Re: I am trying to type right to left hebrew text in illustrator, but am unable to.

Hi Rena,

1. Please uninstall the existing version of Adobe Illustrator from your system.
2. Now goto the Creative cloud desktop application & click on the settings.
3. Now click on preferences:
4. Make sure that under the apps tab, you have the “Language” Set to “English Hebrew”.
5. Now close the Preferences window. You will get an option to install the Application in the Apps tab.
6. Click on Install
7. Now, you should have the application installed on the system.
8. Now launch Illustrator CC 2015. Create a new document & switch to the typography workspace.
9. Now select text alignment “Right to left” (Paragraph Panel)
10. Double click on the paragraph style & under the “Basic Character Formats” select font family as “Adobe hebrew”. You can also specify Font Style & other options here.
11. Under “Indents & Spacing” tab, select “Right” for alignment.
12. Under “Advanced Character Formats” Select “Hebrew” under “Language”
13. Now select the Hebrew keyboard & start typing in Illustrator. It should work.

Additional online links:

Illustrator Help | Arabic and Hebrew type

Illustrator CC Hebrew

Thanks ,

Nikhil Gupta