Just a note on how I see support for vertically writen languages to be integrated into AW:
At the moment, we do not support vertically written scripts. This will not change even when we integrate Pango in, I assume, AW 2. This is not just because AFAIK Pango does not support vertical layout yet, but because AW 2 will not use the higher level Pango layout engine, only the low-level shaping engine, while the core of the AW 2 layout engine will be near-identical to the AW 1 layout engine. The vertical script support is something to be left for AW 3; by then Pango will be much more mature and we most likely will want to use its higher-level engine for doing our layout. Tomas
