Dear Sirs,I've been using Corel DRAW for some time now, and although my use is somehow limited, I learnd some stuff, and to say the truth, I find the program interesting, but my problem is that I use Arabic fonts for graphic perpuses. Till now, my way is to creat the paragraphs in word.doc, print it in PDF, save the PDF to *.ps (postscript) then import it to Corel (in Curves), and it is actually working great, but I only have two arabic fonts to use. All other fonts are rejected by Corel.I already installed the fonts in Corel, and yes they are installed in Windows.Please I need to enlarge my choices to some other fonts (arabic), please can you tell me how to enable these fonts through the same method I'm using, or if there is any other method to have the paragraphs written correctly in Arabic in a Corel Page.I'm using Windows Vista Home Premium and Corel DRAW X3 English.
jinx said:but I only have two arabic fonts to use. All other fonts are rejected by Corel.I already installed the fonts in Corel, and yes they are installed in Windows.Please I need to enlarge my choices to some other fonts (arabic), please can you tell me how to enable these fonts through the same method I'm using
I think the fonts "rejected by Corel" are AXt Fonts, aren't they? CorelDRAW (and MS Office Word 2003) does not support AXt font format. I have posted a request for AXt Font Support.
jinx said:the problem is that once I finish and I convert to curves (as I explained later that I need the result in Curves) the sentences change and some letters disapear
Does the problem of letters disappearing happen with all fonts?
If you use fonts like Tahoma or Arial, does any letter disappear when converted to curves?
I think the problem is in the font you use; CorelDRAW uses the outlines contained in the font when converting it to curves. Sometimes you have to manipulate nodes manually after converting. You may need to select letters and reverse their curve direction using the shape tool (press the Reverse curve direction button on the shape Property Bar) as Arabic characters overlap.
Sometimes I use the Weld command (instead of Convert To Curves) with Artistic Text (not Paragraph Text). Note that the Weld command converts the artistic text to one curve (e.g. if you have color variation within the text, you will get just one color when welded). It also takes a lot of time to process with large texts.
CorelDRAW X3 has some problems with Arabic; problems you were not facing with CorelDRAW 11.
Corel does not handle contextual forms of the Arabic characters properly. Sometimes when you edit Arabic text, Corel does not connect the additional letters with the old (all in isolated form), or types in a new font other than the selected. I need to copy all and paste into Notepad, copy from Notepad and paste back into CorelDRAW. More problems bubble up when using more than one font.
Dear Ahmed,
jinx said:Now other fonts (standard ones) like (Traditional Arabic, Deco Type Naskh, Microsoft Uighur, Monotype Kufi, even Simplified Arabic) they all give errors
jinx said:Now I tried two ways, first: - Write in word > Print to PDF > Save PDF as PS (Post Script) > Import to Corel with curves.This way works great with (Akhbar MT, and Mudir MT) and sometimes with (Andalus). If I try with any other font, Corel gives me an error and simply imports nothing.
jinx said:The second way is: - Write in word > Print to PDF > Import to Corel with text.This way works great with with (Andalus), but the others starts to get some missing letters. If I try to import the PDF as curves, I will have nothing but white space
jinx said:Probably you may think that I’m making a big issue out of nothing and that I have three fonts and that’s enough. Well my problem is that I work in this area, and graphically, I need to have a good range of choices for my clients, and this issue limits me too much. Anyway
jinx said: I can see that I’m not the only one having this problem
Friends...
It's been a long time, but I'm back with great news for this issue.
Here is the deal, I'm now using X4, but this solution works in all.
To get the arabic text in curves using all the fonts you wish, all of them I mean!! and no errors what so ever.
I simply discovered that the problem was related to the crappy Acrobat and not to corel. The PostScript that the Acrobat creats is not compatable with Corel, there for and for a rooty solution, I tried to get PostScript files without using Acrobat.
It's simple, and here what you have to do:
Install MS Publisher Imagesetter virtual printer
To install the MS Publisher Imagesetter virtual printer, open the `Printers` settings folder, and click `Add Printer`. Select a local printer; since it is virtual, select the FILE: port. Specify `Generic` as manufacturer, and then you can choose the MS Publisher Imagesetter.
This is a simple Vertual Printer that you can use directly from Word.doc or any other aplication, directly printing to your folder, then you will have to change the file from *.prn to *.ps and import it with Curves to Corel and Voala !!!
Sure that the printer has some advanced properties that I did not check yet, but even without doing so, I was able to import 16 types of Arabic Fonts to corel..
Hope this will help some solving this issue.
Yours Jinx.
sir,i am use corel draw .i stay in muscat .i work one company for desinig.heare i use in arabic lanuage.that is a problem i tipe any arabic numbers but coming only english.i install allready arabic languages in my system.arabic letters no problem.pls help me any solution for this one thanking you
Hello,
OK, I will tell you a secret that will solve all your issues,This is the frute of years of investigation.
ok, it's like this:
To install the MS Publisher Imagesetter virtual printer, open the `Printers` settings folder, and click `Add Printer`.Select a local printer; since it is virtual, select the FILE: port. Specify `Generic` as manufacturer, and then you can choose the MS Publisher Imagesetter.
After doing that, you can use the fonts you like ( with tables and pics and what so ever ) all in word. just like if you are writing in word.. Once finished, print the word with MS Publisher Imagesetter virtual printer. name the file and place it as you like. Once done, go to Corel and import the same file (curves) and you have it att with HD resolution.
Notice 2 things:
1- You have to define the size of the work space in word to get the result correct in corel.
2- After installing the MS Publisher Imagesetter virtual printer, go to printer properties, then to advanced settings and change (Minimum Font size to download) from 600 pixel to 1 pixel.
That's it, and enjoy your work.
Jinx.
PS: what I give, is what others gave me before, so I'm still thankful.