Arabic writing tools

In the Posts editor, Smart punctuation turns the comma, semicolon, question mark and quotes into ، ؛ ؟ «» as you type in Arabic; you choose how numerals look; and you set each paragraph's Direction.

Last updated: 15 October 2026

Smart punctuation and Numerals are in the Settings column under Arabic typing; Direction is in the toolbar. Arabic typing choices are saved in this browser.

Smart punctuation

Switch it on and, in Arabic text, the comma , semicolon ; question mark ? and quote " become ، ؛ ؟ and «» as you type.

Numerals

As typed: numbers stay as you type them.
Eastern Arabic ٠١٢: numbers appear in Eastern Arabic form.
Western 012: numbers appear in Western form.

The choice applies to what you type from now on. To convert numbers already written, press Convert the numbers in this post.

Paragraph direction

1. Put the cursor in the paragraph.
2. Press Direction in the toolbar.
3. Choose Automatic, Right to left or Left to right.

Useful for an English paragraph or a line of code inside an Arabic post. The whole post's direction comes from Language in the Settings column.

Other tools that help

Fix spelling and grammar from AI in the Posts editor.
Dialect → MSA in the AI menu of the newsletter editor. See AI writing tools.
Pixel-perfect headlines in Newsletter Style, so your Arabic headings arrive in their font in every inbox.

Common questions

Why didn't the comma change in an English paragraph?

Smart punctuation works in Arabic text only, so English punctuation stays as it is.

On another device my numeral setting went back

Arabic typing choices are saved in the browser where you set them. Set them once on each device.

Is there a tashkeel (diacritics) tool?

There is no tashkeel tool in the editor right now.

Write a post
In Posts press New post and write the title and body. Type / on an empty line to add a heading, image, table and more, and paste a post's link on an empty line to embed it. Posts save by themselves.
AI writing tools
Select text in a Text block and open the AI menu to improve, summarise, translate or turn dialect into MSA — or use Write with AI for a new paragraph with web research and sources. Nothing changes until you choose Replace or Insert below.
Newsletter Style: fonts and colours
In Settings → Newsletter Style you pick the headline and body fonts for Arabic and English, the email colours and the email logos, then press Save. It applies to every issue.
Publish a post on the web or by email
From the Publish menu, choose Publish to web to put the post on your page without an email, or Publish and send… to publish it and email your readers. Once published, the post has a full link and a short link to share.