Setting Korean text vertically

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From: Ken Lunde
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1993 18:33

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	This is sort of a technical/typographic question for all you who
are familiar with Korean text layout. Well, I actually have a couple of
questions:

o First, is Korean text ever set vertically (like for Japanese and Chinese)?

o Second, if so, what characters change their position or orientation within
  the em-square (that is, character space) for vertical text setting. This
  may include punctuation (comma, period, and so on) and brackets/parens
  (rotated 90 degrees).

Can anyone enlighten me on these issues, or else point me to documents that
detail this stuff?
	Please reply directly to me at:

lunde@mv.us.adobe.com

Thanks!

-- Ken Lunde
   Adobe Systems Incorporated

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Subject: Setting Korean text vertically
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