Symbols you never new the name of
Well, suffice it to say that because I’m such a nerd (Lynne Truss’s Eats, Shoots and Leaves sends me into paroxysms of laughter anytime I crack it open) I was amazed to find several entirely new words for familiar typographical symbols in yet another favorite book, Robert Bringhurst’s Elements of Typographic Style. I thought I’d share the best of them with you below, and offer some explanation as to how they came to be.