RTL Latin Font

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I am wondering if it is possible to get an RTL Latin font by designing the glyph normally and then moving the glyphs to Hebrew or Arabic positions that I assign and then doing substitutions to get it to go RTL. What I would like to be able to do is type normally and have it end up RTL or on one line be LTR and on the next line RTL.

I have used fontcreator for many years but only on occasionally, so I am basically a beginner at font making. Is there an easier way to do this with a Latin font? Is there a way to make the text switch directions at the end of a line?

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Start your text with the right-to-left override (RLO) character (code point $202E) which tells the word processing engine to process the remaining characters from right to left (RTL).

Here is the text “text shown from right to left” preceded with this special character:

‏‮text shown from right to left!

However as soon as a new line is detected this override stops and you have start with yet another right-to-left override character.

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Thanks

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Is the RTL override char like a space and need to be included in the font?

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No, I don’t think it is required to have it in the font.

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Thanks