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"Ɡ" listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect Ɡ and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 November 26#Ɡ until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. Jay 💬 14:07, 26 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

"Openptail g" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Openptail g has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 November 25 § Openptail g until a consensus is reached. cogsan _{(nag me) (stalk me)} 11:44, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

History of opentail g

The claim in the article that the tail originated as a means to save printing space is unsourced and appears to be complete nonsense. The best I found after a quick search was this piece from The Atlantic which sharply contradicts what's here. This should be corrected/removed, but I'll leave it to others to discuss. 35.139.154.158 (talk) 15:33, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for pointing this one out. I have removed it. --𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 16:46, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Excellent call! You should consider becoming an editor! I have replaced it with The loop-tail form is the original one, as seen in 9th century Carolingian script; evolving over centuries of monastic copying, the open-tail variant came to predominate and it was this that Guttenberg adopted when creating the first Blackletter typefaces – until that in turn was replaced by Humanist minuscule, which reasserted the closed-tail form.^[1]. (I reproduce here the evolutionary table from Humanist miniscule, which makes it clear. I don't think it belongs in the article, though.) --𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 17:23, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Zhang, Sarah (April 9, 2018). "The 'g' in Google's Old Logo Is Really Weird: a tale of two "g"s". The Atlantic.

[1] Zhang, Sarah (April 9, 2018). "The 'g' in Google's Old Logo Is Really Weird: a tale of two "g"s". The Atlantic.

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