schriftrichtung
Schriftrichtung refers to the direction in which written text is read and written. The most common schriftrichtung in the Western world is left-to-right, also known as sinistrodextral. This is the standard for languages like English, Spanish, and French.
Another prevalent schriftrichtung is right-to-left, or dextrosinistral. Languages such as Arabic and Hebrew are written and
A less common schriftrichtung is top-to-bottom, or bustrophedon. Historically, this direction was used in some ancient
The choice of schriftrichtung is deeply ingrained in the culture and history of a language and its