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Re:Right to Left and Left to Right Reading? (2 viewing) (2) Guests
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Right to Left and Left to Right Reading? 16 Years, 7 Months ago Karma: 0  
Hi, first post here. I couldn't find this anywhere else on the forum... Thought it might belong here. I have always been under the impression that in Japan, reading and writing were left to right.
If that is so, then why is it that when I see Japanese typing it is usually Left to right and my typing program inputs left to right?
 
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Re:Right to Left and Left to Right Reading? 16 Years, 7 Months ago Karma: -583  
Traditionally Japanese is written top to bottom and right to left.
If they write vertically it is usually right to left.
If they write horizontally it is now written left to right

 
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Re:Right to Left and Left to Right Reading? 16 Years, 7 Months ago Karma: 0  
Thank you so much! Hate to waste a whole tread for such an easily solvable dilemma.
 
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Re:Right to Left and Left to Right Reading? 16 Years, 7 Months ago Karma: -583  
No problem
 
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