diff -r 1d4088f0fa62 javafx-font/src/com/sun/javafx/text/TextLayout.java
--- a/javafx-font/src/com/sun/javafx/text/TextLayout.java	Mon Nov 19 20:08:52 2012 -0800
+++ b/javafx-font/src/com/sun/javafx/text/TextLayout.java	Tue Nov 20 16:49:34 2012 -0800
@@ -888,6 +888,11 @@
         for (int j = runCount; j < runs.length; j++) {
             runs[j] = null;
         }
+        if (bidi != null) {
+            if (!bidi.baseIsLeftToRight()) {
+                flags |= FLAGS_RTL_BASE;
+            }
+        }
         flags |= FLAGS_ANALYSIS_VALID;
     }
 
@@ -1261,10 +1266,25 @@
         linesList.toArray(lines);
 
         float fullWidth = Math.max(wrapWidth, layoutWidth);
-        float align = 0;
         float lineY = 0;
+        boolean rtl = false;
+        int dir = flags & DIRECTION_MASK;
+        switch (dir) {
+        case DIRECTION_RTL: rtl = true; break;
+        case DIRECTION_LTR: rtl = false; break;
+        case DIRECTION_DEFAULT_LTR:
+        case DIRECTION_DEFAULT_RTL:
+            rtl = (flags & FLAGS_RTL_BASE) != 0;
+        }
+        float align;
+        if (rtl) {
+            align = 1; /* Left and Justify */
+            if (textAlignment == ALIGN_RIGHT) align = 0;
+        } else {
+            align = 0; /* Left and Justify */
+            if (textAlignment == ALIGN_RIGHT) align = 1;
+        }
         if (textAlignment == ALIGN_CENTER) align = 0.5f;
-        if (textAlignment == ALIGN_RIGHT) align = 1;
         for (int i = 0; i < lines.length; i++) {
             TextLine line = lines[i];
             int lineStart = line.getStart();