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Chit33673432hhub
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November 17, 2023
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Myanmar font issue

  • November 17, 2023
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We are preparing a book in Myanmar (Burmese) using InDesign. We have an issue with Myanmar font after we placed the text from our MS Word document. We use Noto Sans Myanmar font. It is OK on Word, but it does not appear correctly for some strokes on InDesign (please see below).

Thank you, Chit

 

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    James Gifford—NitroPress
    James Gifford—NitroPress
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    November 17, 2023

    There are always a number of issues when working with extended-alphabet languages, but first... is the file from MS Word or from an alternate app such as Pages or Google Docs, and exported or saved to Word format? InDesign is very fussy and does not always import Word-clone files correctly. (The simple solution is to open and re-save such files from a copy of Word itself.)

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    Chit33673432hhubAuthor
    Participant
    November 17, 2023

    The imported file is an original MS word file. We opened/resaved it on MS word again and tried to place it into InDesign. InDesign rendered it the same way as before. We are stuck and don’t know how to proceed. We use the Apple Mac system. Thank you very much for your reply.

    James Gifford—NitroPress
    James Gifford—NitroPress
    Legend
    November 17, 2023

    Well, that's sometimes the simple answer.

     

    I suggest you look into the link provided above to see if it addresses issues with the language/alphabet/font you're using. It's outside my direct experience, but I know there are specific issues with extended alphabets, and solutions for them.

    Robert at ID-Tasker
    Robert at ID-Tasker
    Legend
    November 17, 2023

    Next time, could you please use forum's Search, before posting your question - it should save you a lot of time:

     

    https://community.adobe.com/t5/forums/searchpage/tab/message?advanced=false&allow_punctuation=false&filter=location&location=category:ct-indesign&q=Myanmar

     

    Or Google... 

     

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