diff --git a/crates/typst/src/model/outline.rs b/crates/typst/src/model/outline.rs
index b90c4e3b6..5bf2407bf 100644
--- a/crates/typst/src/model/outline.rs
+++ b/crates/typst/src/model/outline.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ use crate::foundations::{
     NativeElement, Packed, Show, ShowSet, Smart, StyleChain, Styles,
 };
 use crate::introspection::{Counter, CounterKey, Locatable};
-use crate::layout::{BoxElem, Em, Fr, HElem, HideElem, Length, Rel, RepeatElem, Spacing};
+use crate::layout::{
+    BoxElem, Dir, Em, Fr, HElem, HideElem, Length, Rel, RepeatElem, Spacing,
+};
 use crate::model::{
     Destination, HeadingElem, NumberingPattern, ParElem, ParbreakElem, Refable,
 };
@@ -499,12 +501,27 @@ impl Show for Packed<OutlineEntry> {
             }
         };
 
-        // The body text remains overridable.
-        crate::text::isolate(
-            self.body().clone().linked(Destination::Location(location)),
-            styles,
-            &mut seq,
-        );
+        // Isolate the entry body in RTL because the page number is typically
+        // LTR. I'm not sure whether LTR should conceptually also be isolated,
+        // but in any case we don't do it for now because the text shaping
+        // pipeline does tend to choke a bit on default ignorables (in
+        // particular the CJK-Latin spacing).
+        //
+        // See also:
+        // - https://github.com/typst/typst/issues/4476
+        // - https://github.com/typst/typst/issues/5176
+        let rtl = TextElem::dir_in(styles) == Dir::RTL;
+        if rtl {
+            // "Right-to-Left Embedding"
+            seq.push(TextElem::packed("\u{202B}"));
+        }
+
+        seq.push(self.body().clone().linked(Destination::Location(location)));
+
+        if rtl {
+            // "Pop Directional Formatting"
+            seq.push(TextElem::packed("\u{202C}"));
+        }
 
         // Add filler symbols between the section name and page number.
         if let Some(filler) = self.fill() {
diff --git a/crates/typst/src/text/mod.rs b/crates/typst/src/text/mod.rs
index 53163e186..5b35d60cd 100644
--- a/crates/typst/src/text/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/typst/src/text/mod.rs
@@ -1284,16 +1284,6 @@ pub(crate) fn is_default_ignorable(c: char) -> bool {
     DEFAULT_IGNORABLE_DATA.as_borrowed().contains(c)
 }
 
-/// Pushes `text` wrapped in LRE/RLE + PDF to `out`.
-pub(crate) fn isolate(text: Content, styles: StyleChain, out: &mut Vec<Content>) {
-    out.push(TextElem::packed(match TextElem::dir_in(styles) {
-        Dir::RTL => "\u{202B}",
-        _ => "\u{202A}",
-    }));
-    out.push(text);
-    out.push(TextElem::packed("\u{202C}"));
-}
-
 /// Checks for font families that are not available.
 fn check_font_list(engine: &mut Engine, list: &Spanned<FontList>) {
     let book = engine.world.book();
diff --git a/tests/ref/issue-5176-cjk-title.png b/tests/ref/issue-5176-cjk-title.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e904fbd77
Binary files /dev/null and b/tests/ref/issue-5176-cjk-title.png differ
diff --git a/tests/suite/model/outline.typ b/tests/suite/model/outline.typ
index 3c134760c..18c61df8a 100644
--- a/tests/suite/model/outline.typ
+++ b/tests/suite/model/outline.typ
@@ -171,3 +171,12 @@ A
 
 = הוקוס Pocus
 = זוהי כותרת שתורגמה על ידי מחשב
+
+--- issue-5176-cjk-title ---
+#set text(font: "Noto Serif CJK SC")
+#show heading: none
+
+#outline(title: none)
+
+= 测
+= 很