Tervell [he/him] to history • 2 years ago1902 Japanese map of Californiaimagemessage-square15 fedilinkarrow-up157file-text
arrow-up157image1902 Japanese map of CaliforniaTervell [he/him] to history • 2 years agomessage-square15 Commentsfedilinkfile-text
I love those little paintings they've got in the margins, I guess showing various stuff that goes on in California
minus-squareKumikommunism [they/them]hexbear4·2 years agoWow, I forgot that Japanese used to sometimes be written right-to-left horizontally. That was really confusing for a second. link
minus-squareKumikommunism [they/them]hexbear2·edit-22 years agoNo, it wasn't even common back then. It's written left-to-right, just like most languages. Also vertical is basically just as common, just used for different stuff. But when you write vertical it's top-to-bottom, right-to-left. link
Wow, I forgot that Japanese used to sometimes be written right-to-left horizontally. That was really confusing for a second.
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No, it wasn't even common back then. It's written left-to-right, just like most languages. Also vertical is basically just as common, just used for different stuff. But when you write vertical it's top-to-bottom, right-to-left.