Uppercase “D” Is One of the Only Letters Named After Its Own Shape

14/08/2026 | Blog, Glyphs Guide

Most letters get their names from ancient words for objects — an ox, a house, a door. “D” is one...

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Uppercase “C” Gave Birth to “G” — And You Can Still See the Family Resemblance

13/08/2026 | Blog, Glyphs Guide

We touched on this briefly when covering lowercase “c” earlier in this series, but the story is worth telling properly...

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“z” Was Nearly Kicked Out of the Latin Alphabet Entirely

06/08/2026 | Blog, Glyphs Guide

“z” closes out the lowercase alphabet in more ways than one: it’s the last letter alphabetically, and it’s also one...

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Why “x” Became the Universal Symbol for the Unknown

02/08/2026 | Blog, Glyphs Guide

“x” barely shows up in ordinary English words, yet it’s everywhere in math, movie ratings, kisses at the end of...

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Lowercase “v” Is Built From Nothing but Two Diagonal Lines — and That’s the Whole Challenge

31/07/2026 | Blog, Glyphs Guide

Lowercase “v” might be the most structurally minimal letter in the entire alphabet: two diagonal strokes meeting at a single...

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Lowercase “u” Used to Be the Same Letter as “v” — Here’s When They Split

29/07/2026 | Blog, Glyphs Guide

If “j” is the alphabet’s youngest letter, “u” is close behind, though its story is even stranger: for most of...

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