RTL is more than right alignment
Story direction, paragraph direction, composer and character direction must agree—or Arabic still behaves incorrectly.
THE ARABIC DTP CONTROL ROOM
Turn post-translation cleanup into one controlled pass.
Repair RTL composition, mixed Arabic/English behavior, digits, spacing, overset text and production hazards across an InDesign document—with dry-run visibility and an auditable report.
Built for Adobe InDesign 2026 · Windows · Lifetime freelance license
EARLY BIRD
$359$399
$359
RTL + LTRMixed text
4 modesDigit control
Dry runBefore apply
Document-wideRepair pass
THE OLD REALITY
Arabic DTP used to mean a thousand tiny corrections.
Arabic production problems rarely live in one place. They accumulate across styles, stories, frames and invisible formatting until the final delivery becomes a manual rescue operation.
Mixed text breaks silently
English phrases, URLs and numbers inside Arabic paragraphs can reverse, reorder or display the wrong digits.
Translation artifacts multiply
Manual line breaks, empty paragraphs, tabs and trailing spaces turn clean templates into unstable layouts.
Errors hide beyond the page
Overset frames, grouped objects, tables and false italics can conceal defects until the final PDF—or later.
CONTROL WITHOUT CHAOS
Purpose-built for the realities of Arabic InDesign production.
A focused interface puts the meaningful choices in front of the typesetter, with recommended defaults, deliberate opt-ins and a dry run before commitment.
FROM HOURS TO A CONTROLLED PASS01 02 03 04
A workflow designed for professional Arabic DTP.
Choose safeguards
Select composer, digits, paragraph, cleanup and structure options in one control panel.
Run a dry preview
Inspect projected counts and warnings before a single object is altered.
Apply across the file
The fixer works through Arabic paragraphs and relevant document structures in a coordinated pass.
Deliver with confidence
Use the HTML change report as a transparent production and QA record.
WHAT CHANGES THE GAME
Deep automation. Human control stays in the room.
Every capability below corresponds to a real production pain addressed by the application—not a generic promise.
World-Ready RTL foundation
Apply Adobe World-Ready Paragraph or Single-line Composer with RTL paragraph and story direction.
Arabic paragraph repair
Correct alignment, Kashida behavior, Arabic language tagging, hyphenation and diacritic/line-collision safety.
Four digit strategies
Leave digits untouched or convert to European, Arabic-Indic or Farsi forms—with protection for URL digits.
Mixed-script intelligence
Keep embedded English, Latin runs and URLs left-to-right inside Arabic paragraphs while preserving the RTL context.
Translation-artifact cleanup
Collapse repeated empty paragraphs or forced line breaks, trim trailing spaces/tabs and optionally consolidate tabs.
Overset recovery
Detect overflow and optionally expand overset text frames to reveal hidden content, including width-sensitive cases.
Precision safeguards
Normalize digit-range dashes without blanket replacement, repair false Arabic italics, and optionally mirror RTL indents.
Structure + evidence
Optionally ungroup objects, handle numbered-list digit presentation and generate a styled HTML change report.
“The difference between “Arabic text is present” and “Arabic layout is production-ready.””تصميم عربي احترافي — أسرع، أذكى، وأكثر اتساقاً
LAUNCH OFFER
Buy back the hours Arabic DTP used to consume.
The early-bird rate is reserved for independent freelance typesetters and freelance language professionals. It is not a company, agency, LSP or enterprise license.
Lifetime
One-time purchase for the licensed edition. No recurring subscription.
One machine
Hardware-UUID activation for one PC or laptop.
Freelance only
Companies require separate commercial pricing—contact TWAS.
STRAIGHT ANSWERS
Before you bring it into your workflow.
The product is licensed to one machine using its hardware UUID. Reinstallation, transfer and company use are handled directly with TWAS.
Is this only an alignment tool?
No. It coordinates composer, story and paragraph direction, character direction, Arabic language behavior, digits, cleanup, overset handling and other production safeguards.
Will it damage URLs or English text?
The workflow includes targeted handling for Latin/URL runs inside RTL paragraphs and protects URL digits during digit conversion.
Can I choose what it changes?
Yes. The control panel exposes recommended defaults plus opt-in options for tabs, indents, numbered-list digits, ungrouping, overset expansion and more.
Does it fix text hidden in overflow?
It detects overset frames and can optionally expand them to reveal hidden text. The report records outcomes and warnings.
Is it a subscription?
No. The advertised freelance license is a one-time lifetime license for one activated PC or laptop.
Created by Sameh Ragab
Senior Arabic Translator, Editor & Terminologist; ISO 17100 Lead Auditor; United Nations and World Bank Translation Consultant; and developer of the TWAS product family.