Shady Characters: Ampersands, Interrobangs and other Typographical Curiosities Age_OB005 financial difficulties

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the best A-hed stories from recent years have been bundled into this delightful collection

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Shady Characters: Ampersands, Interrobangs and other Typographical Curiosities Age_OB005 financial difficultiesWhere does the ampersand get its name from? What does the hashtag have to do with commerce in ancient Rome? Keith Houston gives the answers in this delightfully entertaining book. From the pilcrow to the ampersand, the entire cast of Shady Characters reflects the changes in written communication through the ages, charting how punctuation has adapted to each new technological innovation. Together, these shady characters form a rich, entertaining and