- The symbol, ☛, is a
typographic mark,
called an index,
manicule (from the
Latin root manicula,
meaning "little hand") or fist.
Other names for the symbol...
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memoria ("worth remembering"), or a
symbol of a
little hand (☞),
called a
manicule or index, with the
index finger pointing towards the
beginning of the significant...
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towards the
single pointed end. An
older (medieval)
convention is the
manicule (pointing hand, 👈).
Pedro Reinel in c. 1504
first used the fleur-de-lis...
- symbols, such as the Star of David, the
symbols of the zodiac,
index or
manicule signs, hand gestures, and
obscure ampersands. Letter Number Punc...
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Hyphen Dash, Hyphen-minus - Hyphen-minus Dash, Hyphen,
Minus sign ☞
Index Manicule,
Obelus (medieval usage) ·
Interpunct Full-stop, Period,
Decimal separator...
- readers, and
never was.”
William H. Sherman. "Toward a
History of the
Manicule" (PDF).
Retrieved 2013-06-28. Many of
these symbols are used, for example...
- Some of Gill's
original art for Gill Sans,
showing the
original "Q",
punctuation and two
manicules....
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reference glyph is a
backhand manicule, i.e.
matching U+1F449 (👉︎).
Compare 0xE04D in KPS 9566-2011.
Circled upward-pointing
manicule,
mapped to
Private Use...
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complete set of f-ligatures, true fractions,
lowercase Gr**** characters, and
manicules (fists).
Carter developed these from
hands found in a
woodcut illustration...