# RTL (Persian / Arabic) Text Support for Defold šŸŽ® **URL:** \ **Category:** The Defoldmine\ **Created:** [December 14, 2025, 3:50pm UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/rtl-persian-arabic-text-support-for-defold/82091 "2025-12-14T15:50:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mathias\_Westerdahl](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/mathias_westerdahl/32/228_2.png) [@Mathias\_Westerdahl](https://forum.defold.com/u/Mathias_Westerdahl)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2026, 10:39am UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/rtl-persian-arabic-text-support-for-defold/82091/21 "2026-02-03T10:39:32Z")
> [@HHH](#): > > same words seem to be there but the ordering has changed I donā€™t see a difference from your google text and our ingame text. At least not any reordered words? Can you specify more specifically? I think if you would put it in a google sheet, and use the same font, itā€™s easier for you to spot any differences. ---
**Author:** ![thawri](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/thawri/32/24046_2.png) [@thawri](https://forum.defold.com/u/thawri)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2026, 11:51am UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/rtl-persian-arabic-text-support-for-defold/82091/22 "2026-02-03T11:51:04Z")
I havenā€™t had a chance to check the text system in the new version yet. But one of the challenges of displaying RTL text is that, when the text is multi-line, the line order is reversed. But in your screenshots, I donā€™t see any problem. ---
**Author:** ![HHH](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/hhh/32/34230_2.png) [@HHH](https://forum.defold.com/u/HHH)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2026, 12:26pm UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/rtl-persian-arabic-text-support-for-defold/82091/23 "2026-02-03T12:26:29Z")
Thanks both, yes thatā€™s what I was referring to, I wasnā€™t sure if the line order was correct in the multiline version. Thanks for the clarification, it looks like everythingā€™s all working my side now. ---
**Author:** ![Pawel](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/pawel/32/24623_2.png) [@Pawel](https://forum.defold.com/u/Pawel)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2026, 8:18pm UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/rtl-persian-arabic-text-support-for-defold/82091/24 "2026-02-03T20:18:38Z")
@thawri Can I ask for your expertise in this example, if this is correct? And is it better/more convenient to display RTL with Pivot on the other side? ![image](https://forum-defold-uploads.b-cdn.net/original/3X/3/7/376c3ad12c90ec76a91e1024c31f9f6f12f5783e.png) ![image](https://forum-defold-uploads.b-cdn.net/original/3X/b/d/bd6e1777e215cac77c1ba7456eed058965fe5fb4.png) I can just guess the lines are not reversed, because ā€œRTLā€ and ā€œLTRā€ are in the bottom line - so it should be actually, that those are in the line above (reversed, from bottom to the top)? ---
**Author:** ![thawri](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/thawri/32/24046_2.png) [@thawri](https://forum.defold.com/u/thawri)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2026, 4:07pm UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/rtl-persian-arabic-text-support-for-defold/82091/25 "2026-02-04T16:07:59Z")
yes, it is correct. and it is better to set East as pivot for RTL texts. ---
**Author:** ![Mathias\_Westerdahl](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/mathias_westerdahl/32/228_2.png) [@Mathias\_Westerdahl](https://forum.defold.com/u/Mathias_Westerdahl)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2026, 4:08pm UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/rtl-persian-arabic-text-support-for-defold/82091/26 "2026-02-04T16:08:48Z")
Hopefully soon, we can change the pivot at runtime, in order to more easily switch languages as well šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Pawel](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/pawel/32/24623_2.png) [@Pawel](https://forum.defold.com/u/Pawel)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2026, 4:44pm UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/rtl-persian-arabic-text-support-for-defold/82091/27 "2026-02-08T16:44:38Z")
The localization example is now on the [Defold examples](http://defold.com/examples) : > **[Localization (RTL/LTR)](https://defold.com/examples/gui/localization/)** > > This example demonstrates how to handle localization in games, Unicode text layout, RTL rendering, and runtime font switching for localization. Btw, this is a first time we made an example with Lua modules being used. This was meant to simplify understanding the code and modularize it. Iā€™d be very fond of any feedback! šŸ˜‰ [Previous page](https://forum.defold.com/t/rtl-persian-arabic-text-support-for-defold/82091.md?page=1)