diff --git a/init.example.el b/init.example.el
index 5dae43f06..9a30596e5 100644
--- a/init.example.el
+++ b/init.example.el
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
        workspaces      ; tab emulation, persistence & separate workspaces
        eval            ; repls, runners 'n builders; run code, run
        debug           ; stepping through code, to help you add bugs
+      ;unicode         ; extended unicode support for various languages
 
        :completion
        company         ; code completion backend
diff --git a/modules/feature/unicode/config.el b/modules/feature/unicode/config.el
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..489cad147
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/feature/unicode/config.el
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+;;; feature/unicode/config.el -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-
+
+(setq bidi-display-reordering t)
+
+(def-package! unicode-fonts
+  :demand t
+  :config
+  ;; NOTE will impact startup time on first run
+  (unicode-fonts-setup))
diff --git a/modules/feature/unicode/packages.el b/modules/feature/unicode/packages.el
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..65b445df7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/feature/unicode/packages.el
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+;; -*- no-byte-compile: t; -*-
+;;; feature/unicode/packages.el
+
+(package! unicode-fonts)