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Re:Icon search engine by wnoise on Monday October 25, 2010 @11:59AM (#1830303)
I'd really like a citation for serifs being easier to engrave in stone. That really doesn't make sense to me. I'd expect things like runes -- entirely straight lines, minimal decoration -- to be easier to carve.
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Re:Icon search engine by jiaaro on Monday October 25, 2010 @01:58PM (#1830816)
when you're using a chisel on stone. you need to hit it straight down, creating a divet (the serif) to get the cut started.

If you put the chisel diagonal and hit it with a hammer right off the bat, it just slides across the stone, and you usually hurt your thumb ;)

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Re:Icon search engine by wnoise on Tuesday October 26, 2010 @01:26PM (#1835124)
That doesn't seem all that implausible, but I'd expect the divot wouldn't need to be any wider than rest of the line.
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