Observed arrival · 2026-09-03
WARRAQ, a right-to-left book formatter
A planned formatting tool for books written in Arabic, Farsi, Urdu, or Kurdish, handling chapters, footnotes, page numbers, and RTL layout.
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WARRAQ describes a three-stage manuscript workflow that would inspect chapters, quotations, and footnotes before producing a right-to-left layout. Its stated problem set is unusually concrete: misplaced diacritics, stretched justification, broken footnote numbering, and pages that reverse direction during export. The site names Arabic, Farsi, Urdu, and Kurdish, and positions the product for authors, researchers, and small publishers. The formatter itself is not available in the supplied page evidence; visitors can request early access and test planned raw builds.
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