• ZoteTheMighty@lemmy.zip
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      Wow, A is shaped like Taurus. As a professional astronomer, I would never have figured that out on my own.

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      I mean based on your post the letter A hasn’t really changed in 1911 years… The invention of a reliable way of storing information really contributes to the fidelity of what’s being passed on, and especially now with computers our symbols are so ubiquitous that I really don’t know if they will change.

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        Hell you could even argue it’s still more or less the same as the Phoenician version since the bulkier Greek alpha in that format is generally reserved for stone and type face. The Phoenician one is basically how I do my print A just rotated.