There's also the niche use case of vertically arranged English letters — you see this once in a while on signage, but my favorite example is from _Street Fighter 3,_ where the character DeeJay has pants with "MAXIMUM" written down the leg, which means that you can flip the sprite (i.e. to have the character face left or right) and the word stays intact.
> Street Fighter 3 I think it’s Street Fighter Alpha 3, and it happens in a previous game as well: Super Street Fighter II – see https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/streetfighter/images/8/88/... and https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/streetfighter/images/d/dc/...
sf4 as well, but not in 6 yet. one assume capcom will have a "classic" costume pack with that one