certainly - I would have thought the higher your cheese, measureably more pressure is being placed at the bottom of 'stack', whereas the top would be receiving less.
The same would apply to any height but say on a horizontal stack the diff is too small to measure, but vertical would increase as the height increases.....
maybe not???
something to ponder...
I never see 'artisan' cheese being made that has any height to it, they all appear to be around a certain 'dimension' regardless of size/weight of the cheese.