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gbog on Aug 20, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Japanese writing system basics

That's completely subjective, most characters are not symmetrical anyway, and when they are it's a mistake to draw them symmetrical.

gurkendoktor on Aug 21, 2016 [–]

Characters are mostly displayed on screen nowadays, and most fonts are indeed symmetrical. I don't find Simplified Chinese handwriting ugly at all, but it looks odd on-screen.

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