[tex-eplain] TeX--XeT

[Laurence.Finston at gmx.net]

> IMPRESSIVE!!!

Thanks.

> Are you refering to LTR/RTL *directionality*? When languages are typeset RTL, the characters aren't flipped, the text just *runs* RTL ...
> ... Like "sugafulaffunS" instead of "Snuffalufagus". ("Suga fulla funs" ... Snuffalufagus is about to get diabetes!)

No.  If you rotated the characters by 90° clockwise or counterclockwise and turn a row sidewise to turn it into a column, it will either go up or down, and if you rotate it in the other, it will go the other way.  So, one way, you would have to typeset it rtl and the other ltr.  I haven't tried to visualize exactly what will happen, but in my experience, this sort of thing often doesn't work the way one expects and requires some experimentation.

> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 12. Oktober 2023 um 21:20 Uhr
> Von: terry.s at Safe-mail.net
> An: tex-eplain at tug.org
> Betreff: Re: [tex-eplain] TeX--XeT
>
> Re: 3D font glyphs manipulated in 3D directions.
> 
> > Just to show how easy this is, I've attached a compressed archive file ("tarball") containing some files from a project I was working on about a year ago ...
> 
> IMPRESSIVE!!! Here's an interesting use ... printing extra-special 3D "drop caps"!
> 
> > There might be a problem with parity (i.e., left- and right-handedness), but one would just have to figure out which way to typeset, left-to-right or right-to-left.
> 
> Are you refering to LTR/RTL *directionality*? When languages are typeset RTL, the characters aren't flipped, the text just *runs* RTL ...
> ... Like "sugafulaffunS" instead of "Snuffalufagus". ("Suga fulla funs" ... Snuffalufagus is about to get diabetes!)
>