Fully justified Arabic text drops the final period of paragraph when kashidas are on
In InDesign 19.00 and 19.01, if you set Arabic text to justify with last line aligned right and kashidas turned on, the final period of the paragraph drops from PDF output. This seems to happen only in RTL scripts; I can't recreate it in Latin script. Thread with details:
I've uploaded a PDF showing the missing periods, but when attempting to upload the corresponding INDD file, I get an error dialog claiming that "the following files are not supported and have been removed". Same is true if I zip it before attempting to upload... and I can't find a place to file a bug report with uservoice itself.
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Joel Cherney commented
I've already uploaded this sample doc more than once; here's hoping it sticks,. this time
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Marisa Ferreira commented
I was hoping Adobe would fix this with this last update, but not yet! Please, guys! I need to be be able to use kashidas in Arabic text! It makes readability much better.
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Joel Cherney commented
Another forums thread about this bug:
https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/indesign-19-0-update-change-in-diacritic-selection-behavior-in-the-hebrew-language/td-p/14391189I think that Colin has the right idea, these threads probably ought to be merged (and their votes summed)
Also it looks like I couldn't upload the accompanying IDD when I first filed this bug; now that file upload problem seems to have resolved itself.
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Joel Cherney commented
Another forums thread about this bug:
https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/indesign-19-0-update-change-in-diacritic-selection-behavior-in-the-hebrew-language/td-p/14391189
I think that Colin has the right idea, these threads probably ought to be merged (and their votes summed)Also it looks like I couldn't upload the accompanying IDD when I first filed this bug; now that file upload problem seems to have resolved itself.
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Muhannad Hamoud commented
I have the same problem :(
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Yael Kastel commented
This also happens to me - when exporting PDF files in Hebrew. It happens randomly and only in the 2024 version.
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Hannah Dossary commented
This is also happening to me.
I've tried a few workarounds:
- removing Kashidas as suggested here: https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/missing-dots-at-the-end-of-pharagraph-when-exporting-a-pdf-from-indesign/td-p/14221771). This doesnt always show the fullstop at the end.- making the text aligned right instead of justify right. This seems to work but not ideal if we need o have it justified.
looking forward to a bug fix
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Joel Cherney commented
There are reports on the forums that it's happening with Hebrew as well, so I'm guessing that all RTL scripts will exhibit this issue.
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Zaid Al Hilali commented
I second Joel on this bug. Here are two files [ InDesign & PDF ] for comparison.
Well, I uploaded the InDesign document, however, it is not visible in my post here!!