When typing or pasting Malayalam Unicode text into Adobe Photoshop, designers often encounter broken letters conjuncts split into separate base letters (e.g. ക്യ showing as ക ് യ).

This occurs because Photoshop defaults to the standard Latin text engine. Here is the 1-minute fix to enable 100% accurate Malayalam rendering.

How to Enable Malayalam Complex Script Engine

  1. Open Adobe Photoshop.
  2. On Windows, navigate to Edit → Preferences → Type (On macOS: Photoshop → Settings → Type).
  3. Under Choose Text Engine Options, select World-Ready Layout (or Middle Eastern and South Asian in older versions).
  4. Click OK.
  5. Important: Restart Photoshop so the text engine initializes the Indic HarfBuzz shaper.
  6. Create a new text layer, paste your Malayalam text, and watch all ligatures merge seamlessly!

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