@@ -908,6 +908,23 @@ Obsolete SVG1.1 'writing-mode' Values</h4>
908908 <p> These values are <em> obsolete</em> in any context except SVG1 documents
909909 and are therefore <em> optional</em> for non-SVG UAs.
910910
911+ <div class="note">
912+ In SVG1.1, these values set the <dfn>inline progression direction</dfn> ,
913+ in other words, the direction the current text position
914+ advances each time a glyph is added. This is a geometric process that
915+ happens <em> after</em> bidi reordering, and thus has no effect on the
916+ interpretation of the 'direction' property (which is independent of
917+ 'writing-mode' ). (See <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG/text.html#RelationshipWithBiDirectionality">Relationship
918+ with bidirectionality</a> . [[!SVG11]] )
919+
920+ There are varying interpretations
921+ on whether this process causes "writing-mode: rl" to merely shift the
922+ text string or reverse the order of all glyphs in the text.
923+ </div>
924+
925+ <h5 id="svg-writing-mode-css" class="no-toc">
926+ Supporting SVG1.1 'writing-mode' values in CSS syntax</h5>
927+
911928 <p> UAs that wish to support these values in the context of CSS
912929 must treat them as follows:
913930
@@ -930,21 +947,10 @@ Obsolete SVG1.1 'writing-mode' Values</h4>
930947 specification. The additional ''tb-lr'' value of that revision is
931948 replaced by ''vertical-lr'' .
932949
933- <div class="note">
934- In SVG1.1, these values set the <dfn>inline progression direction</dfn> ,
935- in other words, the direction the current text position
936- advances each time a glyph is added. This is a geometric process that
937- happens <em> after</em> bidi reordering, and thus has no effect on the
938- interpretation of the 'direction' property (which is independent of
939- 'writing-mode' ). (See <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG/text.html#RelationshipWithBiDirectionality">Relationship
940- with bidirectionality</a> . [[!SVG11]] )
941-
942- There are varying interpretations
943- on whether this process causes "writing-mode: rl" to merely shift the
944- text string or reverse the order of all glyphs in the text.
945- </div>
950+ <h5 id="svg-writing-mode-markup" class="no-toc">
951+ Supporting SVG1.1 'writing-mode' values in presentational attributes</h5>
946952
947- <p> In order to support legacy content,
953+ <p> In order to support legacy content with presentational attributes ,
948954 and to allow authors to create documents that support older clients,
949955 SVG UAs must add the following style sheet rules to their default UA stylesheet:
950956
@@ -958,7 +964,7 @@ Obsolete SVG1.1 'writing-mode' Values</h4>
958964 </pre>
959965
960966 <div class="note">
961- Authors who wish to create forwards and backwards-compatible content
967+ Authors who wish to create forwards and backwards-compatible SVG content
962968 in CSS syntax can use the CSS forwards-compatible parsing rules to do so,
963969 e.g.
964970
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