Often, flourishes and added design elements were coded communications between parties.

… between a formal approach and an informal approach could be a matter of life and death, literally. Flourishing texts with unnecessary language constructs was a requirement, in some cases more than others, but this was, in fact, an essential part of writing a letter, as i…
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Giles Crouch | Digital Anthropologist
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Apr 28, 2023
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Often, flourishes and added design elements were coded communications between parties. So they did serve a purpose at times.
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