Re: [unicode] Re: Canadian aboriginal syllabics in vertical writing mode

From: suzuki toshiya <mpsuzuki_at_hiroshima-u.ac.jp>
Date: Tue, 01 May 2012 23:42:55 +0900

Andrew West wrote:
> On 1 May 2012 12:27, Michael Everson <everson_at_evertype.com> wrote:
>> On 1 May 2012, at 11:16, suzuki toshiya wrote:
>>
>>> In current draft of UTR#50, the properties for Canadian aboriginal syllabics
>>> are defined as "U; S; S;". But seeing the PDFs like
>
> <http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr50/tr50-3.VerticalOrientation.txt> gives:
>
> 1400..167F ; S ; S ; S
> 1401..167F ; U ; S ; S
>
> which seems to be a mistake.

According to
        http://www.unicode.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=284&sid=7dcf696e0359b351b81433019084097a
it is a mistake of
1400 ; S ; S ; S
1401..167F ; U ; S ; S

>>> http://www.gov.nu.ca/save10/English/Documents/Newsletters/Newsletter%203/Newsletter%203%20-%20Inuktitut.pdf
>>> http://www.cley.gov.nu.ca/pdf/Documentary%20Art%20Project_Inuk.pdf
>>> it is questionable if the default value "U" is preferred.

> In the two examples linked to
> above the UCAS text appears to be rotated counterclockwise in vertical
> layout, so that it reads bottom-to-top sideways, which is not a mode
> of vertical layout that UTR#50 deals with.

Thank you for clarification.

Regards,
mpsuzuki
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