Is there support for: writing-mode: vertical-rl;

bookman156 · 08-05-2022, 09:04 AM

Does anyone happen to know whether epub readers support

Code:

writing-mode: vertical-rl;

This is used on the web for vertical Chinese (and also people playing with English type). Most web Chinese is horizontal these days, but vertical is fun now and again.

I've never seen a vertical Chinese epub, can anyone point one out before I try to make one?

jhowell · 08-05-2022, 11:10 AM

Someone else asked about vertical Chinese EPUBs in 2013: Any Chinese vertical text ePub 3 samples?

The only answer was a vertical Japanese language book.

bookman156 · 08-05-2022, 12:11 PM

I came across this:

https://blog.tommyku.com/blog/how-to...rtical-layout/

It works at least in Foliate, the only epub reader I've tried it in so far.

JSWolf · 08-05-2022, 01:36 PM

You can do vertical Chinese and Japanese with both a Kobo and a Kindle.

bookman156 · 08-05-2022, 01:45 PM

Quote:

You can do vertical Chinese and Japanese with both a Kobo and a Kindle.

Brilliant. I'll have to try it with a long text to see how it handles it. The vertical Japanese epub of Kokoro from that other thread is flawed in my limited tests so far, though initially it looked good until it went askew. Old file though, and perhaps other epub readers will present it well.

Quoth · 08-05-2022, 04:29 PM

Later Kindles that support azw3 minimum. Not sure if the older ones with azw3 support add later work.

08-05-2022, 09:04 AM	#1
bookman156 Addict Posts: 368 Karma: 1000000 Join Date: Mar 2016 Device: none	Is there support for: writing-mode: vertical-rl; Does anyone happen to know whether epub readers support Code: writing-mode: vertical-rl; This is used on the web for vertical Chinese (and also people playing with English type). Most web Chinese is horizontal these days, but vertical is fun now and again. I've never seen a vertical Chinese epub, can anyone point one out before I try to make one?

08-05-2022, 01:36 PM	#4
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 79,740 Karma: 145864619 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	You can do vertical Chinese and Japanese with both a Kobo and a Kindle. Last edited by JSWolf; 08-05-2022 at 01:40 PM.

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08-05-2022, 11:10 AM	#2
jhowell Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,069 Karma: 91577715 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Charlottesville, VA Device: Kindles	Someone else asked about vertical Chinese EPUBs in 2013: Any Chinese vertical text ePub 3 samples? The only answer was a vertical Japanese language book.

08-05-2022, 12:11 PM	#3
bookman156 Addict Posts: 368 Karma: 1000000 Join Date: Mar 2016 Device: none	I came across this: https://blog.tommyku.com/blog/how-to...rtical-layout/ It works at least in Foliate, the only epub reader I've tried it in so far.

08-05-2022, 04:29 PM	#6
Quoth Still reading Posts: 14,010 Karma: 105092227 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Ireland Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper	Later Kindles that support azw3 minimum. Not sure if the older ones with azw3 support add later work.

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