Vertical scripts (was: Tategaki (was: Re: Updated Compelling Unicode Demo))

From: Stefan Persson (alsjebegrijptwatikbedoel@yahoo.se)
Date: Tue Dec 25 2001 - 18:02:45 EST

----- 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, Β§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?

ο½Œο½ο½ο½”ο½”ο½„ο½™ο½“οΌ·
γ€‚ο½’ο½”γ€€ο½ˆο½ο½ο½•ο½…
γ€‚ο½γ€€ο½‰ο½‰γ€€ο½•ο½ο½Œ
γ€‚ο½ƒο½–ο½”ο½“ο½Œγ€€ο½ο½Œ
　ｔｅ＇、ｉｃｏ、
　ｉｒｓ　ｋａｓ　
γ€€ο½ƒο½™γ€€ο½‚ο½…ο½Žο½…οΌ©
γ€€ο½γ€€ο½Žο½•γ€€γ€€γ€€γ€€
The above lines should be read using the traditional Chinese-Japanese
reading direction!

Stefan

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