Ar 19:18 +0000 2000-03-22, scríobh Timothy Partridge:
>In message <200003220403.UAA13403@unicode.org> you recently said:
>
>> When mixed with horizontal LTR text, Mongolian can be written either LTR or
>> RTL. Both practices occur. Historically, RTL would be more accurate
>> (Mongolian being a descendent of Aramaic script), but LTR is more
>> convenient.
>
>I hope this isn't a silly question. When written LTR do the letters with
>"pointy bits" have the points going up or down? (I would expect them to
>go up in RTL.)
Yes, they go up in RTL and down in LTR. See the Mongolian block intro in
Unicode 3.0.
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