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Also this is why unicode has codepoints signifying where to switch between right to left and left to right writing, so that letters can be correctly written "forwards" in the underlying file format (first letter written first) for both writing systems and also rendered correctly for both writing systems on display
I would love to see a breakdown of the line wrap algorithm for that... sounds nasty