Entry 56 — New Typographical Symbols « POETICKS

Entry 56 — New Typographical Symbols

Below, from #698, a combination of an exclamation mark and a question mark invented in 1962 by Martin K. Speckter, an advertising executive, that’s called an “interrobang.”

Naturally, I had to try my hand at inventing typographical symbols.  The results, the first representing (!), the second (?):

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Entry 56 — New Typographical Symbols

Sunday, December 27th, 2009

Below, from #698, a combination of an exclamation mark and a question mark invented in 1962 by Martin K. Speckter, an advertising executive, that’s called an “interrobang.”

Naturally, I had to try my hand at inventing typographical symbols.  The results, the first representing (!), the second (?):