This is a presentation for ATypI Hong Kong 2012. http://www.atypi.org/hong-kong-2012/programme/11201314-oct-main-conference/activity?a=172 Japanese scripts were initially meant to be written vertically. However today, they mostly appear horizontally - from left to right - in order to represent on the computer screen as well as to combine with international languages such as English. 'Kana charact