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[CollapsingToolbarLayout] End punctuation marks in LTR text are incorrectly positioned in RTL mode
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Description
**Description:**
- "Force RTL layout direction" -> ON
- Open "TopAppBarCollapsingMultilineDemoFragment" demo (Material Catalog app)
- Pay attention to the full stop position.
**Expected behavior:**
The full stop should be at the end of the sentence.
**Actual behavior:**
The full stop is at the beginning of the third line:

**Material Library version:** 1.7.0-alpha03
**Device:** Pixel 4a 5G (API 32)
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the issue in the TopAppBarCollapsingMultilineDemoFragment with Force RTL layout direction enabled, then trace the CollapsingToolbarLayout text rendering and line wrapping. Done means the full stop remains at the end of the LTR sentence rather than appearing at the beginning of the third line.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- android, java
- Domain
- internationalization, mobile
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100