Congrats to @fantasai and @kojiishi for this new #W3CStandard that sets the ground of international writing modes: #timetoadopt

CSS Writing Modes Level 3 defines #CSS support for various international writing modes, incl. horizontal left-to right text (such as in #English or #Hindi), horizontal right to-left text (such as #Hebrew or #Arabic), and vertically set text (such as for #Japanese or #Mongolian)

These new CSS features allow a mixture of horizontal and vertical text regions on the same page. For example:

So that the World Wide Web is usable worldwide, @w3c is actively seeking feedback and support from communities around the world to meet local needs for language support.

To capture an overview of where work is needed, see the language matrix maintained by @r12a, @webi18n activity lead: w3c.github.io/typography/gap… #i18n