Writing direction

thumb|upright=1.3|An example, in English, of boustrophedon as used in inscriptions in ancient Greece (Lines 2 and 4 read right-to-left.) Boustrophedon ( ) is a style of writing in which alternate lines of writing are reversed, with letters also written in reverse, mirror-style. This is in contrast to modern European languages, where lines always begin on the same side, usually the left.

text written in the opposite to usual direction

writing conventions

text that contains both LTR and RTL text

script directionality

direction in which a script is written