This phenomenon is formally known as hindsight bias. Hindsight bias is when, after an event occurs, we feel we already knew what was going to happen. Hindsight bias is also sometimes called the I-knew-it-all-along phenomenon. This bias is a common occurrence for all of us.
Vertical writing is commonly used for novels, newspapers, comics, and many other forms of writing. Because it goes downwards, vertical writing is invariably used on the spines of books. Some newspapers combine the two forms, using the vertical format for most articles but including some written horizontally, especially for headlines.
A 17th century German book on the art of writing. The full title:The Proper Art of Writing: a compilation of all sorts of capital or initial letters of German, Latin and Italian fonts from different masters of the noble art of writing. Published 1655 by Bey Paulus FÃ¼rsten KunsthÃ¤ndlern daselbst in NÃ¼rnberg .