[usf-devel] Re: Character orientation in Asian and Mongolian read-direction (verticaltext lines)

  • From: Paul Bryson <atamido@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: usf-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2005 16:57:35 -0500

On 8/13/05, liisa <seelie@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > It is probably safe to ignore that attribute when the read-direction is
> > Western or Arabic. However if it is not ignored you could create funny
> > things here, especially if that tag is interpreted to turn the character
> > 90Ââ counter-clockwise instead of clockwise. Or the attributes could
> > allow values "+90", "0", "-90" and maybe more instead of a simple
> > boolean flag such as "upright"|"rotated".

Why not use radians instead of degrees?  There is no Pi like Ï  :P


Atamido

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