# Using the formula from right to left **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [February 23, 2026, 7:02pm UTC](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/using-the-formula-from-right-to-left/13487 "2026-02-23T19:02:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![munir4ye](https://forum.high-logic.com/user_avatar/forum.high-logic.com/munir4ye/32/9471_2.png) [@munir4ye](https://forum.high-logic.com/u/munir4ye)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2026, 7:02pm UTC](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/using-the-formula-from-right-to-left/13487/1 "2026-02-23T19:02:20Z")
Hello everyone. When using a formula and inserting an Arabic glyph first, the format is from right to left, for example: jeemalefmaksura-arab.fina+glyph6560 ![jeemalefmaksura-arab.fina](https://forum.high-logic.com/uploads/default/original/2X/3/32479d807172a647614485c398962e612b565737.png) ![glyph6560](https://forum.high-logic.com/uploads/default/original/2X/6/6a83009c0fe42f3e0e97ac7bed47ce7d65d1f68d.png) ![01](https://forum.high-logic.com/uploads/default/original/2X/d/df32cf34fc4907b36e21332b568fc35543f954eb.png) When initially using glyph, it does not contain Arabic code that follows a left-to-right direction, for example: jeemalefmaksura-arab.fina.1+glyph6560 ![jeemalefmaksura-arab.fina.1](https://forum.high-logic.com/uploads/default/original/2X/5/52cf8be4890a1d09fd3b22bbaded761db88cab7c.png) ![02](https://forum.high-logic.com/uploads/default/original/2X/4/498259b4813c55449a625dce9f53fe7104c27924.png) If you reverse the equation, for example: glyph6560+jeemalefmaksura-arab.fina.1 Anchors are not arranged correctly ![03](https://forum.high-logic.com/uploads/default/original/2X/2/27b05d50b0e7f1d55000815cb8592e24477df08b.png) Any advice? Thank you very much. ---
**Author:** ![ErwinDenissen](https://forum.high-logic.com/user_avatar/forum.high-logic.com/erwindenissen/32/9430_2.png) [@ErwinDenissen](https://forum.high-logic.com/u/ErwinDenissen)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2026, 10:02am UTC](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/using-the-formula-from-right-to-left/13487/2 "2026-02-24T10:02:17Z")
Can you send us reduced font project that illustrates the problem? ---
**Author:** ![munir4ye](https://forum.high-logic.com/user_avatar/forum.high-logic.com/munir4ye/32/9471_2.png) [@munir4ye](https://forum.high-logic.com/u/munir4ye)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2026, 7:00pm UTC](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/using-the-formula-from-right-to-left/13487/3 "2026-02-24T19:00:27Z")
That’s not a problem. It’s just how to control the formula so that the glyphs are displayed from right to left. If I reverse the formula, it should also reverse the anchors. top-arab \>\< top-arab.1 [Majalla5.fcp](https://forum.high-logic.com/uploads/short-url/h5kUqRXJfGnUwNRNYGLGDGvsr9G.fcp) (69.9 KB) ---
**Author:** ![ErwinDenissen](https://forum.high-logic.com/user_avatar/forum.high-logic.com/erwindenissen/32/9430_2.png) [@ErwinDenissen](https://forum.high-logic.com/u/ErwinDenissen)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 6:17am UTC](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/using-the-formula-from-right-to-left/13487/4 "2026-02-25T06:17:54Z")
I now understand. We will try to make improvements. For example for: hahalefmaksura-arab.fina.swsh.2 = glyph2126+hah-arab.medi.1 we aim to have it behave like: ![image](https://forum.high-logic.com/uploads/default/original/2X/e/e4d21c7decbe2cda65927e0c49ed2c09dff2c427.png) ---
**Author:** ![munir4ye](https://forum.high-logic.com/user_avatar/forum.high-logic.com/munir4ye/32/9471_2.png) [@munir4ye](https://forum.high-logic.com/u/munir4ye)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 6:46pm UTC](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/using-the-formula-from-right-to-left/13487/5 "2026-02-25T18:46:01Z")
Thanks, my friend. I didn’t understand the example in the image; it doesn’t seem correct. Adding Cursive = Exit = Entry solved the problem, but it needs more work. ![04](https://forum.high-logic.com/uploads/default/original/2X/9/9e3bf433d7e58ff0651f92b5da86781d0a8ad904.png) My suggestion is simply to add a button to the Formula, swept from right to left, similar to the one in OpenType. ![05](https://forum.high-logic.com/uploads/default/original/2X/9/9f2676e7a4554193eff4954083547cdb8cc354e5.png) ![06](https://forum.high-logic.com/uploads/default/original/2X/3/3294574ac0c2aba609e6436641675c274bb9fc82.png) Note: Why doesn’t Cursive appear in the Anchors list? ![07](https://forum.high-logic.com/uploads/default/original/2X/8/824033f9c44da03b2b68307b315a7923be7e5944.png) ---
**Author:** ![ErwinDenissen](https://forum.high-logic.com/user_avatar/forum.high-logic.com/erwindenissen/32/9430_2.png) [@ErwinDenissen](https://forum.high-logic.com/u/ErwinDenissen)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2026, 9:49am UTC](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/using-the-formula-from-right-to-left/13487/6 "2026-02-26T09:49:55Z")
I had the glyphs reversed. We will try to make it work like this: ![image](https://forum.high-logic.com/uploads/default/original/2X/f/f6581f2d947085a8395f7c6360efc2f12c39440b.png) Note: the Cursive anchor class is special and always available, so it isn’t shown in the Anchor Manager. ---
**Author:** ![munir4ye](https://forum.high-logic.com/user_avatar/forum.high-logic.com/munir4ye/32/9471_2.png) [@munir4ye](https://forum.high-logic.com/u/munir4ye)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2026, 5:46pm UTC](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/using-the-formula-from-right-to-left/13487/7 "2026-02-26T17:46:36Z")
Thank you, my friend