文字的竖式与横式排版样式，源于东西方文化的文字产生之异，表意与表音之别，形成了2种不同文化的阅读制式，终因西学东渐之风，因科技传播之需要，因异域文化之交流，而产生碰撞与变化，汉字科技书刊从竖排到横排成为西学东渐的历史必然。“,”The typesetting of vertical and horizontal form derive from the differences of the emergences of characters and the disparities of superficial meaning and sound in Western and Oriental cultures, resulting in the different reading form in two different cultures. Collision and transformation come into being due to Western learning spreading to the East, necessity of spreading of science and technology, interchange of diverse cultures, leading to the Chinese books and periodicals of science and technology from vertical form to horizontal form becoming the historical inevitability of Western learning spreading to the East.