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There's more usage of vertically written Japanese than you listed. Some signboards, some formal letters, many paperbooks (and ebook version), vast majority of n
by fomine3 2y ago
There's more usage of vertically written Japanese than you listed. Some signboards, some formal letters, many paperbooks (and ebook version), vast majority of non-technical magazines are still vertically written.
Fortunately, for forms, I haven't seen any vertically written forms except school work.
- dfee 2y agoWhen drafting a formal letter, does the author write it horizontally and present it vertically? Or, is the author expected to have skill at writing a 90 degree rotated character? Or, is the character not rotated, but just written in columns not rows?
- amenhotep 2y ago> Or, is the character not rotated, but just written in columns not rows? This one. Think about it - they don't expect the reader to tilt his head 90 degrees to read it :)
- dfee 2y agoFormality is often tied to skill. Writing at a 90 degree angle would require more skill, the ability more rare. Calligraphy, for example, conveys no extra information but is of higher stature.