Multidirectional Typesetting in XSL-FO

International audience XSL-FO texts use an XML-like syntax that aim to describe high-quality print outputs. This article complements the introduction to XSL-FO of EuroBachoTeX 2007. We show how XSL-FO allows users to typeset texts belonging to different writing systems: from left to right, from right to left, ... We compare this implementation to TeX-like typeset engines, e.g., XeTeX.