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The term "fleuron" describes something more like the term "emoji" than it does a particular punctution mark. Yes, fleurons are often used for ending sentences.
by compiler-guy 3y ago
The term "fleuron" describes something more like the term "emoji" than it does a particular punctution mark. Yes, fleurons are often used for ending sentences. But they function more as a decoration that happens to go there than as a period or question mark.
Sure, I can imagine a single emoji in all of unicode, just pick a different font for whatever particular one you want to use. But much easier and more logical to have a wide variety of them available to you that roughly matches your current font.
- benj111 3y agoA smiley emoji has a distinct meaning to sad emoji. So each should have its own code point. If you want your emoji to look should be left to the font. Do fleurons have distinct meanings?
- compiler-guy 3y agoDo all the block elements and geometric shapes have their own distinct meanings, or do they just happen to be useful for different situations? https://www.w3.org/TR/xml-entity-names/025.html https://www.w3.org/TR/xml-entity-names/025.html The custom of a font including several fleurons has existed for centuries, dating almost to the invention of fonts themselves.