Is there any difference between vertical and horizontal writing?


This might be a fairly easy question. But I am new in learning Japanese and I
didn't see this question anywhere (although there are some about writing
vertically).

Is there any difference between writing kanji symbols in vertical or
horizontal direction?

E.g.: According to Google Translate the world **Family** is written like this
家族. Would be wrong to write like this:  
家  
族

Would be ok to write full sentences in the vertical direction too?




There is no difference in meaning between vertical writings and horizontal
writings. Only the style is different.

Traditionally, Japanese sentences are written vertically. So most of the
Japanese newspapers and novels are written vertically. If you have a chance to
look at a Japanese novel by Kindle, you will know that all the sentences are
written vertically.

To the contrary, most web sites, SNSs adopt the horizontal writings. There are
several advantages for the horizontal writings.

In horizontal writings, it is easy to type numbers or alphabets. For example,
the height of Mt. Fuji is 3,776 meters: 3,776メートル. However, it should be
written as 三千七百七十六 メートル if we write it vertically.




There is no difference in meaning between vertical writings and horizontal
writings. Only the style is different.

Traditionally, Japanese sentences are written vertically. So most of the
Japanese newspapers and novels are written vertically. If you have a chance to
look at a Japanese novel by Kindle, you will know that all the sentences are
written vertically.

To the contrary, most web sites, SNSs adopt the horizontal writings. There are
several advantages for the horizontal writings.

In horizontal writings, it is easy to type numbers or alphabets. For example,
the height of Mt. Fuji is 3,776 meters: 3,776メートル. However, it should be
written as 三千七百七十六 メートル if we write it vertically.

