laurenceOfSuburbia@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 19 hours agoænyøne with me?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square167fedilinkarrow-up1430arrow-down151
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minus-squarebutWhatIfiCan@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 hours agoI really don’t understand why we got rid of it! Why move toward using two letters in place of a single one? Þat’s just feaÞerbrained.
minus-squareTypotyper@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 hours agoIt was because of the corruption and power welded by the type setters guild. Papers charged by the letter for adds, so one letter which could replace 2 was lost profits. So it had to go.
I really don’t understand why we got rid of it! Why move toward using two letters in place of a single one? Þat’s just feaÞerbrained.
It was because of the corruption and power welded by the type setters guild. Papers charged by the letter for adds, so one letter which could replace 2 was lost profits. So it had to go.