please read [1], I quote the relevant part here:
Property writing-mode applies to: fo:page-sequence, fo:simple-page-master,
> fo:region-body, fo:region-before, fo:region-after, fo:region-start,
> fo:region-end, fo:block-container, fo:inline-container, and fo:table.
[1] http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/
writing-mode applies to block-container, not block.
Eric Amick Systems Engineer II
Legislative Computer Systems
From: Christian Pestel [mailto:christian.pes...@orange.fr]
Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2012 11:18
To: fop-users
Subject: Fw: fo:block writing-mode="rl" attribute seems do not work
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