@@ -1862,6 +1862,86 @@ Media Queries</h4>
18621862 In the example above, "A4" sheets are given a "3cm" page margin, and "letter"
18631863 sheets are given a "1in" page margin.
18641864
1865+ <h4 id="page-orientation-prop">
1866+ Rotating The Printed Page: the 'page-orientation' property</h4>
1867+
1868+ <pre class=descdef>
1869+ Name : page-orientation
1870+ For : @page
1871+ Value : upright | rotate-left | rotate-right
1872+ Initial : upright
1873+ Computed Value : as specified
1874+ </pre>
1875+
1876+ High-quality printing implementations
1877+ can handle pages of varying sizes and orientations,
1878+ so an author can choose the size of a page
1879+ according to what's best for that page's content.
1880+ For example,
1881+ they might use ''size: letter portrait;'' for most pages in a document,
1882+ but switch to ''size: letter landscape;''
1883+ to lay out a wide information table.
1884+
1885+ However, handling content flowing across pages of differing widths
1886+ is a relatively complex task,
1887+ and is not yet solved in many popular printing implementations
1888+ (notably, web browsers).
1889+ The ''page-orientation'' descriptor is intended to help such implementations,
1890+ allowing them to lay out pages in a single consistent size,
1891+ but change the orientation post-layout
1892+ in the output medium
1893+ (such as PDF),
1894+ so that pages which want to be displayed in a different orientation
1895+ can do so.
1896+
1897+ Its values are defined as:
1898+
1899+ <dl dfn-type=value dfn-for=page-orientation>
1900+ : <dfn>upright</dfn>
1901+ :: No special orientation is applied;
1902+ the page is laid out and formatted as normal.
1903+
1904+ : <dfn>rotate-left</dfn>
1905+ :: After the page has been laid out,
1906+ if the output medium supports rotation,
1907+ this value indicates that the page must be displayed
1908+ rotated a quarter turn to the left
1909+ (counter-clockwise)
1910+ of how it was laid out.
1911+
1912+ : <dfn>rotate-right</dfn>
1913+ :: Same as ''rotate-left'' ,
1914+ except the page must be displayed
1915+ rotated a quarter turn to the right
1916+ (clockwise)
1917+ of how it was laid out.
1918+ </dl>
1919+
1920+ Note: Margin boxes and other positional things
1921+ have no special interaction with this property;
1922+ they'll be laid out as normal in the unrotated page,
1923+ then rotated along with everything else.
1924+
1925+ <div class=note>
1926+ This property is intended as a stop-gap
1927+ for less-capable implementations,
1928+ allowing them to still print documents
1929+ with a mix of portrait and landscape orientations
1930+ before they have the ability
1931+ to flow content across differently-size pages.
1932+ It requires some awkward contortions to use,
1933+ such as specifying that a wide table containing only English
1934+ actually has a vertical 'writing-mode'
1935+ so it'll lay out "sideways",
1936+ but be rotated back to upright for readability
1937+ in the printed output.
1938+
1939+ There should be no need to use this property
1940+ in high-quality printing implementations;
1941+ instead, use '@page/size' to control ''portrait'' vs ''landscape'' orientation of a page.
1942+ </div>
1943+
1944+
18651945<h3 id="marks">
18661946Crop and Registration Marks: the 'marks' property</h3>
18671947
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