Re: [tlug] Some UTF8 Japanese breaks out of vertical flow [SOLVED]

["Arwyn Hainsworth" <arwynh@example.com>]

On 04/06/07, Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen@example.com> wrote:

Dave M G writes:

> Slightly odd results. I tried using the HTML format for a zero sized
> space, &#8203; and it did force the small ã character onto the next
> line. But there was a visible gap, indicating a space character present,
> pushing the character too far to the right.

I believe that is *correct* for vertical writing, actually.  But I
rarely see kana in vertical writing, so don't take my word for it.
Better, ask the nearest nengajo program, I bet they get it right!

The correct position for small kana and punctuation marks in a vertical layout is the top-right quadrant of the character 'box'. With the described hack, the ã is centre-aligned and thus too far to left and too close to the bottom.

Arwyn