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@infobeautiful Kinda interesting that a lot of the letters seemed to "flip" direction. I wonder if it's because that when they were writing on stone they chiseled from right to left? I've read that's the reason a lot of old languages are/were written from right to left as well.
@terry_fox @infobeautiful that is indeed why. it was boustrophedon which meant it flipped and alternated writing direction on the next line of text