Issue with Incorrect Positioning of Arabic Diacritic in InDesign (Correct in MS Word)

[Ashhad Kaka]

I'm encountering an issue with Arabic diacritics in Adobe InDesign. While working on Arabic text, I noticed that one of the diacritics is not positioned correctly in InDesign, though it appears perfectly in Microsoft Word. I've tried adjusting the font and settings, but the problem persists only in InDesign.

Has anyone faced a similar issue or knows how to resolve it? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you!

[Peter Spier]

OS? Version (and localization) of InDesign? Which paragraph composer are you using?

Have you tried a different font altogether to see if the problem is actually in the font itself?

[Ashhad Kaka]

Thank you for the reply!

I'm using Windows 11 and InDesign version 20.0 (Middle East version). The paragraph composer I'm using is the Adobe World-Ready Paragraph Composer.

I have tried various fonts. In some fonts, the diacritic positioning issue persists, while in others, it displays correctly. It seems the issue is font-specific but happens frequently enough to affect my workflow.

Let me know if there's anything else I should try or check!

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

@Ashhad Kaka

If font is the issue - you either need to find a "good" version - or use a different font?

[Peter Spier]

I don't work with right-to-left text at all so not much more I can suggest, especially since the problem seems to go away with some fonts. Next thing on my list would be to verify (by selecting the text) that the assigned language is indeed Arabic.

[sak95456465]

hello

please type original arabic text here and what is the font?

Thanks