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Is it technically possible to support Arabic usernames? (lemdro.id)
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And how to do it? Looking for a tutorial.

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[–] tyler@programming.dev 8 points 1 day ago

Yes, if you support Unicode fully you’ll support Arabic automatically. There are RTL code points that will switch text direction automatically. Browsers support this at the html and css level. There’s a bunch of different ways.