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directionality
The directionality of a script says, how it is written. There is:
- ltr
- left to right - text begins at the top left edge of a writing area and is written in lines extending right. When there is not enough space left on such a line, a line break is made at a select place determined by grammar and typographic rules, and writing is resumed at the left of the line below.
- rtl
- right to left - text begins at the top right edge of a writing area and is written in lines extending left. When there is not enough space left on such a line, a line break is made at a select point determined by grammar and typographic rules, then writing is resumed at the right end of the line below.
- var
- variable - some script can be used either left to right or right to left. This can be entirely up to a writers preference, or be different for socio-cultural groups, or have been varying at different times in history.
- und
- undetermined - for some historic scripts.
- none
- for unwritten scripts and signalled communication.