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[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I was under the impression that that was actually a medieval invention

[–] Backlog3231@reddthat.com 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

What was used to delineate words before the space character, then?

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Nothing but understanding of words and sentences. It was kind of a whole thing. The space character was revolutionary to increasing the spread of literacy. Relevant

[–] grue@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

The inscription on the Pantheon has dots between the words.

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