--- src/libnrtype/Layout-TNG-Compute.cpp	2013-04-15 06:00:32 +0000
+++ src/libnrtype/Layout-TNG-Compute.cpp	2013-06-27 11:35:49 +0000
@@ -246,8 +246,13 @@
     {
         span->setZero();
 
-        if (span->start.iter_span->dx._set && span->start.char_byte == 0)
-            span->width += span->start.iter_span->dx.computed;
+        if (span->start.iter_span->dx._set && span->start.char_byte == 0) {
+            if (para.direction == RIGHT_TO_LEFT) {
+                span->width -= span->start.iter_span->dx.computed;
+            } else {
+                span->width += span->start.iter_span->dx.computed;
+            }
+        }
 
         if (span->start.iter_span->pango_item_index == -1) {
             // if this is a style-only span there's no text in it