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It'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 o
by wren6991 2mo ago
It'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.