Series 2 Episode 13 of The Penteract Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin.
In this episode, Anthony Etherin and Teo Eve discuss the history of the alphabet. Topics include hieroglyphs and the rebus principle; the evolution of letterforms; runes and lost letters; the impact of the printing press and of digital media; and the alphabet's future.
Also discussed are Teo's Penteract Press books, The Ox House and I Imagine an Image (coming 2024), as well as their upcoming Beir Bua Press book On Shaving (March 2023).
Purchase A is for Ox by Lyn Davies (Folio Society, 2006) here.
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