Arabic desktop publishing
Arabic breaks layouts that were designed left to right. Our DTP team mirrors the page, resets the type and rebuilds the details until the Arabic document looks as considered as the original.
What is included
What you get, concretely
True mirroring, not flipping
Reading order, margins, image placement, tables and callouts all move to serve right-to-left reading, while logos and photography stay the right way round.
Arabic typesetting craft
Proper fonts, correct letter shaping and clean justification. No broken script, no disconnected letters, no Latin punctuation stranded in Arabic lines.
Any source format
InDesign, Illustrator, Word, PowerPoint, Google formats and PDFs. If you only have a flat PDF, we rebuild the document from it.
Delivery for print and screen
Press-ready PDFs with correct bleeds, plus accessible screen PDFs and editable source files so your team owns the result.
Formats we take
Something else? Send it anyway. If we cannot work with it, we will say so plainly and suggest what will work.
Questions
Before you ask
We are an agency: can you take DTP-only work?
Yes, a large share of our DTP is white label for other translation companies. Send the translated files and we handle the layout stage.
Our brand fonts have no Arabic version. What now?
We recommend an Arabic companion face that matches your brand's weight and personality, and document it so every future document stays consistent.
Do you also certify documents?
No, and we will not pretend to. Certified document translation for UK authorities is handled by our sister company Arabic Translation UK.
Tell us about the project.
A fixed quote on the real scope, usually within one working day.