Vertical Reader Mode: Why it matters
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Chinese people read vertically 100 years ago, but now no one reads vertically in mainland China.
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Do the long line lengths make for hard reading?
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Out of curiosity, for the languages that read vertically, what is the direction of reading? Top to bottom then left to right?
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@ugly: if you have ever read the japanese comic book, you will know.
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@chenmingjiongjiong: exactly.
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@steffie: Thank you!
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@chenmingjiongjiong: True. So when I read classical Chinese poetry online, I use the vertical reader mode to make it look as close to the original form as possible. Once upon a time, a wise man in China also said: "If a man keeps cherishing his old knowledge, so as continually to be acquiring new, he may be a teacher of others."
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@paul1149: More or less. I personally like it when they write about 40 characters and start a new line.
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@chenmingjiongjiong: It's a shame that most books in China and Hong Kong are printed horizontally now. But Taiwanese still keep it vertical.
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This is how internationalization should be!
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