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You have just solved a lifelong puzzle for me

I was a Latin scholar, at a school that prided itself on its Classics traditions. So I was perplexed by the clocks.... "quid the ***kus est?" I think it went.

Talking about numerals and this sort of thing, maybe someone can correct me if I'm wrong here.
In engravings you often see the letter "U" depicted as a "V" e.g. COLVMBVS.
I was told it was to make the engraver's job easier as it's difficult to engrave on a curve.
That's fair enough. But, why then is an "O" not a square?

Solved (Google is great):
https://www.quora.com/Why-was-V-once-used-as-U