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[-] ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 82 points 6 months ago

The Romans really turned around that archaic Latin.

[-] someguy3@lemmy.ca 25 points 6 months ago* (last edited 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

[-] veroxii@aussie.zone 13 points 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.

[-] someguy3@lemmy.ca 7 points 6 months ago

I can only think that writing on parchment was more common.

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