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▲ saalweachter 4 hours ago

It lost when computers overtook typewriters.

On a typewriter, you could type one punctuation mark, backspace, and then type another.

Even once computers added the interrobang to Unicode (or older systems), you either need to type in a numeric code, use a secret bucky bit, or select it from a graphical UI, none of which is worth it for more than the odd weirdo with a whimsical streak.

▲kevin_thibedeau 2 hours ago | parent [-]

There have been video terminals that allowed overstriking glyphs.