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Having borrowed most of the letters from the Romans, the ancient Germans modified their outline to make it easier to cut or scratch the signs into wood. Because of this, the runes acquired elongated proportions and a chopped appearance. For the same reason, the classic Germanic runes contained only vertical and diagonal strokes, or "trunks" and "branches": it is impossible to draw rounded and horizontal elements by applying signs across the wood grain.
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