Re: [css3-writing-modes] eliminate 'sideways' and 'sideways-left' for 'text-orientation' from fantasai on 2014-09-20 (www-style@w3.org from September 2014)

From: fantasai <fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net>
Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2014 11:41:59 -0400
To: Jonathan Kew <jfkthame@gmail.com>, www-style@w3.org
Message-ID: <541DA047.9070700@inkedblade.net>

On 09/16/2014 12:38 PM, Jonathan Kew wrote:
> On 16/9/14 16:45, fantasai wrote:
>>
>> Yes. (From an English-language perspective, there isn't "vertical writing",
>> there's just rotated text...)
>
> ...except for occasional use of vertical writing with text-orientation:upright,
> most commonly seen in signage:
>
>    https://www.flickr.com/groups/stackedtype/
>
> :)

Right. :)

~fantasai

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