shortformblog: reuters: Emoticons in 1881, via Retronaut. Some more digging indicates these “typographical art” originated in the magazine Puck. [h/t @MAlexJohnson] It was probably a major pain in the butt to do this with a letterpress in 1881. Still very much worth it though.

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Emoticons in 1881, via Retronaut. Some more digging indicates these “typographical art” originated in the magazine Puck. [h/t @MAlexJohnson]

It was probably a major pain in the butt to do this with a letterpress in 1881. Still very much worth it though.

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