<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"/> <title>writing mode:vertical-rl, default Arabic direction</title> <link rel="author" title="Richard Ishida" href="mailto:ishida@w3.org"/> <link rel="help" href="https://drafts.csswg.org/css-writing-modes-3/#block-flow"/> <meta name="assert" content="By default, writing-mode:vertical-lr will display Arabic characters progressing up the page."/> <style type="text/css"> .test, .ref { font-size: 24px; float: left; margin-right: 30px; color: #ccc; } span[lang=ar] { color: black; } </style> <!-- this is the test --> <style type="text/css"> .test { writing-mode: vertical-rl; } </style> </head> <body> <p class="instructions">Test passes if the text runs vertically and the order of the Arabic characters is the same as on the blue background.</p> <div class="test" lang="zh-hans">国际化活动<span lang="ar">نشاط التدويل</span>万维网联盟</div> <div class="ref"><img src="support/zh+arabic.png" alt="ref image"/></div> </body> </html>