diff --git a/unicode/bidi/bidi.go b/unicode/bidi/bidi.go
index fd057601..701aac46 100644
--- a/unicode/bidi/bidi.go
+++ b/unicode/bidi/bidi.go
@@ -29,10 +29,14 @@ import (
 type Direction int
 
 const (
+	// Neutral means that text contains no left-to-right and right-to-left
+	// characters and that no default direction has been set.
+	Neutral Direction = iota
+
 	// LeftToRight indicates the text contains no right-to-left characters and
 	// that either there are some left-to-right characters or the option
 	// DefaultDirection(LeftToRight) was passed.
-	LeftToRight Direction = iota
+	LeftToRight
 
 	// RightToLeft indicates the text contains no left-to-right characters and
 	// that either there are some right-to-left characters or the option
@@ -42,10 +46,6 @@ const (
 	// Mixed indicates text contains both left-to-right and right-to-left
 	// characters.
 	Mixed
-
-	// Neutral means that text contains no left-to-right and right-to-left
-	// characters and that no default direction has been set.
-	Neutral
 )
 
 type options struct {
@@ -219,8 +219,11 @@ func (p *Paragraph) Order() (Ordering, error) {
 		fn(&p.options)
 	}
 	lvl := level(-1)
-	if p.options.defaultDirection == RightToLeft {
+	switch p.options.defaultDirection {
+	case RightToLeft:
 		lvl = 1
+	case LeftToRight:
+		lvl = 0
 	}
 	para, err := newParagraph(p.types, p.pairTypes, p.pairValues, lvl)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/unicode/bidi/bidi_test.go b/unicode/bidi/bidi_test.go
index 88572f56..c5b79bda 100644
--- a/unicode/bidi/bidi_test.go
+++ b/unicode/bidi/bidi_test.go
@@ -254,6 +254,38 @@ func TestMixedSimple(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestDirectionLTR(t *testing.T) {
+	str := "ع a"
+	p := Paragraph{}
+	p.SetString(str, DefaultDirection(LeftToRight))
+	order, err := p.Order()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	expectedRuns := []runInformation{
+		{"ع", RightToLeft, 0, 0},
+		{" a", LeftToRight, 1, 2},
+	}
+
+	if nr, want := order.NumRuns(), len(expectedRuns); nr != want {
+		t.Errorf("order.NumRuns() = %d; want %d", nr, want)
+	}
+
+	for i, want := range expectedRuns {
+		r := order.Run(i)
+		if got := r.String(); got != want.str {
+			t.Errorf("Run(%d) = %q; want %q", i, got, want.str)
+		}
+		if s, e := r.Pos(); s != want.start || e != want.end {
+			t.Errorf("Run(%d).start = %d, .end = %d; want start = %d, end = %d", i, s, e, want.start, want.end)
+		}
+		if d := r.Direction(); d != want.dir {
+			t.Errorf("Run(%d).Direction = %d; want %d", i, d, want.dir)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func TestDefaultDirection(t *testing.T) {
 	str := "+"
 	p := Paragraph{}