Webkit exploit: Arabic text issue

(Yes, I know about apple.com/feedback and I know, that Apple doesn't read discussions on this forum)
I can't take this anymore.
So, let me tell you: there is an exploit in WebKit (Safari, Chrome), that can crash the browser or the page when trying to render some Arabic text. And this exploit is old — people have been begging Apple to fix this for over 6 months (alternative exploit allows local file with Arabic text to open a backdoor to user passwords). I think it's time, Apple. Right here, right now. Or at least this week.
I hope I notified everyone, and people, who experienced the same problem, will understand this and keep asking apple to fix this at last.

You are bumping after 82 minutes? Apple is not here. If you have a bug report, file it using the Apple bug reporter.

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Yesterday Colloquy crashed on my iPad after an Arabic text string was pasted into the IRC channel that I was on. Another user using Linkinus under Mountain Lion on her Macbook Pro was also affected. As I understand it, this vulnerability has to do with applications that use Webkit. What is being done about it? Can we expect security updates for Mountain Lion and iOS 6 soon?

AFAIK, there has not been an update regarding this issue as yet.
Rendering bug crashes OS X, iOS apps with string of Arabic characters (Updated) | Ars Technica
You can send feedback to Apple > Apple - Mac OS X - Feedback

Line break issue with Arabic text in TLF

Hi All,
We have meet a odd problem that arabic text will break to muliply lines,
They are same sentence I paste into the TLF demo. the second one is break into muliply lines, the symbol(I have no idea what is it calls sheddeh?) is break line. I used different font, first one is "GE modern" and second one is "Sharjah"
if there is any conerned about this issues.

"منظّم حواجب بينالتيميت"
I pasted into the TLF Demo. ظّ
This symbol is break line. And only the font "Sharjah" has this issues.

Arabic Text - Font Substitution Issue - Urgent.

Hi,
We are using After Effects to create some Arabic Subtitles, we are using the Arabic Text script to make the arabic text to be written correctly (all joined up, flowing from Right to Left).
We need to use a client's custom Arabic font on the project, and this font is being used correctly on most of the text, but on odd characters After Effects defaults the characters back to the "Adobe Arabic" font. If we try and select these characters and change the font back to the one we need to, as soon as I click enter, it substitutes the font back to Adobe Arabic.
Is there a way to stop this?
Thanks,

Think I've narrowed down the problem a bit, After Effects can read the characters correctly, e.g:
If I copy and paste the text in to after effects, the characters appear, but the flow of text is incorrect, and the arabic characters are not connected how they should be.
To amend this, if i put the text through the Arabic Text script V2.0 from AE Scripts, the flow of text is corrected, but some of the characters are then substituted back to Adobe Arabic, and it is impossible to change them back to the font we need.
I think the problem lies within the arabic text script!

Arabic text in my web application using iText..

Hey Guys,
I'm using the iText library to produce PDF reports in my web application; platform (ADF 11g and Weblogic 10g). I'm having a problem with rendering arabic text on the page, is there a way to print arabic text outside of a PdfPTable ?? I need to print a simple text like the title of the report , the subtitle and so on... please guys I need an answer...
Thanks in advance.
AccadSoft

gimbal2 wrote:
sabre150 wrote:
AccadSoft wrote:
please guys I need an answer.To get answers about using iText I use "iText In Action, 2nd edition" by the prime author of iText - Bruno Lowagie.Classic way to make money - make the API free and sell the documentation. Also an honorable way to make money IMO.I was using iText before 2004 when the first edition of the book came out ( 4 years or so after the library was first introduced) and it was hard work. PDF is a very complex document format and just using the Javadoc does not really get you anywhere. There are many 'gotchas' in iText and most of the iText tutorials cover only the very basics and pretty much none of the 'gochas'. The book starts off with very simple examples that could be constructed from the Javadoc but then it does move on to the more complex issues. Worth every penny.

Arabic Text problem in Excel

Hi All,
I am downloading my data using GUI_DOWNLOAD FM into Excel ,
Here the issue is in excel the Arabic text is displayed as # ,
I have gone through the scn and worked on some suggestions given like to add code page
tab delimiter etc... but could get the desired output..
can anyone suggest me the way to get the Arabic text correct in Excel.
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Pavan

Hi Pavan,
Could you please describe shortly about how ,where is the data being retrieved to the program?
whether you are performing any conversions?
what kind of encoding used ?
it would help me to understand and give you the useful inputs to achieve the desired output
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I can't past in any text from Photoshop to Premiere, RTL or LTR Latin, Hebrew or Arabic text to Premiere Pro cc 2014. It works only between Photoshop 2014 - AE 2014.

Any one suffering from the same issue?
I use to write text RTL(right to left) written languages like Arabic and Hebrew in Photoshop, where after copy and paste the text in Premiere to get the job done. With the latest version of Adobe cc 2014 I can't copy and past any text in to Premiere from Photoshop any more, not even text written in latin. Any one has the same problem or work around this issue possibly. It still works fine to copy/paste arabic text written on Photoshop in to After Effects, but Premiere pro 2014 when you paste any text.
I'm sure this forum works as feedback for Adobe in general and my question is:
- Does adobe have any intention in the future to implement RTL text writing in Adobe CC or not? Could any one please answer this question from ADOBE?
As media consultant I can only recommend for my clients using RTL to use Apple FCP X which has built in RTL support and a new way of editing and greater workflow.

Hi Vince,
vince_email wrote:
...The only things that changed were an update to Yosemite, I started using Time Machine to make regular backups...
Please check this blog post. Updating from Time Machine can cause this issue: Premiere Pro CC, CC 2014, or 2014.1 freezing on startup or crashing while working (Mac OS X 10.9, and later).
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Kevin

Safari not rendering Arabic text correctly

I have Safari 1.0.3 running on Mac OS 10.2.8 and it will not render Arabic text correctly. Isolated letters appear at about half the correct size, which makes pages readable but only with considerable difficulty and annoyance.
I saw some solutions here that related to removing Microsoft fonts, but I removed all fonts from Home:Library:Fonts and quite and restarted Safari, and the problem persists. I also downloaded Firefox 2.0 and the same issue occurs - with the added feature that the tab titles on Firefox also display this anomaly, whereas tab titles on Safari render Arabic correctly.
And by the way, if this issue can be resolved, can safari and other apps be got to use a font other than the extremely ugly and hard-to-read default?
iMac Mac OS X (10.2.x)

Thanks Tom. The problem though is not that letters
that are meant to be connected are coming out
isolated; letters that are meant to be isolated, e.g.
initial alif, waw, ra and final letters after alif,
waw ra, are displaying way too small.
Sorry I misunderstood the problem.
Do you think it is worth trying your troubleshooting
tip no. 18? And do you have any idea what sort of
issue could be behind it that it would affect Firefox
too?
Yes, you may as well try no. 18. That tip, which really has no logic to it, reflects the fact that voodoo is sometimes required to get Jaguar to display Arabic correctly in browsers. Panther was a tremendous improvement in that regard.

Arabic text appearing incorrectly in Photoshop CC when working with PSD created in previous version

Hi. I'm working with PSD files that were originally created in Photoshop CS5 and they contain English text. Now I want to open them with Photoshop CC ME and add Arabic text.
So I've gone to Preferences > Type > clicked the "Middle Eastern and South Asian" radio button
Then from the main menu I selected Type > Language Options > checked "Middle Eastern Features".
I see the Middle Eastern features in the Paragraph and Character panels. However, if I create a text box and paste in Arabic text - the text is corrupt. The characters are not connected and their appearence is incorrect.
I've double checked that I have right-to-left selected in the Paragraph panel and in the Character panel I have both "Standard Ligatures" and "Contextual Alternates" selected.
When I open a new file in Photoshop CC and paste the same text into a newly created text box - it works fine. The Arabic appears perfect. The issue is only when working in a file that was previously created in an earlier version of Photoshop.
If I move a text box from the new PSD created in CC to the other PSD created in CS5 - all is good. However this work-around is far from Ideal, since I need to work in the existing text boxes.
Does anyone have an idea how to enable proper appearance of Arabic text in Photoshop CC in a file that was created in a previous version?
Thanks!

I submited a ticket;
http://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/bug_in_cc_with_arabic_text_on_old_ph otoshop_documents

Problem in converting english text to arabic text in Acrobat XI professional

Hi,
One of our client is facing issue while converting english text to arabic text in Acrobat XI professional. Can somebody help me to find a solution for this.

Ok , that is clear the customer has another query. He is trying to convert a pdf Arabic file into word formate but it is showing arabic font which is not in a proper form.i am attaching the print screen .

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Hi,
I am facing a strange issue. I have a flash file where Arabic text is written using Arial Unicode MS and is displayed properly, but when i try to update the text field with new arabic content, the words split up into characters.
The image below shows the issue: Both original as well new content is in the same text field but they are displayed differently.
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Ayush

As far as I know the TLFTextField is the only class currently provided for native support of right to left text. It is only supported by players that were developed concurrent with its arrival, which might account for some not seeing what they expect. From what I have heard there are discrepancies with its performance as well, wherein if you do not need to use it, stick with the classic TextField.

Importing Arabic text from an XML file

Importing text from an XML file to appear as text in Flash
works in English, however if the text I want to import is in
Arabic, when I test the movie there is no text at all.
Is there some particular syntax to preface the Arabic text?
I'll want to import text from XML in other languages too.
(French)
I'd cut and pasted some Arabic text into the XML file that
displays pictures and text in the "slideshow.fla" (
http://www.adobe.com/support/flash/applications/jpeg_slideshow_xml/jpeg_slideshow_xml03.ht ml)
Substituting Arabic text for English text, editing the XML
file with Dreamweaver.
Any ideas as to how I might achieve my objective of importing
Arabic text into Fash?
I'd started developing my prototpe in Macromedia Director 7,
and then Director MX, but I have not found a suitable Arabic font
that I can embed that will allow me to display Arabic fonts in
Adobe Director. I have the Arabic text in a Word document.
I've dicovered that my Flash MX Pro and Dreamweaver both
support Arabic fonts, but I want to import text from an XML file.
I'd prefer using cast libraries and cast members, but I don't
know of an equivalent in Flash to what I'm comfortable with in
Director.

Oh so many questions. You probably aren't going to like the
answers. I have Flash MX04 pro (aka Flash 7) and things made a big
jump between MX (aka 6) and MX04. If you only have MX, there might
not be a way to do this. All my advice is based upon MX04 or
higher.
It is possible to do complex languages in Flash. My
experience is with Hindi and I've helped a few folks here with
Arabic.
You won't be able to use text from Microsoft Word – at
least I don't think so. The XML file will need to be saved in the
UTF-8 format. I think Word uses its own scheme and won't work. But
I'm not a Word expert. Something like Text Edit (Mac) or WordPad
(PC) should be able to save a UTF-8 file.
The next problem is you mention "suitable Arabic font that I
can embed." AFAIK, you can't embed any of the complex scripts in
Flash. You just have to rely on the end user having appropriate
fonts installed and enabled. Most operating systems from 2000 on do
have this – although some folks like to remove them to save
space.
Next issue will be line composing. I've found that when using
anything above the normal Latin range that Flash suddenly forgets
how to make a line fit into a text area. It will just break things
in the middle of words and not even notice the spaces between
words. I've written a little snippet of code that "composes" the
lines. It works well with Hindi and folks here have used it with
Arabic and not come back saying that it doesn't work. Search the
forums (both the Flash and Actionscript) if you can't find it I'll
dig it out when I get home.
So here is the checklist:
Make sure the XML is saved in UTF-8
Import the XML file
In Testing environment go Debug–>List variables.
Does it show up correctly there?
Does it show at all in a text field?
Use the "composer" to make the lines break.

Arabic text not showing properly (chat & presenter)

Hi,
We’ve two issues with Arabic text:
1- In the chat window when you type a sentence (say
السلام
عليكم
ورحمة الله it
appears backward الله
ورحمة
عليكم
السلام)
2- When using Presenter in PowerPoint any Arabic word when
exported appears in reverse and the letters disjointed.
Thanks

Hello, you can use this service http://www.awebfont.ir/convert/
just type your text and click on "تبدیل" then copy and paste text into every program that not support Persian or Arabic language. this service support Farsi, Arabic, Pashto and Dari languages.
More into: http://awebfont.ir/Persian-Glyphs-Converter

Trouble exporting pdf with Arabic text to .doc file

I am having an issue exporting a pdf from the trial of Acrobat Pro XI on a Windows 7 computer.
The pdf has a table with English fields in the left column and Arabic equivalents in the right column.
It appears to display fine within Acrobat, so I assume it has fonts embedded and that Acrobat is somehow handling the display of the Arabic font correctly.
I need to export this to .doc or .docx so that I can enter additional data.
When I convert to .doc, the English column and fields convert pretty good, but the Arabic fields do not display well at all. I am not sure if this is some sort of trouble with Word (or the Windows OS) requiring an Arabic font or Arabic text support to be installed on the system or if there is some other issue (such as Acrobat not handling the conversion well)??.
I did note that there is an Arabic Font add on to Acrobat that can be downloaded from Here:
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/thankyou.jsp?ftpID=4885&fileID=4558
However, since Acrobat is seeming to properly display the Arabic text, I don't know that this is required...additionally when I tried to install the Arabic font support from that URL, it told me that Acrobat X was require, I am using Acrobat XI reader (installed with the trial version of Acrobat pro that I wish to purchase if I can get this working properly).
Thanks in advance for any assistance or advice offered on this subject.
David Dean

Unfortunately our conversion engine cannot convert text, such as Arabic, which reads from right to left. It maybe something that we add in the future however it is not available at this time.
Please refer to the article mentioned below : http://forums.adobe.com/docs/DOC-1812
~Pranav

Arabic Text in TextInput in Flash Builder 4.5.1

Hello,
I am currently developing a mobile application that is supposed to work on both Android and iOS devices. I am supposed to display arabic text and also to take arabic text input from the user. While I was trying to display simple output and input components I faced a problem with the TextInput. Please note the following:
-The TextInput component displays the arabic text in reversed order and the characters are disjoint.
-The label component does not have this problem and it accepts and displays the arabic text correctly.
-An embedded font was added
-The problem exists on both IPad and Galaxy Tab however the IPad displays the text correctly while typing (before loosing the focus on the TextInput). On the other hand, the Galaxy Tab displays the text in a wrong way both while typing and on focus out. However, the suggested words (above the keyboard in the Galaxy tab) are shown correctly.
Please check the snapshots below.
From Ipad:
Thank you.

Here's the solution:
The problem did not exist on an installation of Flash Builder on a spare MacBookPro.
On my main computer (the one with the Flash Builder issue) I uninstalled and reinstalled Flash Builder 4.5 (then updated to 4.5.1). Creating an iOS Mobile Application now creates the correct code.
I have no idea why it was creating dodgy code.
The only difference with the new Flash Builder install is that SourceMate 3.0 is not installed yet. Perhaps something had gone wrong in the Adobe Updater when going from 4.5 to 4.5.1, who know...all speculation...anyhow it works now!

Webkit exploit: Arabic text issue

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