Re: Japanese RTL

From: Michael Everson (everson@egt.ie)
Date: Wed Jan 12 2000 - 07:54:58 EST


Ar 02:16 -0800 2000-01-12, scríobh Christopher John Fynn:

>Interestingly early Roman writing was boustrophedon, the directionality
>of the lines alternating L2R then R2L, like a snake. When the lines were
>R2L the letters also faced to the left.

Rongorongo is the most fun. You have to turn the board around like an
etch-a-sketch.

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