The pilcrow, also known prosaically as the paragraph mark, indicates the start and finish of a paragraph. It is most commonly used in word processing programmes, as a non-permanent mark – i.e. a ...

In his new book, “Shady Characters: The Secret Life of Punctuation, Symbols & Other Typographical Marks,” Keith Houston reveals the stories behind esoteric punctuation marks, from the pilcrow ...

It's national punctuation day! In his new book Shady Characters , Keith Houston investigates the origin and evolution of such punctuation marks as the asterisk (*), the dagger (†), the at sign ...

Much of it is ancient history (BACKWHENSENTENCESINDEEDENTIREDOCUMENTSHADNOSPACES), but it's interesting enough to mention the rise and rise of "@". Weirdly enough ...