<h3>text-orientation : mixed | upright | sideways</h3>
<div class="table">
  <div>
    <span class="to-mixed">Lorem ipsum dolor sit, amet consectetur adipisicing.</span>
    <p>text-orientation : mixed</p>
  </div>
  <div>
    <span class="to-upright">Lorem ipsum dolor sit, amet consectetur adipisicing.</span>
    <p>text-orientation : upright</p>
  </div>
  <div>
    <span class="to-sideways">Lorem ipsum dolor sit, amet consectetur adipisicing.</span>
    <p>text-orientation : sideways</p>
  </div>
</div>


body{
  position: relative;
  margin: 0px;
  padding: 20px;
  font-family: "Arial";
  font-size: 18px;
}
h3{margin-top: 0px; color: #555; text-align: center;}
.table{
  display: table;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  min-height: 200px;
  position: relative;
  box-shadow: 0px 0px 2px #999;
}
.table div{
  display: table-cell;
  position: relative;
  background: white;
  vertical-align: middle;
  height: 300px;
  box-sizing: border-box;
  padding: 20px;
  text-align: center;
  box-shadow: inset 0px 0px 2px #999;
}
span{
  writing-mode: vertical-rl;
  unicode-bidi: bidi-override;
  direction: ltr;

  display: inline-block;
  background: white;
  padding: 20px 15px;
  color: black;
  border: 1px dashed blue;
}
/*1*/
.to-mixed{
  text-orientation: mixed;
}
.to-upright{
  text-orientation: upright;
}
.to-sideways{
   -webkit-text-orientation: sideways;
  text-orientation: sideways;
}

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