Re: Which direction should text be rotated in figures?

Subject: Re: Which direction should text be rotated in figures?
From: "Moshe Kruger (AllWrite)" <moshe -dot- kruger -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: Debbie Hemstreet <D_Hemstreet -at- rambam -dot- health -dot- gov -dot- il>
Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2013 15:20:40 +0300

I think the rule is in keeping with the usage for titles on the spine of
books:
- For LTR languages, it is rotated 90 degrees clockwise.
- For RTL languages, it is rotated 90 degrees anti-clockwise.

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On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 3:15 PM, Debbie Hemstreet <
D_Hemstreet -at- rambam -dot- health -dot- gov -dot- il> wrote:

> Wow! Thanks!
>
> Deborah
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> According to a paper from the University of Toronto (
> http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/~ravin/papers/ecscw2005_textorientation.pdf),
> the readability difference is slight, though shows a slight bias towards
> clockwise rotation.
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Which direction should text be rotated in figures?: From: Debbie Hemstreet
Re: Which direction should text be rotated in figures?: From: jimmy
RE: Which direction should text be rotated in figures?: From: Debbie Hemstreet

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