In today’s era, children are taught ABCD before K, B, C, D. ABCD means those 26 letters of English, which together make up the entire English language. But in these 26 letters, there are two letters whose texture is slightly different from other letters. Because there is a dot on them. We have been using them since childhood, reading them and watching them, but have we ever tried to know what is the meaning of the point above i and j and what is this point actually called? What is it.
What is this point called
I don’t know how many English words we remembered from i and j and also knew their Hindi meaning. But our attention never went to the point above these words. So let’s know what this point is called after all. English experts tell that the dot above i and j is called title, which is made up of Latin word Titulus. This word means Inscription or Title.
Why the point was put
According to the information received, the point was placed above i and j because Because they had to be shown different from some words. Actually, five letters of English h, I, j, k, l are made of a straight line (l). All these letters looked similar even in sight, that’s why this was done to make i and j appear different in them. Let us tell you that the point which you see as small today, in reality it was not so small. In fact, in the 14th century, when the Roman type face was used, this dot became smaller, whereas, in the beginning, this dot used to be very large.
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