Standard Adobe Illustrator treats text as Left-to-Right (LTR). While this works perfectly for English, French, or Chinese, it breaks when handling Arabic, Hebrew, or Farsi. These languages require contextual shaping (letters change form based on neighbors) and Right-to-Left (RTL) flow.
Select the Type Tool . Draw a text frame. Change the Paragraph panel from Left to Right (default icon) to Right to Left (icon shows paragraphs aligned right). illustrator middle east version full