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Unexpected Kanji Rotation

Recently, my XML editor gave me a surprise. This is how it should display Kanji characters:

Rendered text with Kanji

However, this is how it displayed in the editor's source text:

Source text with Kanji

The issue is that in the source text, the Kanji characters are rotated 90 degrees to the left. An interesting "Internationalization" bug which I will report to the developers of the editor.

Filed by Felix Sasaki on November 20, 2007 1:34 AM in Bugs Life, Opinions & Editorial, Tools
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umrain # 2007-11-28

Check the font settings in your editor. Typefaces with CJK characters often have two font versions, one for horizontal display and another (often prefixed with an @ sign in Windows) for vertical display which will appear rotated in programs that don't support vertical writing (most of them). Make sure your editor isn't using a font starting with an @ symbol.

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