It is a good question when many of these pictograms (including basic
geometric shapes) are coming from former CJK encodings, where vertical
layout is common, AND the ideaphic composition square facilitates a lot
their insertion (and it is the major reason why many emojis were highly
developed there
Jean-François Colson wrote:
> I wonder whether similar half-filled stars would be required for
> vertically written text.
> Would a star black above, white below, be required for vertically
> written Japanese, Mongolian, Sutton, Tangut, Phags-pa, etc.?
> Would a star white above, black below, be
Le 11/11/12 23:25, Frédéric Grosshans a écrit :
Le 11/11/2012 23:08, Doug Ewell a écrit :
Personal opinions follow.
It looks like the only actual use case we have, exemplified by the
xkcd strip, is for a star with the left half black and the right half
white. There *might* also be a case for
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