Are you the kind of person who imagines this brick wall is transmitting a secret message in Morse Code? #enigma #cryptography #GlyphsInTheWild
[A black brick wall with an apparently decorative pattern of white dots and dashes between the bricks]
Pixelated ampersand. #AmpersandLove #GlyphsInTheWild
[Tiled floor that has little blue hexagons forming the shape of an ampersand. The tip of my shoe is visible in the bottom-right corner of the photo]
Vintage ampersands. #AmpersandLove #GlyphsInTheWild
Retro mosaic ampersand. #AmpersandLove #GlyphsInTheWild
Ampersands of #CapeTown (for @roaringgirle). #SouthAfrica #AmpersandLove #GlyphsInTheWild
Elegant ampersand #AmpersandLove #GlyphsInTheWild
This is a lovely ampersand. #AmpersandLove #GlyphsInTheWild
I like this #ampersand. #ampersandlove #glyphsinthewild
Well this is a lurid Q. #sexytypography #glyphsinthewild
Ampersand shadow. #typography #ampersandlove #glyphsinthewild
Ampersands of #Sydney #typography #ampersandlove #glyphsinthewild
Hash Browns or (Fruit & Toast) or Pancakes? (Hash Browns or Fruit) & (Toast or Pancakes)? #ampersandambiguity #glyphsinthewild
&Excellent ligature. #typography #ampersand #ampersandlove #&E #glyphsinthewild
Hugs and kisses or something #XOXO #GlyphsInTheWild
Ok this is some serious early modern Q-spreading. #typography #glyphsinthewild
Pseudo #Hebrew in 15th-century #Catalan art is the best pseudo Hebrew #medievaltwitter #glyphsinthewild attn @FW_Medieval
Ha sorry I didn’t thread everything properly but if you go to this tweet and follow the hashtags you should find all the things #KanjiMuseum #TextTechnologies #TypographyPorn #GlyphsInTheWild @GrammarRabble twitter.com/jonathanhsy/status/98277...
Variously obscure characters used only in certain regions of #Japan. #KanjiMuseum #GlyphsInTheWild
Testing knowledge of #Japanese characters for household objects. #KanjiMuseum #TextTechnologies #GlyphsInTheWild
Four-word proverbial expressions, ubiquitous in #Japanese (and also in a similar way #Chinese). ONE STONE TWO BIRDS = equivalent of “killing two birds with one stone” #KanjiMuseum #GlyphsInTheWild
SO TEMPTED to take a selfie inside the iconic FISH (魚)-character cup (ubiquitous in sushi restaurants). But I’m an adult and the cup was child-sized #KanjiMuseum #魚 #GlyphsInTheWild
Failing spectacularly at this interactive game that involves completing various FISH (魚) radical-based characters. #KanjiMuseum #TextTechnologies #魚 #GlyphsInTheWild
Creating “rubbings” of inscriptions on ancient objects (facsimiles of course). #KanjiMuseum #TextTechnologies #GlyphsInTheWild
Ancient inscriptions on tortoise shells and bronze vessels. #KanjiMuseum #TextTechnologies #GlyphsInTheWild
Early variation in seal scripts prior to Qin-era standardization. #KanjiMuseum #TextTechnologies #GlyphsInTheWild