Thread:Talk:Requests for comment/Vertical writing support/Arch summit summary/reply (6)

Language variants aren't any part of the solution here. Switching language layout is a CSS change, not a "variant" (which usually involves rewriting the text on the page).

ASL is a strange use-case for this: as others have noted, even if we implement vertical writing support we will be far from an actual solution for ASL, due to other typography considerations. I would suggest containing the relevant CJK/Mongolian/Manchu communities and getting their input and support. Implementing what they need will be a "first step" towards the full support the ASL community needs, but will provide a more achievable short-term goal.

I'd also feel a lot more confident supporting this if implementation were further along. As it is, it is easy to say, "sure, we should do this" -- but that doesn't magically cause resources to appear or the work to be done by elves. If the question is: should we merge improvements to CSSJanus, then I don't think that needs an RfC, I think that can/should be done by the maintainers of CSSJanus, based on code quality issues not philosophical ones. The remaining (non-CSSJanus) work seems to be in adapting the default theme to allow vertical writing; I'd like to see some patches there (or at least thoughts about what needs to be patched).