----- Original Message ----- From: "Marco Cimarosti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Jony Rosenne'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'Asmus Freytag'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 11:47 AM Subject: RE: Unicode Public Review Issues update
> Jony Rosenne wrote: > > I don't remember whether Hebrew Braille is written RTL or LTR. > > Braille is always LTR, even for Hebrew and Arabic. > > To be more precise, Braille is always LTR when you read it, but RTL when > you > write it manually (because it is engraved on the back side of the paper, > using a dotted rule and a stylus). Looks like those dots in paper have the Mirrored property: If I take a piece of paper, make dots e.g. 2,3,4 with the 1,2,3,7 column to the left and the 4,5,6,8 to the right, and then look at the backside then I see the 1,2,3,7 column displayed to the right. > > _ Marco > > > >
