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  <meta charset="UTF-8">
  <title>CSS Reference: String value of list-style-type with RTL direction</title>
  <link rel="author" title="Oriol Brufau" href="mailto:obrufau@gmail.com">
  <style>
    .list {
      list-style: none;
      direction: rtl;
    }
    .list > ::before {
      content: "";
      display: inline-block;
      width: 0px;
      direction: ltr;
      white-space: pre;
    }
    .list > :nth-child(2)::before { content: "foo" }
    .list > :nth-child(3)::before { content: "foobar"; }
    .list > :nth-child(4)::before { content: "some very long text that is not going to fit and will overflow"; }
  </style>
</head>
<body>
  <ol class="list">
    <li>item 1</li>
    <li>item 2</li>
    <li>item 3</li>
    <li>item 4</li>
  </ol>
  <ul class="list">
    <li>item 1</li>
    <li>item 2</li>
    <li>item 3</li>
    <li>item 4</li>
  </ul>
</body>
</html>