The English alphabet hasn’t always been the tidy 26-character lineup we know today. It used to be weirder, wilder, and way less standardized—basically the ‘80s indie rock scene of written language. Over the centuries, some letters vanished without a trace, others morphed into entirely new forms, and a few just got quietly absorbed into modern spelling like a band member who got kicked out but still hangs around backstage, claiming they’re "still tight with the band."

So, what happened to these forgotten glyphs? Politics, printing presses, and the general chaos of human communication. Now they live on only in linguistics textbooks, obscure tattoos, and deeply earnest zines with names like " Glyph Life" or " The Semiotic Underground."

Let’s pour one out for the misfit letters that didn’

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