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<p>[QUOTE="Couch Potato Wannabe, post: 1789789, member: 14066"]Well, upon further inspection, though I still can't read it, I can see similarities in the 'writing' to that of Seal Script which is one of many ancient Chinese writing forms, however, I'd say if it is that, then it has had some styling choices of making the lines rather geometric which has the result in making it quite hard to read, as it also blends strokes together which would normally remain separate.</p><p><br /></p><p>Therefore, I cannot say for certain it is that, only that some portions of it do resemble that.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Couch Potato Wannabe, post: 1789789, member: 14066"]Well, upon further inspection, though I still can't read it, I can see similarities in the 'writing' to that of Seal Script which is one of many ancient Chinese writing forms, however, I'd say if it is that, then it has had some styling choices of making the lines rather geometric which has the result in making it quite hard to read, as it also blends strokes together which would normally remain separate. Therefore, I cannot say for certain it is that, only that some portions of it do resemble that.[/QUOTE]
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