Re: A strange symbol in a Soviet calendar

On 9/7/2012 8:12 AM, Leo Broukhis wrote:
> 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?
>
>
In book design it's relatively common to use some dingbats as dividers.
It's also not unheard of in more tabular listings. Even if the divider
is a more punctuation-like symbol (e.g. bullet, dash or whatever) if it
separates two lists it doesn't really function as a normal punctuation
character, the function of which is normally defined in the context of a
sentence.

A./
Received on Fri Sep 07 2012 - 14:02:25 CDT