Canva Text Tool Mishandles Mixed Urdu-English (RTL/LTR) Text Placement
A Canva user writing bilingual Urdu-English content finds that the text editor repositions text incorrectly, indicating poor support for mixed right-to-left and left-to-right scripts. This makes the design tool unreliable for South Asian language content creators.
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