When using vertical flow with Hangul characters, it should be rendered upright. We rarely use vertical flow in texts now a days, but when vertical flow is used in texts it should be rendered upright. Also, it is read from top to bottom, right to left. On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 7:19 PM, Koji Ishii <kojiishi@gluesoft.co.jp> wrote: > Hello, > > I'm sorry to ask you guys about vertical flow knowing it's not of much > interests, but it'd be great if someone can help me to resolve an issue we > have: whether Hangul characters should be rendered upright, or rotated > sideways in vertical flow? > > I was thinking it should be rendered upright, and I believe MS Word does > so, but there's a proposal to rotate them sideways: > http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2011Oct/0104.html > > I understand Korean doesn't use vertical flow these days. But this could > also affect EPUB, where you may want to create old documents in EPUB or HTML > format for e-book purposes. I'm also not sure Korean never use vertical > flow, or still rarely use. > > Your opinions are greatly appreciated in advance. > > > Regards, > Koji > >
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