I thought with d4s you read the value at the point, not the face on the bottom? Maybe my dice are different. I prefer the d12 to the d6 for generic rolls, as i

I thought with d4s you read the value at the point, not the face on the bottom? Maybe my dice are different. I prefer the d12 to the d6 for generic rolls, as it allows for the least number of sides with the most human-usable fractions (25/50/75%, 33/66%, and "a little less than 10%").