• @ironhydroxide
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    832 months ago

    The Romans really turned around that archaic Latin.

    • BarqsHasBite
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      2 months ago

      Personally I always thought it was easier to have the line on the left side and then the different stuff on the right side. Probably from being right handed.

      Eg: B D E H K L M N P R

      Those all have a line on the left and the right side differs

      • veroxii
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        132 months ago

        Not sure if true but I did hear somewhere that a big part of the Roman changes were to make carving letters into stone tablets and buildings easier.

        It certainly explains using more straight lines in eg M and N. But maybe the flip also makes it easier to carve if you’re chiseling right handed? I’m imagining how I’d chisel a K.