• BarqsHasBite@lemmy.ca
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    6 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

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      6 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.