CTAN update: babelbidi
Date: October 15, 2026 2:26:04 PM CEST
Amer Amikhteh submitted an update to the
babelbidi
package.
Version: 2026-10-14
License: lppl1.3c
Summary description: An extension to babel’s bidirectional support
Announcement text:
This version introduces new font configuration commands and glyph fallback for LuaLaTeX, and improves font configuration across LuaLaTeX and XeLaTeX. Language selection has been refined, and \babelbidilangs has been removed in favour of Babel-based language configuration.
The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/babelbidi The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/babelbidi/
Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese
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This version introduces new font configuration commands and glyph fallback for LuaLaTeX, and improves font configuration across LuaLaTeX and XeLaTeX. Language selection has been refined, and \babelbidilangs has been removed in favour of Babel-based language configuration.
The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/babelbidi The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/babelbidi/
Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese
CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs
Babelbidi – An extension to babel’s bidirectional support
This package extends Babel’s bidirectional support by fixing direction-sensitive behaviour and providing interfaces for explicit text direction, language selection, and font configuration, including glyph fallback with LuaTeX. It supports languages available through Babel and works with LuaTeX (recommended), XeTeX, or pdfTeX, with either an LTR or RTL main language.
| Package | Babelbidi |
| Version | 2026-10-14 |
| Copyright | 2026 Amer Amikhteh |
| Maintainer | Amer Amikhteh |