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Not only the direction of writing changes in boustrophedon, but also the direction of the letters themselves. Dot matrix printers simply printed lines of text non-boustrophedonically, but in either direction to save on carriage returns.


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> but also the direction of the letters themselves

er, how does an ox do that?


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> but also the direction of the letters themselves

er, how does an ox do that?




By turning around at the end of each row, duh.

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Snickery snackery
Theodore Remington
Gestured Sardonicly
Backward and forth.

Boustrophedonicly,
Usually chronicly,
To south and north.


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> By turning around at the end of each row, duh.

oh, fine. you're no fun.


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