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Yo, bang, it’s a screamer!

The etymology of the exclamation mark, according to the brilliant, amateur classicists, Alexander & Nicholas Humez in their book ABC et Cetera goes like this: “…the exclamation point—a… more »

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la fille wrote 7 months ago: Caught a lovely quote on a store-bag from Thailand my mom brought home, “the secret of happine … more »

Tags: Quotes, Braces, Teeth, Bulimia, Buddhism, Binge, Purge

Yo, bang, it’s a screamer! — 4 comments

textwrapper wrote 11 months ago: The etymology of the exclamation mark, according to the brilliant, amateur classicists, Alexander … more »

Tags: etymology, typography, Alexander & Nicholas Humez, bang, exclamation, interiectio, medieval scribes, screamer

Quaestio non disputata... — 4 comments

textwrapper wrote 11 months ago: What is the etymology of the question mark ? It’s hard to imagine life without it, but, of course … more »

Tags: etymology, typography, Quaestio, Question Mark

Ligatures — 2 comments

textwrapper wrote 11 months ago: Illustrated above are the five Latin ligatures. Some fonts offer more extensive ligature families. … more »

Tags: typography, FL, fi, FFI, FFL

Ampersand... — 1 comment

textwrapper wrote 1 year ago: The ampersand is a ligature, which combines e and t to form the Latin et, which means and. The arra … more »

Tags: typography, Ampersands, Ampersand, Ligature, ET, And...


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