Adobe Photoshop CS6: Bridging Design and Language Adobe Photoshop CS6 Middle Eastern (ME) Edition represents a pivotal moment in the history of digital design, specifically for the Arabic, Hebrew, and Farsi-speaking creative communities. Released in 2012, this version went beyond standard photo editing by integrating "World-Ready" composers that addressed the complex structural requirements of right-to-left (RTL) typography.

Even though the support is built-in, you must manually activate the text engine to see the relevant panels and options: Change Text Engine: Edit > Preferences > Type (Windows) or Photoshop > Preferences > Type Select Layout: Under "Choose Text Engine Options," select Middle Eastern (or "World-Ready Layout" in later updates). Restart Photoshop for the changes to take effect. Language Options: After restarting, go to Type > Language Options > Middle Eastern Features

2. Enabling Middle Eastern Features

After installing the ME version, you may need to manually enable the text engine:

Mixing LTR and RTL (e.g., English + Arabic)

3. Ligature Controls

Standard Photoshop breaks Arabic letters apart (e.g., "ب" + "ا" appear separate). The ME version automatically applies mandatory and discretionary ligatures, joining letters correctly into cursive flow.