[ID-4208669]QR Code Generator Problems with Special Characters in vCards
In the actual version of indesign (16.0) there is still an issue with internal generated vCard-QR-Code scanned by an iphone.
In germany there are special Characters called "Umlaute" (ü, ö, ä) or the "sharp s" (ß). If these characters are used in an vCard generated within the buildin function from indesign, they are replaced with other symbols on the iPhone QR-Code-Camera Reader.
I think this is only a Problem of the used vCard-Version. I think indesign uses Version 2.1 if you would just use Version 3.0 this issue does not appear.
please see attached one example
Kind regards from germany
Max
Max Behnen
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AdminRavi Kiran
(Senior Lead Quality Engineer, Adobe InDesign)
responded
Fix for this issue is available in the latest PreRelease build (20.1.0.28) of InDesign available via Creative Cloud Desktop application (look under the Pre-release tab).
If you would like to join InDesign PreRelease program, do the following:
* Go to https://www.adobeprerelease.com/
* Sign in with your Adobe ID (Email address associated with your Adobe account)
* Click Available Programs
* Find InDesign Prerelease and click Join
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Adobe InDesign team
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Vojta Lunga
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Vojta Lunga
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Adobe, fix it please. Wrong characters in Business Card are shame :-(
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guido
commented
qr code business card generated don´t read in correct form. Specials characters like á or é are incorrectly presented in iphone qr code readers.
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Anonymous
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Completely agreed with you!
The problem is that the datas are not encoded in UTF.
Other QR code generators (in the web) can do this so Adobe should also be able to do it.
I spent 1 hour chatting with support to learn that is not possible within Indesign! -
Ibrahim Ozdemir
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Generated QR codes in Business Card Section with non-English letters does not resolve correctly with Contacts App in iOS