Me, earlier:
> I think it might be reasonable to actually mirror the original glyph if a 
> mirror is not defined - which I think is already the case for a few 
> Bidi_Mirrored characters, but I am having trouble verifying it right now (not 
> familiar enough with Unicode tools to filter characters effectively).

Actually, an example was actually quoted in the message I was replying to: 
https://util.unicode.org/UnicodeJsps/character.jsp?a=%E2%88%B1&B1=Show

This character has Bidi_Mirrored=Yes but does not have a defined 
Bidi_Mirroring_Glyph   . Yet it seems to be rendered correctly in my browser - 
presumably using font features external to Unicode. The integral symbol is 
mirrored but the arrow direction remains clockwise - exactly as it should.

Again, the current state of Bidi is spectacular and it's mostly thanks to the 
low-level technologies like Unicode and text rendering. I urge all of you not 
to dismiss the issue I raised, which is the exception where low-level 
technologies do not provide a bidi solution.


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