Here’s another example of a customized INX file which will enable Azerbaijani, a.k.a.
To enable the language on other documents, select, copy and paste the text frame onto them. The added language will be available only in this document and will go away as soon as you close it. On the right is the shape preferred for Serbian. On the left is the shape preferred for most Cyrillic languages, such as Russian. Notice how the shape of the Cyrillic letter be (б) in Minion Pro is different when you switch to Russian.Ĭyrillic letter be. For example, Serbian (Cyrillic locale) can be enabled by opening a customized INX file in InDesign. This technique will not magically add spelling and hyphenation capabilities for the enabled language, but it will trigger language-specific OpenType lookups that may exist in the fonts. One way you can add more entries to the Language dropdown list is by opening a specially crafted INX file. The file locations have changed in InDesign CC 2015
Instructions for InDesign CS6 and InDesign CC are available at
List of the languages supported out of the box by InDesign CS5.5īut what about other Arabic languages such as Urdu and Uyghur? Or Indian languages such as Hindi or Tamil? Or even other European languages such as Gaelic? Is it possible to enable those? The answer is yes, and there are two ways of doing it.