time killer: I took all the numbers and capital letters to see what elements are the most popular.
1234567890QWERTYUIOPASDFGHJKLZXCVBNM
all (100%)
145ERTYUIPDFGHJKLBNM
verticals (56%)
2356890QRUOPSDGJCB
rounds (50%)
12457ERTIOPDFHLZ
horizontals (44%)
247WYAKZXVMRN
diagonals (36%)
6890QROPDB
closed rounds (28%)
247Z
diagonal right only–no left (11%)
RN
diagonal left only–no right (6%)
thanks to Tom Saaristo for our initial IM conversation about this.
I like this a lot…I could make a few arguments for characters that are included in categories I don’t think fit [7 & S in verticals? Depends on the font, I guess!”>, but this is truly curious and fun!
hey tom, thanks for the proofreading there. That 7 and S did slip by. I have updated the original post. And I also gave you a line credit at the bottom, since you helped to bring this idea on! Thanks!