How to Use Arabic in CS5

[jw2015]

Hello!

I recently was asked to develop a logo that is in Arabic. I downloaded some Arabic fonts which all installed successfully. However, when I went to actually use the font, it typed in English, not in Arabic. I have Photoshop CS5. After Googling, I saw that CS6 is compatible with Arabic (a setting housed under "Preferences" then "Type"), but CS5 does not have the same option. Is there some sort of plug-in or patch I can install to use Arabic in CS5?

Thank you for your help!

[Test Screen Name]

Not sure if it can work outside the ME version of CS5, but we should check - since you don't say - that you do know how to type Arabic with these fonts. Some people assume that the other language will appear in place of the regular keyboard letters, and they used to, but fonts aren't made that way any more. Check you can get the required text in another app, and try copy/paste. Check the letter shaping carefully.

[Jeff Arola · Accepted solution]

Try this template:

windows

Adobe - Photoshop : For Windows : Adobe Photoshop CS4 - Template to edit and create Arabic text

mac

Adobe - Photoshop : For Macintosh : Adobe Photoshop CS4 - template to edit and create Arabic text

[Zaid Al Hilali]

You need to have Middle Eastern version to type Arabic natively in Photoshop. However since you don't have ME version now, you may look at these work arounds…

Grapheast - Rights managed and Royalty Free Images​

Or this which works within Illustrator only…

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