RTL

من اليمين إلى اليسار

I'm curious why I read from right to left.

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I read Arabic from right to left, and that one fact reshapes everything around me — alignment, navigation, the order things show up in. It isn't a visual flip; it's a system. Once I started seeing it that way, layout decisions stopped surprising me.

RTL as a System

RTL affects basic design decisions such as alignment, navigation, and hierarchy. In bilingual settings, Arabic may sit alongside left-to-right Latin, creating a bidirectional environment where order, punctuation, and numbers can behave differently than expected. Treating RTL as a system rule, not a styling choice, is essential for typography that feels natural and readable.

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