Re: Vertical BIDI

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fantasai scripsit:

> If another style rule changes the block progression to rl, what should
> happen to the Ogham? Should it now go top to bottom?

It should not. That's what makes Ogham different from standard
horizontal scripts -- it does have a preferred vertical orientation,
and because turning it upside-down generates different *characters*,
you can't violate that.

> >Also, it's not just punctuation marks that need to get vertical glyphs
> >in vertical formats, it's also things like BOPOMOFO LETTER I.
>
> Are you sure you're not confusing that with the KATAKANA-HIRAGANA
> PROLONGED SOUND MARK?

Not sure, but I had understood that bopomofo i (which is just one stroke)
was rotated when vertical.

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