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When Japanese is written horizontally, it can be read either left->right or right->left. (occasionally, quite bewildering) I have only seen right->left on sig
by jankcorn 2mo ago
When Japanese is written horizontally, it can be read either left->right or right->left. (occasionally, quite bewildering)
I have only seen right->left on signs; I have never seen it in books or magazines.
- wren6991 2mo agoIt's technically not right-to-left. It's columnar top-to-bottom (縦書き), with the columns right-to-left. In signage you can have one character per column (kind of like one word per row on some English signs), making it look like right-to-left text.
- seoulbigchris 2mo agoKorea does this, also. Sometimes I'll get confused at a restaurant or other sign that is just 2x2 array of syllables. Is this horizontal or vertical? Even more confusing is when it can be sensibly read either way.
- CarVac 2mo agoI've mostly seen it on the right side of vehicle livery.