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Old 10-13-2009, 06:54 AM   #14
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The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠
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Very helpful indeed. Since the stories are set in an indeterminate but distant past, I think vertical and in an old-style type face is the way I'll go.

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Originally Posted by LDBoblo View Post
For a cover, it really doesn't especially matter one way or the other. If you want it to appear old or formal, you would want to use an old-style typeface and print vertically. Horizontal works fine, and a lot of modern books have horizontally printed covers. If printing on the spine, then vertical for sure.

And yes, vertical typesetting in Chinese is done top-to-bottom.

Hope that's helpful.
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