Re: [css-writing-modes] Propose writing-mode: sideways-left

On Tuesday 07 July 2015 12:20:05 Florian Rivoal wrote:
> > On 07 Jul 2015, at 08:48, John Daggett <jdaggett@mozilla.com> wrote:
> > 
> > Reading through Koji and Florian's messages, they appear to be agreeing
> 
> > with fantasai's proposed revision:
> Correct.
> 
> > > Thinking about this some more, though, I think what we can do
> > > 
> > > is move *both* orientations into the writing-mode, like this:
> > > 
> > >    writing-mode: horizontal-tb | vertical-rl | vertical-lr |
> > >      sideways-rl | sideways-lr;
> > >    text-orientation: mixed | upright | sideways (or sideways-rl)
> > > 
> > > This preserves symmetry, and actually makes it even easier for
> > > horizontal-script authors to get the two most common behaviors.
> > > They no longer need to use 'text-orientation' unless they want,

I think I'm starting to like fantasai's proposal.

(Maybe 'mixed' should be called 'normal' or 'auto', but I'm not sure.)

I'm not completely clear what the proposal for 'sideways' is. Fantasai's 
proposal cryptically said "sideways (or sideways-rl)". In particular, what 
does setting

    writing-mode: vertical-lr; text-orientation: sideways

do?

And if that turns characters clockwise, is the value actually still needed? 
between 'text-orientation: mixed' and 'writing-mode: sideways-rl' you cover 
most cases of text turned clockwise. What's missing then is _inline_ CJK 
turned sideways. Is that needed?


'text-orientation: use-glyph-orientation' isn't mentioned in fantasai's 
proposal, but I assume it is still there (and still at-risk)?



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