Hi Tim,
Wonderful to know that the lessons and Courses are so helpful to you. Perfect! This helps me keep producing great content!
Good observation about grain direction when carving letters and numbers.
The order of cuts “may” change. You’re right that short grain areas will be less especially on letters like W, M, N etc.
As you recognized this, you’ve already conquered a major part of the struggle!
I’d suggest you apply some of the letters in the opposite orientation with the grain and carve away!
If you have any other thoughts, observations and questions, please reach out!!
Marty