rhea137: Dull Tool Dim Bulb: Cross Writing Cross Eyed Dull Tool Dim Bulb Greatest Hit Cross writing was a technique to save paper when paper was scarce. Every scrap mattered at one time (one of these is dated 1823) so the writer, upon reaching the end of the page, would turn the paper 90 degrees and add a second layer of text. Once it becomes familiar, the mind adapts easily and cross written letters are surprisingly legible. Charles Darwin famously used the technique.

rhea137:

Dull Tool Dim Bulb: Cross Writing Cross Eyed Dull Tool Dim Bulb Greatest Hit

Cross writing was a technique to save paper when paper was scarce. Every scrap mattered at one time (one of these is dated 1823) so the writer, upon reaching the end of the page, would turn the paper 90 degrees and add a second layer of text. Once it becomes familiar, the mind adapts easily and cross written letters are surprisingly legible. Charles Darwin famously used the technique.

rhea137: Dull Tool Dim Bulb: Cross Writing Cross Eyed Dull Tool Dim Bulb Greatest Hit Cross writing was a technique to save paper when paper was scarce. Every scrap mattered at one time (one of these is dated 1823) so the writer, upon reaching the end of the page, would turn the paper 90 degrees and add a second layer of text. Once it becomes familiar, the mind adapts easily and cross written letters are surprisingly legible. Charles Darwin famously used the technique.

rhea137:

Dull Tool Dim Bulb: Cross Writing Cross Eyed Dull Tool Dim Bulb Greatest Hit

Cross writing was a technique to save paper when paper was scarce. Every scrap mattered at one time (one of these is dated 1823) so the writer, upon reaching the end of the page, would turn the paper 90 degrees and add a second layer of text. Once it becomes familiar, the mind adapts easily and cross written letters are surprisingly legible. Charles Darwin famously used the technique.

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    Cross writing was a technique to save paper when paper was scarce. Every scrap mattered at one time (one
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    cross-writing (1823)
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    thanks to invisiblestories:...Sometimes this is all I can remember dreaming about.
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    I used to do this because I was a paranoid child. I taught myself to write backwards too, and even today my handwriting...
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    似たようなこと考えてた。増殖する語尾、みたいなやつ。アップしてみようかな。。。
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