>Mark E. Shoulson wrote:You're probably right.
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>>[...] Same thing with the preference of V in monumental scripts,
>>since it was easier to carve (well, and also older than U).
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>I don't quite buy this one... It it was true, "O" would be a rectangle...
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>Simply, capital U was invented after 16th century, so it never caught on in
>inscriptions which wanted to look "classic". E.g., inscribing U's, J's or
>decimal dicit on the façade of a neoclassic building would be a stylistic
>contraddiction in terms.
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