headword

headword, 12 days ago to random

Wow, I missed this huge piece of news in #EmojiArchaeology last month: The earliest known #emoji set is now from 1988!

(In other words: Emoji predate the reunification of Germany 😲)

https://blog.emojipedia.org/new-earliest-emoji-sets-from-1988-and-1990-uncovered/

abdalian, 19 days ago to philadelphia

I’m thrilled to announce that I will be moving to #Philadelphia for a fellowship at the American Philosophical Society, where I will continue working on locating, building, and analyzing a corpus of #Tunica language documentation, as well as gathering all information I can on the history and culture of the Tunica-Biloxi people.

#linguistics #LanguageRevitalization #LanguageDocumentation

@linguistics

headword, 28 days ago to italy

Some interesting house numbers found in #Napoli, #Italy. Well, the last one may be difficult to put in an address...

#TypographyInTheWild

The number 33 in a very high contrast serif with flat-topped 3's and swirly ball terminals. The numbers are clearly hand-painted showing slight differences between them.
The number 34 in a high contrast serif. The number 4 is extreme, basically resembling a 7 rotated 180° with a tiny vertical line crossing the horizontal stroke.
A painting of a friendly-looking animal, which could be an elephant, an anteater or a tapir, though it has very large eyes and large flat feet.