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

Open Culture 14 August 2026 16h ago
Discover the Ancient Roman Shorthand Writing System with 4,000 Symbols Commissioned by Cicero
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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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