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ItsSunnyB
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January 22, 2018
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Adobe Keeps Translation foreign fonts to english???

  • January 22, 2018
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How do i stop adobe photoshop from translating my foreign fonts that i downloaded to english...

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Legend
January 22, 2018

You need to make sure your system has Japanese support. Then you would type characters using an Input Method Editor. This is complicated because of the tens of thousands of characters in Japanese and the three non-western alphabets (Kanji, Hirigana and Katakana). You can also use special keystrokes. Or, once there is Japanese support in the system, you can use copy and paste from other apps.

You do NOT need to download a font, and free fonts aren't likely to be good quality. Because of the tens of thousands of characters in them, good Japanese fonts can cost thousands of dollars. However, both Adobe software, and the Windows and Mac systems come with excellent quality Japanese fonts ready for use.

This web page has a lot of detail on how to install and set up Japanese language support in Mac and Windows 10, including an IME. https://www.tofugu.com/japanese/how-to-install-japanese-keyboard/

ItsSunnyB
ItsSunnyBAuthor
Participant
January 22, 2018

Perfect, thanks for the help...

Legend
January 22, 2018

Exactly, you use your keyboard. How do you use your keyboard to type Japanese characters? It's not a trick question, some people don't know how to do this. What you can expect in ANY properly made font from anywhere is that if you just type English letters you will get English letters (or nothing). All Japanese fonts include English as one of the four commonly used alphabets.

ItsSunnyB
ItsSunnyBAuthor
Participant
January 22, 2018

Perfect so how do I change that??

ItsSunnyB
ItsSunnyBAuthor
Participant
January 22, 2018

So I have downloaded some Japanese fonts, when I got to look up and use the font in Adobe the preview shows Japanese but when I go to type it's in English, im in the USA if that makes a difference. Not sure what you mean by how I enter text, not trying to be sarcastic but I use my keyboard.. It's a truetype font I downlooaded

Legend
January 22, 2018

It does no such thing. Please explain your symptoms in detail including specific fonts, and how you enter text, so that we can help you find the real cause.