Horizontal and Vertical Texts Displayed

Aerys · 11-29-2012, 01:36 AM

Has anyone here been successful in displaying blocks of text in "horizontal" and "vertical" direction on the same page?

I have some success in displaying in "vertical-right-to-left" in a page but when I need to combine it with a "horizontal-left-to-right" block I'm getting stumped.

I'm using the epub3 CSS code of "-epub-writing-mode" to be able to display the characters vertical in right to left direction.

Here's a screenshot of the page via KindlePreviewer.

HarryT · 11-29-2012, 09:55 AM

I strongly suspect that the two cannot be combined on a single page. It would be a horrendous task for the rendering engine to have to try and deal with.

DaleDe · 11-29-2012, 01:23 PM

I suspect that Harry is exactly correct. I know of no way that this can be done easily. However you could place an image on the screen and place the text in that image. Otherwise you could build a table, embed fonts in the document where the fonts were hand built rotated characters and then use these fonts to simulate rotated text. I suspect you would need to use fixed page sizes to make this work.

Aerys · 12-02-2012, 09:51 PM

Thanks! HarryT and DaleDe seems I'm forced to use images for the "horizontally" displayed text since it would be too much trouble to hand rotate each character.

11-29-2012, 01:36 AM	#1
Aerys Connoisseur Posts: 51 Karma: 29994 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Manila, Philippines Device: iPad 2 & Nexus 7	Horizontal and Vertical Texts Displayed Has anyone here been successful in displaying blocks of text in "horizontal" and "vertical" direction on the same page? I have some success in displaying in "vertical-right-to-left" in a page but when I need to combine it with a "horizontal-left-to-right" block I'm getting stumped. I'm using the epub3 CSS code of "-epub-writing-mode" to be able to display the characters vertical in right to left direction. Here's a screenshot of the page via KindlePreviewer. Attached Thumbnails

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11-29-2012, 09:55 AM	#2
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	I strongly suspect that the two cannot be combined on a single page. It would be a horrendous task for the rendering engine to have to try and deal with.

11-29-2012, 01:23 PM	#3
DaleDe Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,470 Karma: 13095790 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Grass Valley, CA Device: EB 1150, EZ Reader, Literati, iPad 2 & Air 2, iPhone 7	I suspect that Harry is exactly correct. I know of no way that this can be done easily. However you could place an image on the screen and place the text in that image. Otherwise you could build a table, embed fonts in the document where the fonts were hand built rotated characters and then use these fonts to simulate rotated text. I suspect you would need to use fixed page sizes to make this work.

12-02-2012, 09:51 PM	#4
Aerys Connoisseur Posts: 51 Karma: 29994 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Manila, Philippines Device: iPad 2 & Nexus 7	Thanks! HarryT and DaleDe seems I'm forced to use images for the "horizontally" displayed text since it would be too much trouble to hand rotate each character.

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