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Typography Archive
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Typography Monday! The Braces
Posted on 8 March, 2010 | No CommentsThese are mainly used in math, although people looking for a little decorative edge use them as well. -
Typography Monday! The Ampersand
Posted on 1 March, 2010 | No CommentsThis comes from the shorthand of a guy named Marcus Tullius Tiro who lived way back in the first century AD. It’s a ligature for the Latin word et. Many... -
Typography Monday! The At
Posted on 22 February, 2010 | No CommentsThe at comes from a Latin preposition for ad. It represents the word ‘at.’ -
Typography Monday! The Octothorp
Posted on 15 February, 2010 | No CommentsThe octothorp, also called a hash or a pound sign, first was used in cartography. It was used to represent a village. Now it means ‘number.’ -
Typography Monday! The Caret
Posted on 8 February, 2010 | No CommentsThis is most commonly used when editing documents. It’s a mark you use to signify that something needs to be added. It comes from the Latin phrase it needs. -
Typography Monday! The æ
Posted on 1 February, 2010 | No CommentsThe æ can be pronounced ash. In English, it represents the greek alpha iota. In some European countries, it represents one of the a vowels. -
Typography Monday! The Question Mark
Posted on 25 January, 2010 | No CommentsA question mark is a punctuation mark. It belongs at the end of interrogative sentences. -
Typography Monday! The Comma
Posted on 18 January, 2010 | No CommentsThe comma is used for separation. The Greek word komma means ‘a short clause’ hence where our comma comes from. The comma is used as a decimal point in many... -
Typography Monday! The Double Dagger
Posted on 11 January, 2010 | No CommentsThis mark is used in footnotes. People also call it a double obelus or a double obelisk and a diesis. -
Typography Monday! The Pilcrow
Posted on 4 January, 2010 | No CommentsThis mark isn’t used very often today. It marks the beginning of a section, or paragraph. You’ve probably seen it as an invisible character in Microsoft Word. -
Typography Monday! The Copyright
Posted on 21 December, 2009 | No CommentsA symbol representing a person or group’s exclusive right to reproduce, publish or sell his or her original work of authorship. Did you know that you’re supposed to put it... -
Glyphs | The Asterisk
Posted on 10 September, 2009 | No CommentsThe asterisk. We all use it. Most of us use it to pretty-up a blog post or as an alternate bullet point. But, as with all glyphs, there’s more to...
