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History of symbols - a lauchpad

A launchpad by breck to the history of different symbols used on a keyboard (source).

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Published January 17, 2021
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A launchpad by breck to the history of different symbols used on a keyboard (source).

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Published on Sun 17th Jan 2021. Featured in KBD #9 (source).


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