Re: A strange symbol in a Soviet calendar

On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 5:35 AM, Julian Bradfield
<jcb+unicode_at_inf.ed.ac.uk> wrote:
> On 2012-09-04, Leo Broukhis <leob_at_mailcom.com> wrote:
>> My question is about the symbol before the name Уот. Has anyone seen
>> it before? Is it a NE arrow in a square or a spade? What does it mean?
>
> Might it simply be an arbitrary dingbat used to separate the list of
> associated saints from the list of revolutionary heroes? Old vs new
> saints:-)

It might be; or its usage could have been borrowed from somewhere. How
common is it to use arbitrary dingbats for punctuation?

Thanks,
Leo
Received on Fri Sep 07 2012 - 10:15:59 CDT