Re: Vertical scripts (was: Tategaki (was: Re: Updated...))

From: Curtis Clark (jcclark@mockfont.com)
Date: Sat Dec 29 2001 - 13:18:56 EST


At 04:00 AM 12/29/01, Michael Everson wrote:
>When written in manuscripts and on computers, Ogham is written as Latin
>is. When inscribed on stone, it is written bottom-to-top, along the top of
>the stone, and then down to the bottom on the other side. I don't believe
>that there are any examples of multiple-line Ogham lapidary text.

One could well argue, too, that when computer-controlled devices for
cutting ogham stones become common, higher-level protocols will be
necessary for proper placement of the glyphs.

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