[mapguide-trac] #271: Consider adding bidi support for text rendering

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#271: Consider adding bidi support for text rendering
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   Reporter:  traianstanev       |       Owner:  traianstanev
       Type:  enhancement        |      Status:  new         
   Priority:  low                |   Milestone:              
  Component:  Rendering Service  |     Version:              
   Severity:  minor              |    Keywords:              
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 Currently we can only draw left to right text as labels and legend. There
 have been requests for Hebrew support that we could add without too much
 effort. Setting severity to minor since I have only seen two requests for
 this -- I'm sure it's pretty major for the people who need this feature
 though.

 NOTE: There is a nice freeware bidi string rearranging utility by NMSU,
 available at:

 http://crl.nmsu.edu/~mleisher/ucdata.html

 It can be easily plugged into the RS_FontEngine to provide optional string
 reordering.

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