What does 'horizontal extension' mean in Unicode proposal docs?

Sławomir Osipiuk sosipiuk at gmail.com
Mon Nov 13 17:12:44 CST 2023


The phrase 'horizontal extension' appears in many proposals related to CJK 
characters, but isn't defined, and trying to intuit a definition from 
context is a bit risky.

What does this phrase mean formally, and what would the obvious contrast 
'vertical extension' mean?


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