Uppercase “J” Wasn’t a Real Letter Until After Shakespeare Was Already Dead

25/08/2026

We covered this from the lowercase side earlier in this series, but the capital version of the story is even...

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Uppercase “I” Used to Be Two Letters at Once — and Neither of Them Had a Dot

24/08/2026

We’ve already covered how lowercase “i” got its dot centuries after the letter itself existed, and how “j” split off...

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Uppercase “H” Used to Sound Like Clearing Your Throat

21/08/2026

Most letters drift a little in pronunciation over the centuries. “H” went through something closer to a total identity crisis,...

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Uppercase “G” Is the Only Letter With a Documented Birth Certificate

18/08/2026

Almost every letter in the alphabet evolved slowly, drifting in shape and sound over centuries with no single clear moment...

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Uppercase “F” Is Basically an “E” With Amnesia

16/08/2026

Set capital “F” next to capital “E” and the relationship is obvious: same stem, same top arm, same middle arm,...

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Uppercase “E” Has Basically Never Changed — Which Is Actually Bizarre

15/08/2026

Most letters in this series have some kind of dramatic backstory: a split, a rotation, an invention, a near-disappearance. “E”...

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