Tag: writing

How to Easily Type Foreign Language Characters Without Alt Codes

As globalization continues to bring people closer together, more and more of us find ourselves needing to type foreign language characters. Whether you’re learning a new language, communicating with international colleagues, or creating content that requires special characters, typing foreign letters can be a bit of a challenge for those who are not used to…
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Paper, Books and the Not-so-Original Gutenberg Printing Press

Not long ago I was wandering through the exhibits at Hamburg’s Museum der Arbeit, or Museum of Work – the second most quintessentially German thing to have ever existed, right ahead of Lübeck’s annual Kartoffeltage (potato days festival) and just behind a giant statue of David Hasselhoff smashing a wall with a musical sledgehammer. This…
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