You can use a little-known, yet important and powerful CSS property to make text run vertically.
Or instead of running text vertically, you can layout a set of icons or interface buttons in this way. Or, of course, with anything on your page.
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If you do want a bit more of a taste, look at this example that adds
text-orientation: upright;to the mix — turning the individual letters of the latin font to be upright instead of sideways.
Code language: CSS
h1 {
writing-mode: vertical-rl;
text-orientation: upright;
text-transform: uppercase;
letter-spacing: -25px;
}