When I was learning about web design, and I remember similar things from art classes, people said that the eye sees things the most on a page which are in a line from the top-left to bottom-right corners.
Is there a word or phrase for that line? I've heard "order of the occident" to refer to the order western text is written, but that's not really the same thing.
EDIT:
So I tried this question on UX, and there is a design term for it: "Gutenberg Diagram", sometimes called a "Gutenberg Diagonal". There doesn't seem to be a single non-industry word for the pattern, however.
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It is notable that there are different directional patterns associated with different cultures and their writing systems.
I am not aware of a term in common parlance that indicates the particular directional pattern you mention or the broader category of directional preferences.