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Top to bottom, right to left

( a writing direction )

This direction uses columns where one starts to read on the upper right and proceeds downwards to the bottom of the page. At the bottom of the page reading continues at the top of the next column to the left.

The following scripts use this writing direction.

 Name  Type  Family
  Lepcha       Abugida       North Indic scripts
  Nushu       Logosyllabary       Sinitic scripts

Lars Marius Garshol, Ontopian.