just in case you were wondering

Why do the book face A and G look so different from manuscript? Early forms of printing worked like a sophisticated form of rubber stamping. What happens if we don't push all sides down evenly with a rubber stamp? Part of the image is not clear. When the bottom corner of the A and G did not print evenly, the A could be mistaken for an O and the G could be confused with the letter Q. Swirls were added to A and G to solve this problem.

So now you know!
Tonya