Re: Display of Mongolian in Arabic or Hebrew documents
John Hudson <[email protected]>
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Eric Muller wrote: >> Question: what is the practice (if any) when embedding a short >> fragment of Mongolian in Arabic or Hebrew text? In particular, if >> rotated 90 degrees, is it clockwise or counter clockwise? Supporting >> scans would be welcome. > To close this one: no example was provided either to this list or to me > directly. The general sentiment is that there is probably no established > practice. Given that the vertical Mongolian script evolved from a right-to-left semitic script rotated 90 degrees counterclockwise, it seems to me that the obvious way to re-incorporate the script in a right-to-left setting would be to rotate it back, clockwise. John Hudson -- Tiro Typeworks www.tiro.com Gulf Islands, BC [email protected] I'm like that Umberto Eco guy, but without the writing. -- anonymous caller