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@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+// Test bidirectional text.
+
+---
+// Test reordering with different top-level paragraph directions.
+#let text = [Text טֶקסט]
+#font("EB Garamond", "Noto Serif Hebrew")
+#lang("de") {text}
+#lang("he") {text}
+
+---
+// Test that consecutiv, embedded  LTR runs stay LTR.
+// Here, we have two runs: "A" and italic "B".
+#let text = [أنت A_B_مطرC]
+#font("EB Garamond", "Noto Sans Arabic")
+#lang("de") {text}
+#lang("ar") {text}
+
+---
+// Test that consecutive, embedded RTL runs stay RTL.
+// Here, we have three runs: "גֶ", bold "שֶׁ", and "ם".
+#let text = [Aגֶ*שֶׁ*םB]
+#font("EB Garamond", "Noto Serif Hebrew")
+#lang("de") {text}
+#lang("he") {text}
+
+---
+// Test embedding up to level 4 with isolates.
+#font("EB Garamond", "Noto Serif Hebrew", "Twitter Color Emoji")
+#lang(dir: rtl)
+א\u{2066}A\u{2067}Bב\u{2069}?
+
+---
+// Test hard line break (leads to two paragraphs in unicode-bidi).
+#font("Noto Sans Arabic", "EB Garamond")
+#lang("ar")
+Life المطر هو الحياة \
+الحياة تمطر is rain.
+
+---
+// Test spacing.
+#font("EB Garamond", "Noto Serif Hebrew")
+L #h(1cm) ריווחR \
+Lריווח #h(1cm) R
+
+---
+// Test inline object.
+#font("Noto Serif Hebrew", "EB Garamond")
+#lang("he")
+קרנפיםRh#image("res/rhino.png", height: 11pt)inoחיים
diff --git a/tests/typ/text/shaping.typ b/tests/typ/text/shaping.typ
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+++ b/tests/typ/text/shaping.typ
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Le fira
 
 // This should just shape nicely.
 #font("Noto Sans Arabic")
-منش إلا بسم الله
+دع النص يمطر عليك
 
 // This should form a three-member family.
 #font("Twitter Color Emoji")
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Le fira
 A😀B
 
 // Font fallback for entire text.
-منش إلا بسم الله
+دع النص يمطر عليك
 
 // Font fallback in right-to-left text.
 ب🐈😀سم