Phonetic Hindi Font not coming as Jodakshara when copied to Photoshop

[Lakshmi Kanth Tatikonda]

Hi All,

I have got Hindi poems to be copied into Photoshop as text. I am using Samrakan font(attached). This works fine with Microsoft word or Outlook to display Hindi text. But when i Copy the hindi text into photshop, all the jodaksharas(combined letters) are split with the tick on the bottom instead of single letter.

I have attached an example psd file which has some random text typed with google translator (क्युं म्य्थ्री ), but when this gets into Photoshop this is seen as

Can some one suggest what could be done to see letters combined instead of split.

Version tried CS3,CS5

Thanks,
Lakshmi Kanth

 

[dv8_fx]

I think it's because your font choice does not support STYLISTIC ALTERNATES.

View attachment 17479

If it does , you could accses OPEN TYPE in your character options to select the alternate styles...



As in this sample the top text is normal whereas the second displays the alternates.

 

[dv8_fx]

You also mentioned "you copied into photoshop"....

Doing this sometimes have weird outcomes.

Try typing the poem directly into PS rather than copy/paste
.

 

[Lakshmi Kanth Tatikonda]

Hi,

Thanks for you reply. But I have got 35 to 40 pages of text and will consume lot of time to retype. That to I cannot type in Hindi font directly. Earlier we used the google phonetic(type in English the phonetics) to get Hindi data.

About the Open Type, I tried with other Hindi fonts like mangal, Kruti and Devles..none of them are showing this open type enabled.

Is there something more to be done before that Open type gets enabled?

 

[dv8_fx]

This is because your font is not supported by it.

If you can find such a font with alternates it may clear the problem.

 

[dv8_fx]

Or try to save it as a pdf and open in photoshop.... Hoping the pdf save will retein the scripts' format when openrd in PS.

Drawback is it will open with a transparent background and you cant edit ithe text.

Whichmeans if you are planning to use the text on a layout in PS, you have to do the text layout in Word.

 

[dv8_fx]

Take a look at this thread... maybe you can find something useful...

http://www.photoshopgurus.com/forum/photoshop-newbies/38270-arabic-letters-not-connected.html

 

[vid]

I know it's been almost 3 years and this issue would have been resolved in all likelihood, but I was facing the same issue today and I thought I should share what I found out. (I created this account for that!)

I am unable to include links in my post here because photoshopgurus restricts links in the first five posts (this is my first post), but I will leave in the website name and the search strings needed, and a screenshot of the page you need to get to if you want to try this out.

indiantypefoundry is the website's name. and /help/technical-issues/how-to-use-unicode-fonts/ is the extension you will need to reach the page I'm on. (please check the attachment)

Once you reach the page, the templates for Photoshop, InDesign, etc. that can be downloaded from there (right at the bottom of the page) provide an indirect soution. I use Photoshop. So when you open the PSD template and paste the Hindi text into the text box on the template, the jodakshar (joined letters) appear as is! And when you copy that text from the template and paste it onto your PSD text box, the jodakshar stay as is! I haven't yet devised an easier way to get the jodakshar right into my PSD workarea, but I wanted to put this out here, just in case somebody needs this workaround.

[And as the administrator dv8_fx said, on the template, if you check the font properties, the Open Type is enabled. dv8_fx also said Stylistic Alternates is needed within Open Type, but the Stylistic Alternates in the PSD template is disabled, it's not available. But the jodakshar still work. - This is just FYI]

 

[vid]

Just an add-on the what I posted above. The workaround I suggested in the post above is only a partial workaround - there are issues that persist. Some jodakshar are pasted well but some others aren't.

Another even more elaborate workaround I'm trying currently is to use a different written-Hindi font along with the likes of Mangal to achieve what I desire. That way, with Mangal I can leave some space for a half-akshar or a matra (a vowel sound) and then fill that space up with a with half-letters and matras using a written-Hindi font like Kruti Dev.