Similar yet different

Have you ever noticed how much an exclamation mark looks like an i. I mean in all the sentences I have used them in together I never really noticed that they must be, somehow related.

I think the more I write things the more I will notice it! See, like there. That's insane. Who do you think is sitting the right way? The exclamation mark or the i? Is there a right way? Is there a wrong way?
Is the i the anti exclamation mark?

I would assume so, hey, come to think of it, a Z looks a lot like a sideways N.

I'm starting to think that the people who came up with letters and symbols were pretty damn lazy, for example: