Re: Multiple Directions (was: Re: Coptic/Greek (Re: Phoenician))

From: fantasai (fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net)
Date: Mon May 17 2004 - 13:26:54 CDT

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jcowan@reutershealth.com wrote:
>
> Am I right in thinking that in vertical layout, native R2L scripts
> are displayed with the baseline to the right, and therefore not
> bidirectionally? If so, does Unicode require a LRO/PDF pair around them
> to do the Right Thing?

Both layouts are possible.
http://fantasai.inkedblade.net/style/discuss/directions/scans/
See the Traditional Chinese Catalog and the Taiwanese Booklet scans.

~fantasai

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