diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 365d5f8..c4948d7 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@ module github.com/go-text/render
 go 1.19
 
 require (
-	github.com/go-text/typesetting v0.2.0
-	github.com/go-text/typesetting-utils v0.0.0-20240317173224-1986cbe96c66
+	github.com/go-text/typesetting v0.3.0
+	github.com/go-text/typesetting-utils v0.0.0-20250620161931-017769003e3c
 	github.com/srwiley/oksvg v0.0.0-20221011165216-be6e8873101c
 	github.com/srwiley/rasterx v0.0.0-20220730225603-2ab79fcdd4ef
 	golang.org/x/image v0.23.0
 )
 
 require (
-	golang.org/x/net v0.9.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/net v0.25.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.21.0 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index b4b89b5..d886b3e 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-github.com/go-text/typesetting v0.2.0 h1:fbzsgbmk04KiWtE+c3ZD4W2nmCRzBqrqQOvYlwAOdho=
-github.com/go-text/typesetting v0.2.0/go.mod h1:2+owI/sxa73XA581LAzVuEBZ3WEEV2pXeDswCH/3i1I=
-github.com/go-text/typesetting-utils v0.0.0-20240317173224-1986cbe96c66 h1:GUrm65PQPlhFSKjLPGOZNPNxLCybjzjYBzjfoBGaDUY=
-github.com/go-text/typesetting-utils v0.0.0-20240317173224-1986cbe96c66/go.mod h1:DDxDdQEnB70R8owOx3LVpEFvpMK9eeH1o2r0yZhFI9o=
+github.com/go-text/typesetting v0.3.0 h1:OWCgYpp8njoxSRpwrdd1bQOxdjOXDj9Rqart9ML4iF4=
+github.com/go-text/typesetting v0.3.0/go.mod h1:qjZLkhRgOEYMhU9eHBr3AR4sfnGJvOXNLt8yRAySFuY=
+github.com/go-text/typesetting-utils v0.0.0-20250620161931-017769003e3c h1:EkVgKYSt3+6Y2FdS5TDAe8WRSVpFzWaMoSk0KVzVy2c=
+github.com/go-text/typesetting-utils v0.0.0-20250620161931-017769003e3c/go.mod h1:3/62I4La/HBRX9TcTpBj4eipLiwzf+vhI+7whTc9V7o=
+github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
 github.com/srwiley/oksvg v0.0.0-20221011165216-be6e8873101c h1:km8GpoQut05eY3GiYWEedbTT0qnSxrCjsVbb7yKY1KE=
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@@ -9,39 +10,64 @@ github.com/srwiley/rasterx v0.0.0-20220730225603-2ab79fcdd4ef/go.mod h1:nXTWP6+g
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+golang.org/x/crypto v0.13.0/go.mod h1:y6Z2r+Rw4iayiXXAIxJIDAJ1zMW4yaTpebo8fPOliYc=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.19.0/go.mod h1:Iy9bg/ha4yyC70EfRS8jz+B6ybOBKMaSxLj6P6oBDfU=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.23.0/go.mod h1:CKFgDieR+mRhux2Lsu27y0fO304Db0wZe70UKqHu0v8=
 golang.org/x/image v0.23.0 h1:HseQ7c2OpPKTPVzNjG5fwJsOTCiiwS4QdsYi5XU6H68=
 golang.org/x/image v0.23.0/go.mod h1:wJJBTdLfCCf3tiHa1fNxpZmUI4mmoZvwMCPP0ddoNKY=
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 golang.org/x/mod v0.8.0/go.mod h1:iBbtSCu2XBx23ZKBPSOrRkjjQPZFPuis4dIYUhu/chs=
+golang.org/x/mod v0.12.0/go.mod h1:iBbtSCu2XBx23ZKBPSOrRkjjQPZFPuis4dIYUhu/chs=
+golang.org/x/mod v0.15.0/go.mod h1:hTbmBsO62+eylJbnUtE2MGJUyE7QWk4xUqPFrRgJ+7c=
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-golang.org/x/net v0.9.0 h1:aWJ/m6xSmxWBx+V0XRHTlrYrPG56jKsLdTFmsSsCzOM=
-golang.org/x/net v0.9.0/go.mod h1:d48xBJpPfHeWQsugry2m+kC02ZBRGRgulfHnEXEuWns=
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diff --git a/render.go b/render.go
index 9671330..406245b 100644
--- a/render.go
+++ b/render.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"image/color"
 	"image/draw"
 	"math"
+	"sort"
 
 	"github.com/go-text/typesetting/font"
 	"github.com/go-text/typesetting/font/opentype"
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ type Renderer struct {
 
 	segmenter   shaping.Segmenter
 	shaper      shaping.HarfbuzzShaper
+	wrapper     shaping.LineWrapper
 	filler      *rasterx.Filler
 	fillerScale float32
 }
@@ -51,6 +53,16 @@ func (r *Renderer) shape(str string, face *font.Face) (_ shaping.Line, ascent in
 			ascent = a
 		}
 	}
+
+	// overall direction of the text, deduced from the first runes
+	direction := line[0].Direction
+	r.wrapper.Prepare(shaping.WrapConfig{Direction: direction}, text, shaping.NewSliceIterator(line))
+	wrapped, _ := r.wrapper.WrapNextLine(math.MaxInt)
+	line = wrapped.Line
+
+	// sort the line by visual order
+	sort.Slice(line, func(i, j int) bool { return line[i].VisualIndex < line[j].VisualIndex })
+
 	return line, ascent
 }
 
diff --git a/render_test.go b/render_test.go
index a8e99a5..f7066a2 100644
--- a/render_test.go
+++ b/render_test.go
@@ -171,5 +171,30 @@ func TestBitmapBaseline(t *testing.T) {
 	if !bytes.Equal(pngBytes.Bytes(), reference) {
 		t.Error("unexpected image output")
 	}
+}
+
+func TestMixedLTR_RTL(t *testing.T) {
+	s := "وَرَسُولِهِ وَإِنْ تُبْتُمْ فَلَكُمْ رُءُوسُ hello أَمْوَالِكُمْ لَا تَظْلِمُونَ وَلَا تُظْلَمُونَ ( 279 ) وَإِنْ كَانَ ذُو عُسْرَةٍ فَنَظِرَةٌ إِلَى مَيْسَرَةٍ"
+
+	data, _ := ot.Files.ReadFile("common/NotoSansArabic.ttf")
+	face, _ := font.ParseTTF(bytes.NewReader(data))
+
+	img := image.NewNRGBA(image.Rect(0, 0, 800, 40))
+	draw.Draw(img, img.Bounds(), &image.Uniform{color.White}, image.Point{}, draw.Src)
+
+	r := render.Renderer{FontSize: 15, Color: color.Black}
+	r.DrawString(s, img, face)
+
+	// w, _ := os.Create("testdata/mixed_ltr_rtl.png")
+	// _ = png.Encode(w, img)
+	// w.Close()
+
+	// compare against the reference
+	var pngBytes bytes.Buffer
+	png.Encode(&pngBytes, img)
 
+	reference, _ := os.ReadFile("testdata/mixed_ltr_rtl.png")
+	if !bytes.Equal(pngBytes.Bytes(), reference) {
+		t.Error("unexpected image output")
+	}
 }
diff --git a/testdata/mixed_ltr_rtl.png b/testdata/mixed_ltr_rtl.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b44d14
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