[[Multi] RTL language text support]

Let me add my vote for RTL support. It came as a surprise to me that an application advertised as macOS native doesn't. 

Exactly just by using Core Text you can take advantage of OSX font shaping technology for RTL fonts. 

[[Multi] RTL language text support]

We plan to add r2l scripts eventually, but not for a long while. Sorry.

 

The app already supports contextual alternates and much more. Have you seen the Text > Show Typography panel? Inserting a glyph from a font is something we plan to add.

 

The languages in the Character panel are currently those for spelling, and depend on what dictionaries are available. However, that language is also used to select OpenTyp features, and will affect hyphenation when we implement that. Are you wanting more spelling languages, or are you wanting to set OpenType to a language even if you don't have its spelling dictionary?

I mentioned this because of OpenType features. It should trigger language specific glyph substitutions. I guess at the same time it affects other things like spelling and hyphenation but that's just the text engine.

[[Multi] RTL language text support]

Hi,

 

Just wanted to stay if you implement a more sophisticated text engine to support Arabic I would purchase the Affinity Designer. You can take a look into harfbuzz, it's open source and is used as text shaping engine in firefox.

 

Some other features which is necessary for typography:

1. Ability to insert a glyph from a font. The glyph could have a unicode or not.

2. More languages in the character>language panel.

3. Ability to disable and enable more sophisticated typographic feature like contextual alternates.

 

If you need any feedback and help regarding typography features in the app I would be glad to contribute.

 

Best,

Bahman