Adobe Illustrator is the industry standard for vector graphics, logo design, and typographic layouts. However, for designers working with Middle Eastern scripts—primarily Arabic , Hebrew , Persian (Farsi) , and Urdu —the software presents a unique set of challenges and solutions. Unlike Latin-based scripts, these languages are written from right to left (RTL) , feature contextual letterforms (a character changes shape depending on its position in a word), and include diacritics , kashidas (tatweel) , and ligatures .