Remember that word spacing was invented only in the 12th century. Ifyoutrytoreadseverallinesoftextwrittenlikethis, you'll quickly find that you lose track of wh

Remember that word spacing was invented only in the 12th century. Ifyoutrytoreadseverallinesoftextwrittenlikethis, you'll quickly find that you lose track of where you are in the text fairly often. That's why Boustrophedon was invented and used, and that's why it became definitely obsolete after word spacing was invented. You can read more about this in Paul Saenger's and Frances Yates' books.