<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"/> <style> body { font-size:2em; text-align:left; } .test { border: medium solid gray; padding: 10px; width: 400px; margin: 20px; } .plaintext { unicode-bidi: plaintext; } </style> <title>unicode-bidi:plaintext does not apply to embedded display:block</title> </head> <body> <div class="test"> <div class="plaintext"> א-> <div>א-></div> a-> <div>א-></div> א-> </div> </div> </body> </html>