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minus-squareXenon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 months agoAny idea why they apparently reversed the orientation of all characters between 500 BC and 1 AD?
minus-squareIninewCrow@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 months agoI was going to guess the printing press … because the letters have to be reversed in order to stamp them onto the sheet … but that doesn’t happen for another thousand years
Any idea why they apparently reversed the orientation of all characters between 500 BC and 1 AD?
I was going to guess the printing press … because the letters have to be reversed in order to stamp them onto the sheet … but that doesn’t happen for another thousand years