Refers to text that is written from top to bottom (or bottom to top). This is usually done by rotating or stacking. The purpose could be for UI design or for the natural text direction of some East Asian languages. Please use the [tag:vertical-alignment] tag for text being aligned in separate UI elements.
Vertical text is read from top to bottom or bottom to top. Since most operating systems and programming environments assume a horizontal text direction, this is usually accomplished by either rotating the text 90 degrees or by stacking characters on top of each other.
Purpose
1. For UI design
Oftentimes a side label on the right or left would be too wide if written horizontally. Writing it vertically gives a more pleasing visual effect.
2. For natural text direction
Certain East Asian languages such as Japanese, Chinese, and Mongolian are traditionally written vertically. Although Japanese and Chinese are usually written horizontally today, they are on occasion still written vertically. The traditional Mongolian script (not Cyrillic Mongolian) is still in common usage in Inner Mongolia and is only written vertically for its natural text direction.
Tag Usage
Use this tag for programming questions related to rotating text strings and UI elements or stacking characters in a column. For vertically aligning separate text strings and UI elements, please use the vertical-alignment tag.
