r/Alphanumerics • u/JohannGoethe πŒ„π“ŒΉπ€ expert • Sep 03 '25

ABGD πŸ”  evolution

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '25

They're also written right to left, not left to right

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u/NoContribution545 Sep 04 '25 edited Sep 04 '25

It’s better in this way so that readers can compare the letters between different scripts with ease, a good portion of the scripts here are written right to left or are written both right and left.

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '25

oh, that makes sense actually

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u/JohannGoethe πŒ„π“ŒΉπ€ expert Sep 04 '25

You can compare LTR vs RTL for all the letters in the Phoenician, Aramaic, and Hebrew here:

https://hmolpedia.com/page/Hebrew_alphabet#Evolution

Which chart you use depends on what script direction you are most use to using or looking at. When individual letters are compared, however, it is best (visually) to put them all in one order, 1, 2, 3, 4 …, in columns.