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by wlonkly 486 days ago
This was also pointed out in the article, but the point at which it became a physical standard, and not a lettering style, was with the Gorton engravers.

(The tail of the Q is a tell -- not a straight line, not a simple shape, but identical in lettering systems based on the engravers.)

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Also, 7 usually has a straight line in technical lettering, but in Gorton is curved in a specific way.