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Unsound Methods
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December 11, 2023
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Full-Stops disappearing on PDF export - InDesign ME version - Arabic text - possible Kashidas issue?

  • December 11, 2023
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Hello all.

I have an issue with Kashidas, I think.

I am working with arabic text in the ME version of InDesign. All text is justified with last line aligned right. Each piece of text in its own text box finishes with a full stop. I have to export a PDF to send to a client for amends etc. This works fine until i start using Kashidas on any text. If i manipulate any text with Kashidas (which is very helpful for the odd spacing inbetween words in the justified text ) and export as a PDF then the full stop at the end of the text disappears!

the full stop stil shows in InDesign but not in the exported PDF.

does anyone know what is going on?

    Correct answer Unsound Methods

    Hello.

    I have a little work around that works perfecty. I add a space after the full stop. In theory this means the last character is no longer the full stop, because the 'space' is. So the 'space' disapears in the PDF rather than the full stop.

    good luck!

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    hon_4611
    Participant
    December 26, 2024

    I have the similar problem now. what should I do ?

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    Unsound MethodsAuthorCorrect answer
    Participant
    December 26, 2024

    Hello.

    I have a little work around that works perfecty. I add a space after the full stop. In theory this means the last character is no longer the full stop, because the 'space' is. So the 'space' disapears in the PDF rather than the full stop.

    good luck!

      Joel Cherney
      Community Expert
      Joel CherneyCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      December 11, 2023

      It's a known bug; it's been reported here. 

       

      I encourage you to make a Uservoice account (if you don't already have one) so you can add your vote, and hopefully induce the InDesign development team to address this bug as soon as possible. 

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        Unsound MethodsAuthor
        Participant
        December 12, 2023

        I'm not sure this is the same thing is it? Im not using any forced line breaks and the full-stop isnt moving to the right of the text, it stays where it should - far left, at the end of the sentence - but disappears completely in the exported PDF if i've used Kashidas in that text...

        Joel Cherney
        Community Expert
        Joel CherneyCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        December 12, 2023

        My apologies! I posted the wrong link, to the other problematic RTL layout bug that still hasn't been fixed in the most recent dot release. I meant to post a link to this Uservoice bug report (that's gotten rather less traction than the RTL to LTR bug). 

         

         

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