Identify little guys?

[Sammy Naur]

I suppose writing in kanji is more akin to artistic skills than our alphabet. It’s explain my crack-handed attempts at trying to write kanji; I have no ability in the visual arts!

Eh, yes and no. Ancient English was written in runic futhorc (ᚠᚢᚦᚩᚱᚳ) and later via Latin script calligraphy both of which are pretty stylistic.

It was really the printing press and later the typewriter that changed all of this. I'm fact prior to the typewriter the "Spencerian" ligature was the standard for business and correspondence writing until the late 1800s. Then block lettering became the norm (which is funny because ancient Roman writing and numberals on stone are almost universally block Latin, being easier to carve).

I doubt most people under the age of 30 could even read this. And for the same reason non Asians struggle with hazni, kanji, or even Cyrillic.

 

[Prince_Alarming]

First time I saw this I thought it read 'eminently successful as accountants, leaches and businessmen'