Re: When lang=en is used left to right AND top to bottom

For posterity I'll say though that, if I understand your question 
correctly, no there isn't any WCAG SC that relates to this particular 
aspect (having text that needs to be read vertically and/or on its side).

P

On 05/11/2019 04:53, Chris Leighton wrote:
> Hello Christophe & all,
> 
> the design suggesting copy oriented in a confusing manner has evaporated 
> so I’ll cancel my enquiry.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Chris.
> 
> *From:*Christophe Strobbe <strobbe@hdm-stuttgart.de>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, 5 November 2019 12:00 AM
> *To:* w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
> *Subject:* Re: When lang=en is used left to right AND top to bottom
> 
> Hi Chris,
> 
> I have difficulty picturing what you mean. Do you mean that text that 
> can be read both
> (a) left to right (the normal sequence for text in English) and
> (b) top to bottom, because the letters from multiple acrostics?
> (In a traditional acrostic, only the first letter of each line builds in 
> acrostic. The sator square can be read both left to right and top to 
> bottom, but the words are identical, so you need only one reading 
> sequence: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sator_Square .)
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Christophe
> 
> On 04/11/19 07:10, Chris Leighton wrote:
> 
>     Hello,
> 
>     For your advice please.
> 
>     I’m looking at a design where the text of a page reads left to right
>     in the main. Additionally text as legible characters also ‘read’
>     from the top down, the characters bottom margin runs down. This text
>     is for affect yet is proposed in a fashion where they can be read,
>     if with difficulty for some.
> 
>     Is there a criterion for A, AA or research that shows this design
>     should not be used if AA is to be approached?
> 
>     I have commented that they should not be text as an image using WCAG
>     2.1, 1.4.5
>     <https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG21/Understanding/images-of-text.html>
>     and I understand that 1.3.4 Orientation isn’t intended for this
>     design <https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG21/#orientation>. The archives
>     haven’t shown much related to orientation or sideways search terms.
> 
>     Thanks in advance,
> 
>     Chris.
> 
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> 
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> 
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> 
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> 
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