Wherein medieval scribes used dots to make texts easier to read…unless they were confusing readers with a game of dots and boxes. Punctuation marks are a tremendously important part of typeface design. To mention only monospaced fonts, the difference between “curly” quotation marks and “straight” ones (which look like little ticks around sentences) can make … Read More
Writing
Don’t Cha Stop
Wherein the Greeks master the art of avoiding—or causing—the awkward pause. With the possible exceptions of grammar geeks arguing over the Oxford comma, or people criticizing using two spaces to begin a sentence (as someone who learned to type using an IBM Selectric II, it took me a while to adapt to using one space … Read More