You don’t have to take my word when Wikipedia exists :) I think this version must be popular with older folks, I have a boomer prof who writes them as shown in the OP image
Okay, then why do they have to describe the character on Wikipedia?
There’s no actual Unicode font with that character?
There’s no reference image scans of that character?
Hell, the one and only one close example is a mirror image.
To me, what I saw on my screen is a number 3 with a couple dots.
Look, I’ve dealt with lead printing press plates, over 3000 fonts on computers, and have proven handwriting forgeries in court.
Yet I’ve never seen the ampersand symbol written, printed or typed in that manner, and Wikipedia doesn’t even seem to have much of any visual evidence of it, just a description…
Point is it’s apparently not recognized as a standard Unicode character. I don’t read E and 3 the same way, I’m not dyslexic.
So I saw an unusual character I have never seen before, and wondered what the character’s origins were. What I discovered is that it’s apparently a dyslexic mirror handwritten ampersand of a long lost character typeface or handwriting style.
Initially I thought it was just a custom fancy handwritten 3.
So sue me for never seeing dyslexic mirror graffiti out in the wild before.
Fair, was focused on messing around with the marks above and below and forgot to double-check. ̗̀𑙓
[Dead-horse beating edit so you’re not getting useless notification spam: I see what you mean, it’s not very consistent between my devices either. Haven’t found a combination that matches, looks good, and shows up correctly across the different systems.]
The & symbol they wrote looks like a three I guess. It’s saying that “two Black men were lynched &…”
Yep. That’s how my father wrote his “and” symbols.
Umm, okay. I’ve never seen it written or typed that way before, guess I’ll just have to take your word on it. 🤷
The thing is, they wrote it backwards.
All these symbols come from the Latin ‘et’.
You don’t have to take my word when Wikipedia exists :) I think this version must be popular with older folks, I have a boomer prof who writes them as shown in the OP image
Okay, then why do they have to describe the character on Wikipedia?
There’s no actual Unicode font with that character?
There’s no reference image scans of that character?
Hell, the one and only one close example is a mirror image.
To me, what I saw on my screen is a number 3 with a couple dots.
Look, I’ve dealt with lead printing press plates, over 3000 fonts on computers, and have proven handwriting forgeries in court.
Yet I’ve never seen the ampersand symbol written, printed or typed in that manner, and Wikipedia doesn’t even seem to have much of any visual evidence of it, just a description…
Tf you want them to do? Link to an interpretive dance on the subject? It’s Wikipedia. They explain shit.
Point is it’s apparently not recognized as a standard Unicode character. I don’t read E and 3 the same way, I’m not dyslexic.
So I saw an unusual character I have never seen before, and wondered what the character’s origins were. What I discovered is that it’s apparently a dyslexic mirror handwritten ampersand of a long lost character typeface or handwriting style.
Initially I thought it was just a custom fancy handwritten 3.
So sue me for never seeing dyslexic mirror graffiti out in the wild before.
Cool story.
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Yes, because people like you must have Dyslexia and didn’t see the reverse image I did.
Fair, was focused on messing around with the marks above and below and forgot to double-check. ̗̀𑙓
[Dead-horse beating edit so you’re not getting useless notification spam: I see what you mean, it’s not very consistent between my devices either. Haven’t found a combination that matches, looks good, and shows up correctly across the different systems.]
The final character in your last posted comment doesn’t even show up here, it’s just a box with an X in it.
I’ll take people’s word on it…
I think of it like a non-cursive &…