[[Phoenician alphabet]] may have been written right to left because stonemasons carved inscriptions using a chisel in the left hand and a hammer in the right. ^5ffff2 Citations Meggs, P. B., & Purvis, A. W. (2016). Meggs' history of graphic Design, 6th edition. In _[[Meggs' History of Graphic Design]]_ (6th ed.). John Wiley & Sons.