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The glyph is much older than that, though perhaps the usage was slightly different. Wikipedia says they were being hand drawn as early as the 1100's and were b
by gibspaulding 5y ago
The glyph is much older than that, though perhaps the usage was slightly different. Wikipedia says they were being hand drawn as early as the 1100's and were being used on printing presses by 1484.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index_(typography) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index_(typography)
- rsynnott 5y agoI think the interesting thing here is not so much that the glyph exists (lots of typographical symbols have existed for a long time) but that it is being used much as we use emojis today.