Unable to type certain Hebrew letters with Diacritics on Mac
InDesign
ID CC 2017-2021; Hebrew (Middle East English)
Mac 10.14.6
Description:
On mac, some letters with diacritics has lost their ability to produce diactritics and no longer work.
The letters and how to type them with Hebrew script installed on system:
1. Vav Holam
2. Vav Shuruk
3. Shin
4. Sin
5. Lamed holam
An InDesign document is attached with samples and explanations.
Steps to Reproduce:
1. On a mac, add Hebrew Script to you system language.
2. Open InDesign Middle Eastern Version and create a text box with the a Right to left Text tool.
3. While the system script is set to Hebrew, try to type the following letters with the following shortcuts:
1. Vav Holam - Shift+u
2. Vav Shuruk - Atl+u
3. Shin - Shift+a
4. Sin - Alt+a
5. Lamed Holam - Shit+k
Actual Result:
1. Vav Holam - Shift+u Produce ו
2. Vav Shuruk - Atl+u Produce ו
3. Shin - Shift+u Produce ש
4. Sin - Atl+u Produce ש
5. Lamed Holam - Shit+k Produce ל
Expected Result::
1. Vav Holam - Shift+u Should Produce וֹ
2. Vav Shuruk - Alt+u Should Produce וּ
3. Shin - Shift+a Should Produce שׁ
4. Sin - Alt+a Should Produce שׂ
5. Lamed Holam - Shit+k Should Produce לֹ
This was reported to Adobe Pre-Release on Oct 21, 2018 and nothing was done about it!
This report contains another letter with diacritics (number 5) that can't be typed in InDesign.
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Shlomit Heymann
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Why you are not fixing it?