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www.openculture.com · Aug 14

Discover the Ancient Roman Shorthand Writing System with 4,000 Symbols Commissioned by Cicero

You can still type a symbol originally invented for Cicero nearly 21 centuries ago — at least if you configure your keyboard properly. The character ⁊ appears in Unicode as U+204A, but is better known as the “Tironian et”: the “et” is Latin for “and,” and the “Tironian” comes from its creator, a man named […]

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