Around 20 countries in the world speak a language that is written RTL (right-to-left). Thus, RTL support is necessary for any digital device either web or mobile.
Currently, Figma doesn't support RTL language but there are a few community plugins that help us achieve the goal. Let's look into it.
Problem:
By default when we write an RTL text in Figma it does the following:
It won't show the text IF you haven't selected an RTL supporting font.
It won't automatically make the text RTL. Rather, the individual characters of your text will be written LTR.
Solution:
To fix the issue above we need to install a third-party plugin developed by Figma community members. I have selected the Arabic & RTL Support plugin developed by Ahmad Alhaddad for this tutorial.
Steps:
- Click on the mentioned link and it will take you to the plugin page
- Click on install and it will automatically load into the Figma
- In Figma, write some RTL and from plugins select the installed plugin to fix the direction of the text
There is a list of a few more RTL plugins in the library you can find and install the best that suits your requirements.
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