99% Invisible: The Em Dash
The strange history of a punctuation mark that makes writing feel human, and why people now think it proves the opposite.
The entire history of English in 22 minutes
In this video you'll learn about where English came from, what impact the Vikings had on our language, what the Normans did to English, why Middle English is so weird,…
Linotype | How One Machine Shaped History | The Real OG of Mass Communication
The Linotype machine changed the world. Once called the "Eighth Wonder of the World" by Thomas Edison, it revolutionized printing, making newspapers, books, and mass communication possible on a scale…
It’s not yee old it’s the old: the þ in old English
Thorn or þorn (Þ, þ) is a letter in the Old English, Old Norse, Old Swedish and modern Icelandic alphabets, as well as modern transliterations of the Gothic alphabet, Middle…