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Sideways writing modes

Category
CSS
Type
Chromium catches up
Status
Enabled by default (Chrome 132)
Intent stage
None

Summary

Support of `sideways-rl` and `sideways-lr` keywords for `writing-mode` CSS property is added. They are vertical writing modes, and all letters are sideways.

Motivation

`sideways-rl` and `sideways-lr` are helpful to write non-CJK text vertically. They don't have behaviors favorable for CJK languages unlike `vertical-rl` and `vertical-lr`.

Standards & signals

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