Why is the mouse cursor slightly tilted and not straight?

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Why is the mouse cursor slightly tilted and not straight?
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Why is the mouse cursor slightly tilted and not straight?

Is this a legacy thing or does a tilted cursor serves a purpose? I can tell that, the angle provides a totally vertical left edge which helps when highlighting text but what else apart from that? ...

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