<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <title>CSS Writing Modes</title> <link rel="author" title="GĂ©rard Talbot" href="http://www.gtalbot.org/BrowserBugsSection/css21testsuite/"> <link rel="help" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/css-writing-modes-3/#vertical-layout" title="7.1 Principles of Layout in Vertical Writing Modes"> <style type="text/css"> body { margin: 0; } div.outer { background: red url("left-bottom-300x300.png"); height: 300px; width: 300px; text-align: right; writing-mode: vertical-lr; direction: ltr; } div.inner { display: inline-block; background-color: green; height: 100px; width: 100px; } </style> </head> <body> <div class="outer"><div class="inner"></div></div> </body> </html>