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Updated article: How to use Unicode controls for bidi text

The W3C Internationalization Activity has updated the article How to use Unicode controls for bidi text.

This article looks at how content authors can apply direction metadata to bidirectional text when markup is not available. It was largely rewritten to incorporate more up to date information and improve the examples.

Categories: afrlreq, alreq, hlreq, Update

Updated articles on bidi topics

The following articles have been updated and reviewed by the Internationalization Working Group. If you have additional comments, please send them using the “Leave a comment” link at the bottom right of the page.

How to use Unicode controls for bidi text
see the changes on github

Unicode controls vs. markup for bidi support
see changes on github

CSS vs. markup for bidi support
see changes on github

Changes include the following:

* added a quick answer
* removed background sections now that we have other articles that deal with that information (pointed to those)
* clarified the distinction between structural/block markup and inline markup wrt control character usage in a new section
* expanded the section on inline issues to take into account HTML5-related developments
* introduced concept of isolation, including RLI/LRI/FSI/PDI
* removed out of date references and quotations
* introduced the concept of tightly-wrapping all opposite-direction phrases from the HTML article
* basically rewrote everything to make it cleaner, clearer and more snappy
* replaced outdated spec links and quotes
* added reference to polyglot
* pointed to the HTML5 rendering section rather than providing a CSS template (which was out of date) in the document

New translations into German

These articles were translated into German thanks to Gunnar Bittersmann.

New translations into Spanish

These articles were translated into Spanish thanks to the Spanish Translation Team, Trusted Translations, Inc.

New article: Using Unicode controls for bidi text

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FAQ-based article: If I’m unable to use markup to correctly order bidirectional text, what can I do?

By Richard Ishida, W3C.

Article for wide review: Using Unicode controls for bidi text

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Comments are being sought on this article prior to final release. Please send any comments to www-international@w3.org (subscribe). We expect to publish a final version in one to two weeks.


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