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From: rws@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Can X font metrics handle top->bottom, L->R ?
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Date: 22 Aug 89 20:00:46 GMT
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    What I was wondering was if the font metricsare capable of printing
    top-to-bottom and then right-to-left (ie. chinese). 

The X protocol does not contain any direct support for vertical text.