Proper RTL (Right-to-Left) and Persian/Arabic text rendering support in Windows Terminal

[Bmnswry28]

Windows Terminal version

1.22.11141.0

Windows build number

No response

Other Software

• Notepad, VS Code, and other text editors display the same text correctly.
• Windows Terminal is the only terminal on Windows without proper RTL support.
• Inserting Unicode RTL mark (\u200F) partially improves display but is not user-friendly.
• External terminals on Linux (e.g., GNOME Terminal) have better RTL support.

Steps to reproduce

1. Open Windows Terminal (PowerShell, CMD, or any shell).
2. Set code page to UTF-8 by running chcp 65001.
3. Try to print or echo a Persian or Arabic text, for example:
4. Observe how the output appears with disconnected and reversed letters.

Expected Behavior

• The text "سلام دنیا" should display correctly with proper right-to-left layout.
• Letters should be connected and shaped properly for Persian/Arabic script.
• The terminal should support bidirectional text rendering.
• Ideally, there should be an option to enable/disable RTL support in the terminal settings.

Actual Behavior

• Text appears disconnected, reversed, and in logical order rather than visual order.
• Example output of echo سلام دنیا is shown as ا ی ن د م ا ل س.
• This makes it difficult or impossible for RTL language users to read terminal output

[similar-issues-ai]

We've found some similar issues:

• Bidirectional and RTL Text Issue in Windows Terminal #18659 , similarity score: 83%

If any of the above are duplicates, please consider closing this issue out and adding additional context in the original issue.

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[hossam-houssien]

any update on this, thanks