Left-to-right scripts, commonly abbreviated as LTR, are writing systems where the writing starts from the left of the page and continues to the right.
LTR scripts are the widespread form of text directionality in most global modern languages like English, Spanish, French, Hindi, Greek or Russian, making them the norm in contemporary communication.
Even though RTL and vertical configurations were common in ancient Chinese and Japanese, and languages as early Greek incorporated right-to-left writing, their modern counterparts mostly operate now in a left-to-right basis.
In the software world, LTR is a locale property that needs to be considered during l10n processes.
Some of the scripts where left-to-right configurations are typical include:
Although most translation management systems have no problems operating with left-to-right scripts, not all are equally equipped to handle right-to-left scripts accordingly, which can make the localization and design process challenging, especially in terms of formatting.