[–] dmckeon 5y ago ↗ So Isidore, encyclopedist and patron saint of the internet, is also the inventor of special characters? How appropriate.
[–] msoad 5y ago ↗ The article starts by mentioning single quotes but never says where they are coming from
[–] Stratoscope 5y ago ↗ My favorite nearly-unknown punctuation mark has to be the interrobang. I like it so much I commissioned a local ceramic artist (Liz Crain of Capitola, CA) to make this piece:https://geary.smugmug.com/Art/i-qCBqjqb/ALiz's husband is a retired typesetter, so a lot of her pieces feature typographic themes.https://www.lizcrainceramics.com/Any questions‽ [–] 082349872349872 5y ago ↗ TIL about cone top cans: https://www.decades.com/lists/a-visual-history-of-the-beer-c...I like the knitted ceramics. They led me to both the masculine ceramic plate (for use in a plate carrier) and the more feminine https://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1y8NoXCRHhU/TEzv7MBIsxI/AAAAAAAAA...Not sure if business =.= or art project: https://www.vollebak.com/product/full-metal-jacket-black/ (it must be couture?)
[–] 082349872349872 5y ago ↗ TIL about cone top cans: https://www.decades.com/lists/a-visual-history-of-the-beer-c...I like the knitted ceramics. They led me to both the masculine ceramic plate (for use in a plate carrier) and the more feminine https://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1y8NoXCRHhU/TEzv7MBIsxI/AAAAAAAAA...Not sure if business =.= or art project: https://www.vollebak.com/product/full-metal-jacket-black/ (it must be couture?)
[–] broquaint 5y ago ↗ Might I also recommend Keith Houston's wonderful book "Shady Characters: The Secret Life of Punctuation, Symbols, & Other Typographical Marks":https://shadycharacters.co.uk/books/shady-characters-the-boo...He also posts, with some regularity, to his blog on the same topic:https://shadycharacters.co.uk/Employing the correct usage of hyphens, en dashes and em dashes continues to be a small daily joy for me.
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[ 3.2 ms ] story [ 22.8 ms ] threadhttps://geary.smugmug.com/Art/i-qCBqjqb/A
Liz's husband is a retired typesetter, so a lot of her pieces feature typographic themes.
https://www.lizcrainceramics.com/
Any questions‽
I like the knitted ceramics. They led me to both the masculine ceramic plate (for use in a plate carrier) and the more feminine https://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1y8NoXCRHhU/TEzv7MBIsxI/AAAAAAAAA...
Not sure if business =.= or art project: https://www.vollebak.com/product/full-metal-jacket-black/ (it must be couture?)
https://shadycharacters.co.uk/books/shady-characters-the-boo...
He also posts, with some regularity, to his blog on the same topic:
https://shadycharacters.co.uk/
Employing the correct usage of hyphens, en dashes and em dashes continues to be a small daily joy for me.