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Apparently called an index or manicule with examples spotted from the 12th century.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index_(typography) https://en.wikipedia.org/
by ian0 6y ago
Apparently called an index or manicule with examples spotted from the 12th century..
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index_(typography) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index_(typography)
- lioeters 6y agoDelightful! I'd say this manicule is a proto-emoji of sorts. > Thomas Pynchon parodies this punctuation mark in his novel Gravity's Rainbow by depicting a middle finger, rather than an index finger, pointing at a line of text.