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href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/2023/04/27/updated-article-how-to-use-unicode-controls-for-bidi-text/" title="Permanent link to full entry">Updated article: How to use Unicode controls for bidi text</a> </h3> <div class="description"> <p>The W3C Internationalization Activity has updated the article <a href="https://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-bidi-unicode-controls.en.html" style="font-size: 1.2em">How to use Unicode controls for bidi text</a>.</p> <p>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.</p> <p><a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/files/2023/04/Screenshot-2023-04-27-at-16.46.21.png"><img decoding="async" src="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/files/2023/04/Screenshot-2023-04-27-at-16.46.21-300x107.png" alt="" width="100%" style="max-width:600px" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-3183" srcset="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/files/2023/04/Screenshot-2023-04-27-at-16.46.21-300x107.png 300w, https://www.w3.org/blog/International/files/2023/04/Screenshot-2023-04-27-at-16.46.21-1024x364.png 1024w, https://www.w3.org/blog/International/files/2023/04/Screenshot-2023-04-27-at-16.46.21-768x273.png 768w, https://www.w3.org/blog/International/files/2023/04/Screenshot-2023-04-27-at-16.46.21.png 1220w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a></p> <div class="admin"> <span class="comments-link"><a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/2023/04/27/updated-article-how-to-use-unicode-controls-for-bidi-text/#respond">Leave a comment</a></span> </div> <div class="cats"> Tags: <strong><a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/tag/qa-bidi-unicode-controls/" rel="tag">qa-bidi-unicode-controls</a></strong> </div> <div class="cats">Categories: <strong><a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/category/afrlreq/" rel="category tag">afrlreq</a>, <a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/category/alreq/" rel="category tag">alreq</a>, <a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/category/hlreq/" rel="category tag">hlreq</a>, <a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/category/update/" rel="category tag">Update</a></strong></div> </div> </div> <?php// endif; ?>   <div class="pubdata"> <div class="date"><time datetime=2016-03-10>March 10, 2016</time></div> </div> <div class="resource"> <h3> <a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/2016/03/10/updated-articles-on-bidi-topics/" title="Permanent link to full entry">Updated articles on bidi topics</a> </h3> <div class="description"> <p>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.</p> <p><a href="https://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-bidi-unicode-controls">How to use Unicode controls for bidi text</a><br /> <a href="https://github.com/w3c/i18n-drafts/commits/gh-pages/questions/qa-bidi-unicode-controls.en.html">see the changes on github</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-bidi-controls">Unicode controls vs. markup for bidi support</a><br /> <a href="https://github.com/w3c/i18n-drafts/commits/gh-pages/questions/qa-bidi-controls.en.html">see changes on github</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-bidi-css-markup">CSS vs. markup for bidi support</a><br /> <a href="https://github.com/w3c/i18n-drafts/commits/gh-pages/questions/qa-bidi-css-markup.en.html">see changes on github</a> </p> <p>Changes include the following:</p> <p>* added a quick answer<br /> * removed background sections now that we have other articles that deal with that information (pointed to those)<br /> * clarified the distinction between structural/block markup and inline markup wrt control character usage in a new section<br /> * expanded the section on inline issues to take into account HTML5-related developments<br /> * introduced concept of isolation, including RLI/LRI/FSI/PDI<br /> * removed out of date references and quotations<br /> * introduced the concept of tightly-wrapping all opposite-direction phrases from the HTML article<br /> * basically rewrote everything to make it cleaner, clearer and more snappy<br /> * replaced outdated spec links and quotes<br /> * added reference to polyglot<br /> * pointed to the HTML5 rendering section rather than providing a CSS template (which was out of date) in the document</p> <div class="admin"> <span class="comments-link"><a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/2016/03/10/updated-articles-on-bidi-topics/#respond">Leave a comment</a></span> </div> <div class="cats"> Tags: <strong><a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/tag/qa-bidi-controls/" rel="tag">qa-bidi-controls</a>, <a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/tag/qa-bidi-css-markup/" rel="tag">qa-bidi-css-markup</a>, <a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/tag/qa-bidi-unicode-controls/" rel="tag">qa-bidi-unicode-controls</a></strong> </div> <div class="cats">Categories: <strong><a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/category/x/mlw-2/" rel="category tag">MLW</a>, <a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/category/x/multilingweb/" rel="category tag">notify-multilingweb</a>, <a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/category/x/webi18n/" rel="category tag">notify-webi18n</a>, <a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/category/update/" rel="category tag">Update</a>, <a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/category/x/w3cwebdesign/" rel="category tag">w3cWebDesign</a></strong></div> </div> </div> <?php// endif; ?>   <div class="pubdata"> <div class="date"><time datetime=2014-02-03>February 3, 2014</time></div> </div> <div class="resource"> <h3> <a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/2014/02/03/new-translations-into-german/" title="Permanent link to full entry">New translations into German</a> </h3> <div class="description"> <p class="link"><a href="https://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-personal-names.de.php">Personennamen aus aller Welt</a> (Personal names around the world)</p> <p class="link"><a href="https://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-html-language-declarations.de.php">Angabe der Sprache in HTML</a> (Declaring language in HTML)</p> <p class="link"><a href="https://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-css-lang.de.php">Stylen anhand von Sprachattributen</a> (Styling using language attributes)</p> <p class="link"><a href="https://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-link-lang.de.php">Kennzeichnung der Sprache von Linkzielen</a> (Indicating the language of a link destination)</p> <p class="link"><a href="https://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-lang-why.de.php">Warum man Sprachattribute verwenden sollte</a> (Why use the language attribute?)</p> <p class="link"><a href="https://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-bidi-controls.de.php">Unicode-Steuerzeichen vs. Markup f眉r bidirektionalen Text</a> (Unicode controls vs. markup for bidi support)</p> <p class="link"><a href="https://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-bidi-unicode-controls.de.php">Verwendung von Unicode-Steuerzeichen f眉r bidirektionalen Text</a> (Using Unicode controls for bidi text)</p> <p class="link"><a href="https://www.w3.org/International/tutorials/bidi-xhtml/Overview.de.php">HTML-Seiten in arabischer, hebr盲ischer und anderen von rechts nach links geschriebenen Schriften erstellen</a> (Creating HTML Pages in Arabic, Hebrew and Other Right-to-left Scripts)</p> <p class="link"><a href="https://www.w3.org/International/tutorials/language-decl/Overview.de.php">Umgang mit Sprachangaben in HTML</a> (Working with language in HTML)</p> <p>These articles were translated into German thanks to Gunnar Bittersmann.</p> <div class="admin"> <span class="comments-link"><a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/2014/02/03/new-translations-into-german/#respond">Leave a comment</a></span> </div> <div class="cats"> Tags: <strong><a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/tag/qa-bidi-controls/" rel="tag">qa-bidi-controls</a>, <a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/tag/qa-bidi-unicode-controls/" rel="tag">qa-bidi-unicode-controls</a>, <a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/tag/qa-css-lang/" rel="tag">qa-css-lang</a>, <a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/tag/qa-html-language-declarations/" rel="tag">qa-html-language-declarations</a>, <a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/tag/qa-lang-why/" rel="tag">qa-lang-why</a>, <a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/tag/qa-link-lang/" rel="tag">qa-link-lang</a>, <a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/tag/qa-personal-names/" rel="tag">qa-personal-names</a>, <a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/tag/tutorial-bidi-xhtml/" rel="tag">tutorial-bidi-xhtml</a>, <a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/tag/tutorial-language-decl/" rel="tag">tutorial-language-decl</a></strong> </div> <div class="cats">Categories: <strong><a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/category/translation/" rel="category tag">Translation needed</a>, <a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/category/x/w3cwebdesign/" rel="category tag">w3cWebDesign</a></strong></div> </div> </div> <?php// endif; ?>   <div class="pubdata"> <div class="date"><time datetime=2011-11-02>November 2, 2011</time></div> </div> <div class="resource"> <h3> <a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/2011/11/02/new-translations-into-russian-and-ukrainian/" title="Permanent link to full entry">New translations into Russian and Ukrainian</a> </h3> <div class="description"> <p>Ukrainian:</p> <p><a href="https://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-bidi-space.uk.php">袩褉芯锌邪卸邪锌褉芯斜褨谢褨胁 Bidi</a> (Bidi space loss)</p> <p><a href="https://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-bidi-unicode-controls.uk.php">袙懈泻芯褉懈褋褌邪薪薪褟袣械褉褍褞褔懈褏褋懈屑胁芯谢褨胁 Unicode 写谢褟 bidi 褌械泻褋褌褍</a> (Using Unicode controls for bidi text)</p> <p><a href="https://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-scripts.uk.php">袧邪锌褉邪胁谢械薪薪褟褋泻褉懈锌褌褍褨屑芯胁</a> (Script direction and languages)</p> <p><a href="https://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-bidi-css-markup.uk.php">CSS 褔懈褉芯蟹屑褨褌泻邪写谢褟锌褨写褌褉懈屑泻懈 bidi</a> (CSS vs. markup for bidi support)</p> <p><a href="https://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-bidi-controls.uk.php">袣械褉褍褞褔褨褋懈屑胁芯谢懈 Unicode 褔懈褉芯蟹屑褨褌泻邪写谢褟锌褨写褌褉懈屑泻懈 bidi</a> (Unicode controls vs. markup for bidi support)</p> <p>Russian:</p> <p><a href="https://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-bidi-space.ru.php">袩褉芯锌邪卸邪锌褉芯斜械谢芯胁 Bidi</a> (Bidi space loss)</p> <p><a href="https://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-bidi-unicode-controls.ru.php">袠褋锌芯谢褜蟹芯胁邪薪懈械校锌褉邪胁谢褟褞褖懈褏褋懈屑胁芯谢芯胁 Unicode 写谢褟 bidi 褌械泻褋褌邪</a> (Using Unicode controls for bidi text)</p> <p><a href="https://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-scripts.ru.php">袧邪锌褉邪胁谢械薪懈褟褋泻褉懈锌褌邪懈褟蟹褘泻芯胁</a> (Script direction and languages)</p> <p><a href="https://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-bidi-css-markup.ru.php">CSS 懈谢懈褉邪蟹屑械褌泻邪写谢褟锌芯写写械褉卸泻懈 bidi</a> (CSS vs. markup for bidi support)</p> <p><a href="https://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-bidi-controls.ru.php">校锌褉邪胁谢褟褞褖懈械褋懈屑胁芯谢褘 Unicode 懈谢懈褉邪蟹屑械褌泻邪写谢褟锌芯写写械褉卸泻懈 bidi</a> (Unicode controls vs. markup for bidi support)</p> <p>These articles were translated thanks to Alexandr Shlapak.</p> <div class="admin"> <span class="comments-link"><a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/2011/11/02/new-translations-into-russian-and-ukrainian/#comments">1 Comment</a></span> </div> <div class="cats"> Tags: <strong><a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/tag/qa-bidi-controls/" rel="tag">qa-bidi-controls</a>, <a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/tag/qa-bidi-css-markup/" rel="tag">qa-bidi-css-markup</a>, <a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/tag/qa-bidi-space/" rel="tag">qa-bidi-space</a>, <a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/tag/qa-bidi-unicode-controls/" rel="tag">qa-bidi-unicode-controls</a>, <a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/tag/qa-scripts/" rel="tag">qa-scripts</a></strong> </div> <div class="cats">Categories: <strong><a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/category/translation/" rel="category tag">Translation needed</a>, <a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/category/x/w3cwebdesign/" rel="category tag">w3cWebDesign</a></strong></div> </div> </div> <?php// endif; ?>   <div class="pubdata"> <div class="date"><time datetime=2011-06-13>June 13, 2011</time></div> </div> <div class="resource"> <h3> <a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/2011/06/13/new_translations_into_spanish_15/" title="Permanent link to full entry">New translations into Spanish</a> </h3> <div class="description"> <p class="link"><a href="https://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-b-and-i-tags.es.php">Uso de los elementos b e i</a> (Using b and i elements)</p> <p class="link"><a href="https://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-bidi-unicode-controls.es.php">Uso de controles Unicode para texto bidi</a> (Changing (X)HTML page encoding to UTF-8)</p> <p>These articles were translated into Spanish thanks to the Spanish Translation Team, Trusted Translations, Inc.</p> <div class="admin"> <span class="comments-link"><a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/2011/06/13/new_translations_into_spanish_15/#respond">Leave a comment</a></span> </div> <div class="cats"> Tags: <strong><a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/tag/qa-b-and-i-tags/" rel="tag">qa-b-and-i-tags</a>, <a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/tag/qa-bidi-unicode-controls/" rel="tag">qa-bidi-unicode-controls</a></strong> </div> <div class="cats">Categories: <strong><a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/category/translation/" rel="category tag">Translation needed</a>, <a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/category/x/w3cwebdesign/" rel="category tag">w3cWebDesign</a></strong></div> </div> </div> <?php// endif; ?>   <div class="pubdata"> <div class="date"><time datetime=2009-07-10>July 10, 2009</time></div> </div> <div class="resource"> <h3> <a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/2009/07/10/new_article_using_unicode_controls_for_b/" title="Permanent link to full entry">New article: Using Unicode controls for bidi text</a> </h3> <div class="description"> <div><a href="https://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-bidi-unicode-controls">Read the article</a></div> <p><abbr title="Frequently-asked question">FAQ</abbr>-based article: If I’m unable to use markup to correctly order bidirectional text, what can I do?</p> <p>By Richard Ishida, W3C.</p> <div class="admin"> <span class="comments-link"><a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/2009/07/10/new_article_using_unicode_controls_for_b/#respond">Leave a comment</a></span> </div> <div class="cats"> Tags: <strong><a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/tag/qa-bidi-unicode-controls/" rel="tag">qa-bidi-unicode-controls</a></strong> </div> <div class="cats">Categories: <strong><a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/category/x/articles/" rel="category tag">Articles</a>, <a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/category/x/highlight/" rel="category tag">Highlight</a>, <a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/category/new-resource/" rel="category tag">New resource</a>, <a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/category/x/w3cwebarchitecture/" rel="category tag">w3cWebArchitecture</a>, <a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/category/x/w3cwebdesign/" rel="category tag">w3cWebDesign</a>, <a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/category/x/w3cwebservices/" rel="category tag">w3cWebServices</a>, <a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/category/x/w3cxmlcore/" rel="category tag">w3cXMLCore</a></strong></div> </div> </div> <?php// endif; ?>   <div class="pubdata"> <div class="date"><time datetime=2009-06-17>June 17, 2009</time></div> </div> <div class="resource"> <h3> <a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/International/2009/06/17/article_for_wide_review_using_unicode_co/" title="Permanent link to full entry">Article for wide review: Using Unicode controls for bidi text</a> </h3> <div class="description"> <div><a href="https://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-bidi-unicode-controls">Read the article</a></div> <p>Comments are being sought on this article prior to final release. 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