it as W but in the character pannel is shows that the accent is there, it is doesn't display. The same text in pasted into InDesign displays properly. The typeface supports the extra character so it's not the font. Any idea what is going on here?

[EricaSholycow · Accepted solution]

I have figured out what I needed to fix this: 

To recap for users wanting a quick answer:

1. Go to Illustrator > Preferences> Type> Select "Indic Languages"

2. Go to the fly-out menu for "Paragraph", select "Middle Eastern & South Asian Every-line Composer"

[Jim_Rick6879]

Try this fix — it works for accent display issues in Illustrator:

1. Go to Illustrator > Preferences > Type and enable Indic Languages.
2. Then open the Paragraph panel, click the menu icon, and choose Middle Eastern & South Asian Every-line Composer.

This should make accented characters display correctly.