Just a Little about Jot and Tittle

Meanwhile, back in Blue Thread, typography-loving Miriam is angry at her parents (for good reason) and thinks:

Stop controlling every jot and tittle of my life!”

Jot and tittle. Those of you familiar with the King James version of the Bible might remember this from Matthew 5:18:

For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.”

Jot comes from the Greek letter iota, and has come to mean the smallest letter of th...