@HomerianSymphony to News • 22 days agoArabic text on AOC campaign flyers is disconnected, printed backwardswww.newsweek.comexternal-linkmessage-square32arrow-up113arrow-down146file-text
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minus-square@HomerianSymphonyOPlink1•edit-222 days agoI’ve seen people saying that if you paste Arabic text into InDesign, by default it orders it left-to-right and doesn’t ligate the text.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink0•22 days agoI’m not familiar with InDesign, so maybe if that’s the case? I’d be surprised even then since the pasted text doesn’t match the source in the slightest. But that could be a possibility.
minus-square@HomerianSymphonyOPlink2•edit-222 days agoThe last time I used desktop publishing software was 20 years ago, but I can confirm it didn’t handle Arabic text well.
I’ve seen people saying that if you paste Arabic text into InDesign, by default it orders it left-to-right and doesn’t ligate the text.
I’m not familiar with InDesign, so maybe if that’s the case? I’d be surprised even then since the pasted text doesn’t match the source in the slightest. But that could be a possibility.
The last time I used desktop publishing software was 20 years ago, but I can confirm it didn’t handle Arabic text well.