> I wonder if we can find medium-based influences on other scripts, say, Roman and Arabic. Two examples: Serifs on Roman letters originated as a way to clean

> I wonder if we can find medium-based influences on other scripts, say, Roman and Arabic. Two examples: Serifs on Roman letters originated as a way to clean up the ends of the characters when carved in stone. When I was a kid in California, you'd regularly see gang graffiti painted in square block lettering that imitated what it would look like carved in wood (e.g. a park bench).