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Point
New Member
January 31, 2021

Launched: Add support for RTL languages

  • January 31, 2021
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Hello!
I wanted to report a problem with the text component
The component works great in all languages, but I noticed that in the Hebrew language (and probably also in Arabic) the order of the letters is reversed
This is a well-known problem in Hebrew because it needs RTL support

.redro esrever ni nettirw si txet elohw eht taht si ti gnitartsurf woh kniht tsuJ

(Just think how frustrating it is that the whole text is written in reverse.)

Another important thing to note is that we (speakers of RTL languages) are very aware of this problem, but designers who do not speak these languages ​​often encounter this problem without noticing. For example, even in the familiar game - Brawl Stars (They corrected this after the post was published) and many others have problems with the Hebrew text displayed in the screenshots of the game in Google play

For the developers of Figma- I found great documentation for the implementation of RTL in SVG: Creating SVG Tiny Pages in Arabic, Hebrew and other Right-to-left scripts

I really like to design in Figma but it’s just awful to design with Hebrew text so please add RTL support

84 replies

Point
PointAuthor
New Member
March 29, 2022

Thank you so much for the great work you have done all this time!
I’m sure it will benefit many people around the 🌍

djv
Figmate
Community Support
July 28, 2023

4 posts were split to a new topic: Add Auto Layout Wrap from right to left

Deyu_Tang
New Member
January 25, 2024

That’s amazing to support RTL languages in Figma, is there any feature to mirror the layout for all pages one time? or any plugins to do this task with one click? Thanks.

arul official
New Member
January 27, 2025

Plugin Update : Flip UI - Make It RTL (https://www.figma.com/community/plugin/1444853673364696941/flip-ui-make-it-rtl)

hey guys, hope figma will come up with what we need. In the mean time i have crated a plugin that might help you guys to automate some crucial functions while converting your LTR designs to RTL, and saves 90% of your time. Please go through the link and and check it out, and share your comment (note: It won’t translate, but will do the even more heavy lift for you). If you feel its useful please share it with your friends and communities.

-- my way of showing love to the RTL languages 😍  --