----- Original Message -----
From: "Αλέξανδρος Διαμαντίδης" <adia@egnatia.ee.auth.gr>
To: <unicode@unicode.org>
Sent: den 25 december 2001 21:26
Subject: Tategaki (was: Re: Updated Compelling Unicode Demo)
> According to TUS 3.0, §11.4, "...Mongolian is traditionally written
> vertically top to bottom in columns advancing from left to right. This
> directional pattern is unique among scripts for living languages."
Is there some way to indicate vertical writing (in columns from right to
left) for Japanese and Chinese? Is there a Unicode code point assigned for
this, a HTML command, or just a special option in some word processors?
lpottdysW
。rt hooue
。a ii upl
。cvtsl pl
te'、ico、
irs kas
cy beneI
a nu
The above lines should be read using the traditional Chinese-Japanese
reading direction!
Stefan
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