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> I initially drew the meters as 7-segment LEDs but that wasn't localizable to all cultures (How do you do a right-to-left reading 7-segment LED for Saudi Arabia?) so they only lasted for one version or so.

I don't get it. Why isn't that localizable? You can write the numbers in either direction with it, can't you? What am I missing?

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I don't think right-to-left is the issue, since numbers in Arabic are still written left-to-right. However, they use different digits, which don't fit on a 7-segment display, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Arabic_numerals .

And there's also Thai numerals: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thai_numerals .

It's still confusing though, because I can't think of any cultures that don't understand Western Arabic Numerals and use them regularly alongside their local version. It might be a strict requirement from the government upon Microsoft though. I seem to remember the Canadian government leaning heavily on Microsoft for an Inuktitut translation of their products, even though only 30,000 speak it:

https://nunatsiaq.com/stories/article/microsoft_to_roll_out_...

It always frustrated me that there were Inuktitut and Welsh versions of Microsoft products, but no real (British) English versions of them. Network Neighborhood indeed!

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