I want to take Arabic fonts in InDesign

I want to take Arabic fonts in InDesign. I have the version of InDesign CS 3 (Germany). The program rotates the letters. What should I do? Do I need a different version?

Hi Steffi,
There is no way to make the german version of InDesign CS3 supporting Arabic. At that time, there were 2 differents version of ID, the "international" one and a specific for Arabic & Hebrew support ("Middle Eastern" version) developped by WinSoft Intl in France.
Today, the current version is InDesign CS6. The version of ID shipped in the middle east has the Arabic support embedded. So, it would be ideal for you. As alternative, you could add "ScribeDoor" to any InDeisgn. ScribeDoor is a plugin developped by WinSoft Intl which brings the Arabic & Hebrew support into InDesign: http://store.winsoft-international.com/products/product/winsoft/scribedoor/scribedoor-for- indesign.html
Hope this helps
Pascal

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Mmmmaybe.
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I¹ve designed a company profile in English and they need it to be translated into Arabic for their Middle Eastern branch.
I don't do much commercial work myself (I'm more of a nonprofit, social-service guy) but a "company profile" sounds to me like something that should be typeset by a graphic designer who actually reads the language. You are working on some kind of marketing or business speech intended for distribution in a culture where good calligraphy and typography are very important. It is unfortunately very easy for those of us who are not immersed in these calligraphic traditions to accidentally do something equivalent to formatting a press release in sixteen-point Comic Sans. So if you keep posting in this thread we can get you to the point where your Arabic copy is legible, and probably to the point where it's not embarassing. But if your clients need anything more than basic legibility, you may want to hand this off to someone who is an in-language professional.

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... I then went to Windows Font Folder in Cpanel and installed it.
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That was some bad advice you got there. Indesign is fully able to use all of your installed fonts -- the ones in Windows. Only a very few specialized types of fonts that cannot be installed in Windows need to go into ID's "private" Fonts folder. (And another reason would be you want to keep your Windows system 'clean'.)
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professional version).
Here is a picture showing you my ideas.
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Originally posted by:
ebad293
Hi All!
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professional version).
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I want to make a registration form that needs user to type
his/her information in
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