[xep-support] Re: RTL script and text-align=inside/outside

[Benoit Maisonny]

FYI, XEP 4.20 doesn't fix this issue.
Any chance someone at RenderX looks into this?

Thanks,
Benoit


On 4 July 2012 18:23, Benoit Maisonny <bm.lists at synclude.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> More trouble with right-to-left scripts: I'm trying to align bilingual
> Arabic/English text to the inside edge of the page:
>
> <fo:block text-align="inside"><fo:block-container writing-mode="rl-tb"
> font-family="FreeSerif">
>                     <fo:block xml:lang="ar-EG">© 2012 القاهرة.</fo:block>
>                 </fo:block-container><fo:block-container>
>                     <fo:block font-style="normal" xml:lang="en-GB">© 2012
> Synclude</fo:block>
>                 </fo:block-container></fo:block>
>
> This does not work as I expected: "inside" becomes outside for Arabic
> text. So, inside is no different from left or start. Conversely, "outside"
> reverses the alignment: English is indeed outside-aligned but Arabic
> becomes inside-aligned.
>
> Regards,
> Benoit
>
>


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