"The interesting thing is that it could’ve gone the other way. Twice. In English or German, we treat scrolling left to be natural, and we consider only one direction of italic slant appropriate. The first has to do with the direction of reading. I believe the second is, like many things in typography, customary; there’s nothing inherently better than right-leaning letters, except we’re used to them since those are the only ones we ever see."
It is a bit funny that young people seem so far removed from handwriting nowadays, that they miss the obvious. Either that, or Martin is ambidextrous.
ofrzeta•40m ago
Using "LEN'TH" to abbreviate "LENGTH" is really hilarious (or I am fundamentally misunderstanding something). Why did they not adjust the tracking as in "PLUS" vs. "MINUS"? Maybe they already reached the minimum in "LEN'TH". Fun stuff.
weinzierl•1h ago
It is a bit funny that young people seem so far removed from handwriting nowadays, that they miss the obvious. Either that, or Martin is ambidextrous.