symbols - What is the difference between a ¶ Pilcrow Sign and the ...
Aug 4, 2015 · The pilcrow (¶) was traditionally genuinely used to mark the start of a new paragraph - or, perhaps more specifically, a new idea or section. It was used before the …
punctuation - What was the reversed Pilcrow used for? - English ...
Aug 25, 2022 · This contains the line: " Note that U+204B REVERSED PILCROW SIGN was derived from the typographic U+00B6 ¶ PILCROW SIGN (itself a descendant of U+2E3F …
kjv - What is the origin of the paragraph markings in the King …
Jun 15, 2017 · Souce: Pilcrow Part 1 Overall, the insertion of the pilcrow appears to be independently determined by each committee of the translation. The pilcrow (¶) has an …
Pilcrow question - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Mar 14, 2019 · The pilcrow is usually drawn similar to a lowercase q reaching from descender to ascender height; the loop can be filled or unfilled. There is evidence that an unfilled loop was …
punctuation - Typographical symbol to indicate page - English …
Oct 12, 2013 · @bamboo Unicode has three distinct pilcrows, and many fonts have additional ones. ¶ U+00B6 PILCROW SIGN; ⁋ U+204B REVERSED PILCROW SIGN; U+2761 …
Should a pilcrow disambiguate the beginning of one paragraph?
Sep 5, 2015 · The correct usage of the pilcrow sign "¶" (as I understand) is to begin a paragraph, or to indicate a paragraph on a page that is not laid out with ordinary paragraph line-breaks. …
punctuation - Is there such a thing as a sentence sign? - English ...
Nov 5, 2015 · From our modern English-language perspective, it seems fitting that since the pilcrow resembles a P for paragraph, this "silcrow" ought to resemble an S for sentence. …
typography - When a dagger is used to indicate a note, must it …
Feb 3, 2013 · Grammar Girl offers the same advice, citing Chicago Manual of Style.She writes: You use the symbols in a specific order that starts with the asterisk and then continues with …
punctuation - What is this symbol called: “¶” - English Language ...
It's called a pilcrow. From Wikipedia: The pilcrow (¶), also called the paragraph mark, paragraph sign, paraph, alinea (Latin: a lineā, "off the line"), or blind P, is a typographical character …
When do you leave a space in a paragraph and when do you not?
Feb 18, 2013 · More obscure options such as running the line on and placing a pilcrow (¶) between them, can be found, but are extremely rare. The important thing to realise, is that …