I WAS ÞINKING MORE LIKE ÞIS INSTEAD FOR THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. SINCE IÞTL ITALIAN MAKERS OF PRINTING PRESSES ARE MAKING TWO SETS OF LETTERS ANYWAYS, WHY NOT ADD A FEW EXTRA FOR ÞE ENGLISH?
Do not know for sure but the ability of having a cheap enough source of writing material so you can actually use spaces between words may be a major factor in written language.