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grahamh78064991
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August 21, 2018
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Devanagari typefaces not displaying correctly

  • August 21, 2018
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I have a problem with a Devanagari typeface. I am using Kokila and Microsoft Himalaya in a book I am typesetting for a client. The font appears OK in Word, but once placed into InDesign, the joining isn't displayed correctly. Does anyone know anything about this?

cheers, Graham

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    Correct answer Srishti Bali

    Hi Graham,

    We are sorry to hear about this. May I please know the complete workflow? Are you copy-pasting from Word to InDesign or typing directly in InDesign?

    Also, please check out this help article: https://www.nltr.org/download/DTPSupport/How-to-write-Bangla-in-Adobe-Products-EN.pdf

    Regards,

    Srishti

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    Srishti Bali
    Srishti BaliCorrect answer
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    August 23, 2018

    Hi Graham,

    We are sorry to hear about this. May I please know the complete workflow? Are you copy-pasting from Word to InDesign or typing directly in InDesign?

    Also, please check out this help article: https://www.nltr.org/download/DTPSupport/How-to-write-Bangla-in-Adobe-Products-EN.pdf

    Regards,

    Srishti

    grahamh78064991
    grahamh78064991Author
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    August 24, 2018

    Thank you. I am on Windows using InDesign CC.

    The problem is with ligatures not displaying correctly. I can see them in Word correctly, but there are very minor differences when the text file is placed in InDesign. I have the font, so that isn't the issue. I think it is just that the characters are embedded in the Word file from my client, as he has the language characters on his keyboard, whereas I don't.

    So I think this is something that needs to be resolved with my keyboard rather than an InDesign issue. I have worked around it at this stage by reformatting the client's Word file to suit the look of the InDesign document. Not ideal, but a way to solve my immediate problem. I'll have to sort it out for future issues, but I am on leave as of today so it will wait.

    Thanks for your time.

    cheers, Graham

    Pariah Burke
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    Pariah BurkeCommunity Expert
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    August 23, 2018

    Hi, Graham.

    If you start a brand new document in InDesign, do the fonts you want to use appear in the Font Family field on the Character or Conrol panels?

    What is your operating system, version, and version of InDesign?

    grahamh78064991
    grahamh78064991Author
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    August 24, 2018

    Thanks for your reply, I've just read the response from Srishti, and the link supplied, and this may be the answer. Thank you both for responding, I really didn't think anyone would have an answer. Great to know there are always answers out there.

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