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At present,{{when|date=March 2019}} handling of downward text is incomplete. For example, [[HTML]] has no support for ''tategaki'' and Japanese users must use HTML tables to simulate it. However, [[Cascading Style Sheets|CSS]] level 3 includes a property "<code>writing-mode</code>" which can render ''tategaki'' when given the value "<code>vertical-rl</code>" (i.e. top to bottom, right to left). Word processors and [[Desktop publishing|DTP]] software have more complete support for it.
== Historical development ==
The lack of proper Japanese character support on computers limited the influence of large American firms in the Japanese market during the 1980s. Japan, which had been the world's second largest market for computers after the [[United States]] at the time, was dominated by domestic hardware and software makers such as [[NEC]] and [[Fujitsu]].<ref>http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/JPNcomputers/PAC-111.PDF</ref><ref>https://www.nytimes.com/1991/07/19/business/company-news-compaq-set-to-invade-japan-market.html</ref> [[Microsoft Windows 3.1]] offered improved Japanese language support which played a part in reducing the grip of domestic PC makers throughout the 1990s.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Windows 95 launches in Japan - UPI Archives |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1995/11/23/Windows-95-launches-in-Japan/7028817102800/ |access-date=2024-11-21 |website=UPI |language=en}}</ref>
== See also ==
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