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On 3 February 2024, {{tok|jan Sonja}} published the first book in the {{su}} series, {{Oz}}, written bilingually in {{tp|sitelen pona}} and English. It uses the {{tp|[[nasin nanpa]]}} font,<ref>{{cite Oz}}</ref> and some variant glyphs, including a previously little-known numeric {{tp|[[mute]]}} glyph ({{sp|mute2}}). Variants of {{tp|mute}} and {{tp|[[sewi]]}} are used to clarify [[semantic]] meaning,<ref>{{cite notes on su}}</ref> which, while likely not unheard of before, was an uncommon style compared to speakers preferring a variant glyph in all cases. ''Oz'' also spotlighted a preexisting<ref>{{cite web|url=//oddlingo.github.io/einstein.pdf|title={{sp|sona nasa pi (jan <nowiki>[a ni sona a ni]</nowiki>)}}|trans-title=Einstein's strange theory|language=tok|author={{tok|jan Tepu}}|username=|date=Feb 10, 2022|website=Readings in Toki Pona|publisher=|access-date=2024-03-15|quote=}}</ref> but little-known style of shortening [[name]]s to their first glyph after their first occurrence in a given chapter.