Verse number 21 reads 21
with
direction: rtl ;
and also
Verse number 21 reads 21
with
direction: ltr ;

I am using the European style numbers.

span.verseNumber {

font-family: Scheherazade ;

string-set: versex content() ;
padding: 0 0 0 0.5pt ;
margin: 0 ;
font-weight: bold ;
text-align:center;

direction: rtl ;
vertical-align: super ;
font-size: 70% ;
line-height: none ;

}

Jim Albright
Wycliffe Bible Translators

Does this relate to capturing content from the document with string-set and then using it in the page margin boxes, and the bidi is not being resolved correctly?

They are only related in the fact that they are both spans. Verse number is not from a set.

xhtml :
<span class="verseNumber">21</span><span

css:
/***********************************/
/********** verse number ***********/
/***********************************/

span.verseNumber {

font-family: Scheherazade ;

string-set: versex content() ;
padding: 0 0 0 0.5pt ;
margin: 0 ;
font-weight: bold ;
text-align:center;
direction: rtl ;
vertical-align: super ;
font-size: 70% ;
line-height: none ;

}


direction: ltr ;

both give same result.

Jim Albright
Wycliffe Bible Translators