InPage can produce beautiful Urdu pages, but messy habits create slow, fragile files. These tips come from everyday typesetting work and will keep your layouts clean and your text reusable.
1. Keep a Unicode master copy
Write and proofread in Unicode, in Word or online, then convert to InPage for layout. You always keep a clean, searchable original that is easy to edit and republish. Use the Unicode to InPage converter as the bridge.
2. Convert text before you design, not after
Bring all your text into InPage and confirm it renders correctly with your Nastaleeq font before you start placing it. Fixing encoding after the layout is built wastes hours.
3. Pick fonts deliberately
Use a readable face like Jameel Noori for body text and a heavier one like Faiz Lahori for headlines. Consistent font choices make a publication feel professional. See the fonts guide.
4. Mind the rare letters
InPage shares glyphs across a few distinct letters, so proofread headings and unusual words after conversion. A misread noon ghunna in a headline is the kind of error readers notice.
5. Handle English and numbers carefully
Mixed content is where Urdu layout gets fiddly. Keep English terms and figures in their own runs so direction and spacing stay correct.
6. Plan for the archive
If your publication will be digitised later, your Unicode masters make it trivial. If you only have InPage files, budget time to run InPage to Unicode when the day comes.