Professional Nepali typesetting services

Adelphi has over 20 years of experience providing Nepali typesetting services, localizing your brochures, manuals, and packaging, etc into Nepali ready to print.

Adelphi is a Nepali typesetting company that has worked with hundreds of advertising and design agencies and their clients to break into new markets and adapt their message into Nepali. (Nepali is also called Bangla). As well as working for translation agencies worldwide, Adelphi has been a trusted supplier for companies such as Disney, Jaguar Land Rover, the Royal Armouries, HSBC, Barclays bank, Vidal Sassoon, the Overseas Development Institute, and Amnesty International.

All of our Nepali typesetting is produced in-house and we never farm out any of our typesetting work to external suppliers, keeping confidentiality and quality control to the maximum.


Nepali uses the same script as Hindi and historically, typesetting Indian languages have been difficult due to the technical problems of dealing with non-standard Indian fonts. Indian fonts have often been produced with no reference to other fonts for the same script. What this means in practice is that, when using a standard English keyboard, one font may have a character on the ‘G’ key, while another font, for the same script, may have the same character on the ‘L’ key. So when typesetting Indian languages it simply is not possible to switch between fonts, as you can in English, as identical Indian characters may be mapped to different positions on the keyboard. These problems are also there for other Indian languages such as Hindi, Bengali, etc.

A basic guide to translation of InDesign files using translation software

By using an IDML file exported from InDesign we can speed up the translation and typesetting process when using translation memory software. This method keeps all the formatting from the original InDesign file such as links, character and paragraph styles and fonts plus any interactive elements such as cross-references, this enables the translator to work directly in the InDesign file, but without actually using InDesign.

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Graphics localization

We can also localize any graphics in the document using Photoshop or Illustrator, depending on the image we could require the original layered data with live text, not outlined text. We have the latest Adobe CC applications.

Nepali line spacing

Nepali has much taller characters than Latin text so these scripts often require more vertical space between lines otherwise the text can overlap each other.

Nepali Typesetting

Data required

We need the English original data for us to adapt it into Nepali using InDesign, QuarkXPress, and other professional typesetting software, this is usually supplied by the design agency as a “collect” or “package” which includes all images, fonts, and links (images) to the document. Without these, we cannot create a print-ready PDF as the deliverable.

Deliverable data

We can supply the completed Nepali typeset document as an InDesign data collect and as a print-ready PDF set to your specifications.

Book localization

Adelphi has localized many books, here are just a few examples read more here. Adelphi provides book translation and localizing into over 100 languages for publishing companies and authors.

Get the most out of your typesetting localization project – tips and advice read more here

  • Many languages will expand once translated from English, so we’d recommend you leave some space for this. If in doubt, just give us a call and we’ll be happy to help.
  • Your style can be central to your project, but sometimes simple really is best. Drop caps, bold, italics, and even colored text in the same paragraph can sometimes just not translate into your chosen language. By avoiding this you can also keep your costs down and speed up delivery.
  • Drop caps and uppercase for emphasis can look great in English, but some languages don’t use them. This is where our company’s typesetting experience can help you.
  • If you want to place text over an image, try to add it to the document rather than in the image itself. That way we can edit exactly what you need changing.
  • As an experienced typesetting agency, we know our fonts and some languages have more restrictions than English. Our staff can show you which fonts work in whichever language you desire, right down to the different weights and condensed versions.

Nepali translation services

Adelphi has its own in-house translation department providing translations in over 120 languages including Nepali.

Adelphi ensures that all our translators are professional and work only into their mother tongue. This ensures accuracy. By using Adelphi for your translation and typesetting it ensures that you get the best of services.


Adelphi offices

Adelphi Studio offers typesetting, subtitling, and voice-over services globally from our offices in the UK and the USA.
All US, Canadian, and South American inquiries should be directed to our US office while all other inquiries should go to our UK office.

UK Office
Tel : +44 (0)114 272 3772
Email: sales@adelphistudio.com

US Office
Tel : 916 414 8714
Email: us@adelphistudio.com