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then it is a demonstrated law that lines are clear distinct and legible in proportion as they are separate from each other, that all lines but the vertical are more or less delusive in their effects and

Fig. 12.

that the upright lines possess a maximum of isolation or width apart, it follows both logically and geometrically that vertical writing must be the clearest and the most legible. Figs. 11 and 12 in which the words "men" and "nun" are written vertically and at