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MC-35765

Viewing text in Right-to-Left language while in another language renders backwards and non-connected

Viewing Arabic text in another languages renders non-connected, which is annoying that we have to switch the language to read Arabic text.

When reading Arabic the words flip on another language like English, it will be viewed as " f t a r c e n i M". The words are not connected and it is rendered left to right.

This still occurs when Force Unicode Font option is on.

To reproduce:
Copy: ماينمكرافت
Paste into chat
Should appear as the following in default language settings:

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If appears non-connected meaning it isn't fixed, like:

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cannot reproduce please tell how to make those arabic letters

@Mevlid Schop
Try to add an Arabic keyboard and switch input language.
Place a sign and type(Anything if you don't have an Arabic keyboard or don't know Arabic)
Switch Minecraft language from English to Arabic you can notice the text render will render incorrectly.

Is this still a concern in the latest Minecraft version 13w48b? If so, please update the affected versions in order to best aid Mojang ensuring bugs are still valid in the latest releases/pre-releases.

Ok updated, did not check my email for a long time ;D

Updated!
Still exists in latest official release (1.7.9) and snapshot release (14w11b).

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This has been fixed in version 20w30a which is a snapshot for the not yet released version 1.16.2. If you are still experiencing this or a similar issue in 20w30a or a newer version please search and if you did not find an existing report create a new one.

Note: they are still not rendered connected, but that's separate issue (which probably is not going to be fixed for long time). This fix restores behavior from description (i.e. characters are correctly reordered and shaped, no matter what language is selected)

this says resolved as fixed but i just tried ingame with the example from the description and it does not work as it should, the characters are backwards.

Did you read the comment above yours?

I think that commenter is referring to the fact that RtL text is still reversed in text boxes like the chat, even though it shows up properly in the right direction

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Minecraft 13w42a, Minecraft 1.7.4, Minecraft 14w11b, Minecraft 1.7.9, Minecraft 1.7.10, ..., 20w17a, 1.16 Pre-release 3, 1.16 Pre-release 5, 1.16 Pre-release 7, 1.16.1

20w30a

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