On 3/18/2016 11:48 AM, Philippe Verdy
wrote:
East Asian vertical presentation does not just stack
the elements on top of each other, very frequently they rotate
them (including Latin/Greek/Cyrillic letters) So this is not
really a new complication.
It is, because now all these combinations have to be treated as
units (because they would be expected to NOT be rotated).
They would be akin to the square kana abbreviations.
Suddenly, you need dedicated support from rendering engines, where
for horizontal texts you could design your fonts to get the
intended outcome with a "dumb" engine.
A./
Received on Fri Mar 18 2016 - 15:15:23 CDT