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# haxe-ui
  • r
    honestly even though japanese and chinese are TTB, in practice we use ltr most of the time
  • b
    and how the hell do numbers work in mandarin
  • b
    One language even made the change from TTBRTL to LTR
  • b
    languages are fascinating ... and a total brain fuck
  • b
    Again, don't remember
  • r
    yes japanese used to be TTB RTL, and books are stiill published like this
  • r
    some old companies you will still see the RTL logo
  • b
    But the main reason for the change is tech, amazingly
  • r
    (as in all books are published like this, if you buy a novel it will be TTB RTL)
  • b
  • b
    👆
  • b
    man, never heard of ttb / btt
  • r
    i had to edit everything because I don't know my left from right 🙂
  • r
    but on PC everything is just LTR TTB like english 😄
  • b
    old pharaonic (hieroglyphs) were written both rtl/ltr/ttb/btt with the glyphs facing the start of the text
  • r
    (in japanese and chinese)
  • b
    thankfully (for devs) no one uses that anymore 😄
  • r
    yes because it's easier to read the other way on the way back than to have to walk across the room to start the next line , @best-needle-18998
  • b
    BTW, harfbuzz already handlw everything were talking about
  • b
    ah, very practical... ha, that little factoid is going to stay with me for a while
  • b
    I wish more attention would be put into updating harfbuzz
  • b
    And w I wish I knew enough to make the changes myself
  • b
    or old minoan written in circles from the center outward
  • r
    HaxeUI just has LTR, correct?
  • b
    Yep
  • b
    yeah
  • b
    How much time would it take to update harfbuss to the latest version?
  • b
    though im considering adding ancient egyptian and minoan
  • r
    😄
  • b
    Loll
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