[Wylug-help] Urdu Support

[James Holden]

On Mon, Jan 16, 2006 at 09:29:05AM +0000, John Hodrien wrote:
> Aaron Crane wrote:
> 
> >A number of ancient languages (notably early Semitic ones including
> >Phoenician, as well as Hungarian runes) were typically written
> >boustrophedon: alternating lines of left-to-right and right-to-left,
> >like inkjet printers.  Many of the boustrophedon scripts also reversed
> >the shape of the letters on alternate lines.  The term "boustrophedon"
> >comes from Greek for "as the ox turns"; it's the same way an ox would
> >pull a plough through a field.  Many early Greek inscriptions are
> >boustrophedon.
> 
> As  off topic as this is, interesting...  I can't quite imagine learning to 
> write letters in both directions, nor can I imagine the saved CR 
> compensating for the smudge of unintelligible goo left being after I rub my 
> hand across my barely understandable handwriting.  I do like the idea of 
> reading it though, so perhaps the benefits come later.

Wouldn't the page still be readable if held up to a mirror? :-)

James

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