Re: Web page layouts in different cultures - question from DIWG

On Thursday, September 22, 2005, 2:43:18 PM, Richard wrote:


>> Unfortunately neither HTML nor CSS support vertical layout.

RI> CSS3 will provide this.  Note also that some vertical text support is
RI> available using IE already (though I'm not recommending this be used until
RI> standards exist,


Richard - standards have existed for some years, as I am sure you are
aware.

RI>  you can see an example at
RI> http://people.w3.org/rishida/scripts/samples/japanese.html (select the
RI> direction in the right hand column). Note how the text does not fill the
RI> page vertically. )





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 Chris Lilley                    mailto:chris@w3.org
 Chair, W3C SVG Working Group
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