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Subject:Re: QUERY: vertical text From:Romay Jean Sitze <rositze -at- NMSU -dot- EDU> Date:Fri, 17 Mar 1995 10:38:56 -0700
> Jo Davidsmeyer asks--
> Which way should vertical text run?
> We have a new format for press releases, marketing announcements, and
> special notices that has a dark color block about an inch wide running
> the length of the left side of the page. We're reversing text (titles)
> in the block. Which way to run the text: baselines toward the page or
> away? We're having a small war between the graphics people and the text
> people, so any references or sources would be greatly appreciated. Text is
> justified to the top of the page (the one thing we agree on).
> ==========
I have nothing to quote on this, but IMHO, the text in the vertical box
should face the page text, whether placed to the right or the left.
Thus, the baseline for text in the left hand box would lie on the right
side of the box--or toward the page. If the box were on the right hand
side of the page, I would reverse it.
RoMay Sitze People are persuaded more
rositze -at- nmsu -dot- edu by the depth of your conviction
than the height of your logic,
More by your enthusiasm
than any proof you can offer.
-author unknown-
