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		robocat on April 14, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Mongolia to restore traditional alphabet Here’s an example of a form: https://president.mn/mng/?page_id=72 It shows multiple design issues, how some are resolved and some are not. From Wikipedia: “it is the only vertical script that is written from left to right. (All other vertical writing systems are written right to left.) This is because the Uyghurs rotated their script 90 degrees anticlockwise to emulate the Chinese writing system.“

tapirl on April 14, 2020 | [–]

A combined influence result of ancient Chinese writing style and Arabic?

Ericson2314 on April 14, 2020 | [–]

And yet the english characters are rotated clockwise?

Ericson2314 on April 14, 2020 | [–]

Oh duh, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sogdian_alphabet the syriac whence it came was right-to-left, and by rotating the English in the other direction they both go down.

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