A while ago, I read about Da Vinci's habit of mirror writing: writing right to left instead of left to right, with the letters backwards, such that the easiest way to read his personal notes was with a mirror. Being amused about this, I added the todo to my list:
Try mirror writing
That todo has been around awhile. I hadn't really prioritized it in my list, so it just sorta lingered.
Tonight, I decided to give it a try.
Except I forgot which way the mirror was supposed to go.
Da Vinci wrote right to left with reversed letters. The speculation was that, since he was left-handed and wrote left-handed (an unusual handedness of the time, as most south-paws were forced to use their right hands as children, because left-handedness was seen as a devil sign), he wrote his notes right to left to avoid smudging the ink.
