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Microsoft Traditional Arabic Font
Hi,
I have tried to search the forums for anything on this subject but could not find anything. I am designing a book in Adobe Indesign ME CS4 on mac and we are using Microsoft’s Traditional Arabic font in Regular and bold. I am not able to export a PDF as I get a message saying the font cannot be embedded due to licensing restrictions. Does anybody know who designed this font and is it possible to buy a unrestricted version? I have tried calling Microsoft Corporation but with no success. I am able to print the file as Postscript and then open it in Preview which converts it to a PDF. I can then save as a PDF from here but this seems to only work with A4 page size. My book is square and I cannot get this method to work for my size.
Thanks in advance.
Maybe this will help
Hello Mukhtar,
I came across your problem when I was doing research on another issue. I don't want to seem too 'spammy' but I think that one of WinSoft's products might be helpful for you, especially as you are using InDesign ME.
WinSoft makes a design tool called Tasmeem, which, together with InDesign ME and the font collection, allow people to produce calligraphy or Arabic text.
There's a free 30 day limited time version, if you'd like to test it to see if it meets your needs. Just follow the below link, and then click on 'try it'.
I hope this was helpful information.
Kelly from WinSoft
www.winsoft-international.com/en/products/tasmeem.html