http://designorati.com/articles/t1/typography/727/typography-word-of-the-day-yogh.php A 360-Degree View of the Creative World Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:54:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 http://designorati.com/articles/t1/typography/727/typography-word-of-the-day-yogh.php/comment-page-1#comment-166903 Jay Sun, 09 Nov 2008 12:49:09 +0000 http://designorati.com/?p=727#comment-166903 Ben is right, the letter THORN (picture lowercase "p" and "b" superimposed, pronounced as soft "th") is where we get the "y" in "ye olde..." Another so called lost letter is ETH (a crossed "d"), wich had the voiced "th," though they are related (from the letter "D") and somewhat interchangable. Ben is right, the letter THORN (picture lowercase “p” and “b” superimposed, pronounced as soft “th”) is where we get the “y” in “ye olde…” Another so called lost letter is ETH (a crossed “d”), wich had the voiced “th,” though they are related (from the letter “D”) and somewhat interchangable.

]]> http://designorati.com/articles/t1/typography/727/typography-word-of-the-day-yogh.php/comment-page-1#comment-102024 Ben Sun, 30 Mar 2008 17:21:28 +0000 http://designorati.com/?p=727#comment-102024 I think you've got the yogh partly mixed up with the thorn. The thorn, which looks a bit like a P, is the character that was pronounced "th", leading to "Ye" for "The". I think you’ve got the yogh partly mixed up with the thorn. The thorn, which looks a bit like a P, is the character that was pronounced “th”, leading to “Ye” for “The”.

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