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Subject:Re: Re. Vertical text From:Karen Kay <karenk -at- NETCOM -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 15 Mar 1995 11:11:29 -0800
Geoff Hart said:
> Jo Davidsmeyer asked paraphrase about whether to run vertical text
> from the bottom to the top, or vice versa.
Ah! I didn't understand the question.
> In my experience, I've never seen text run from top to bottom when
> printed vertically.
What about book titles?
Don't forget that native Engolish speakers tend to perceive things
visually from upper left to lower right. Whatever's on the page should
facilitate that tendency.
