: What are some obscure/rare/endangered/extinct typographic symbols? Just discovered the "asterism" today: ⁂ Super cool. I had never heard of it or seen it before. Wikipedia has more about it.

@Chiappetta793

Asterism ⁂ (Unicode character U+2042 and HTML symbol ⁂ as well as Alt + 8258 on Windows)


Used to 'indicate minor breaks in text,' call attention to a passage, or to separate sub-chapters in a book.




Currency Symbol ¤ (Unicode character U+00A4 and HTML symbol ¤ or ¤ as well as Alt + 0164 on Windows)


Used to denote a currency when the symbol for the particular currency is unavailable.




Interrobang ‽ (Unicode character U+203D and HTML symbol ‽ as well as Alt + 8253 on Windows)


Used in various written languages and intended to combine the functions of the question mark … and the exclamation mark.




Sound Recording Copyright Symbol ℗ (Unicode character U+2117 and HTML symbol ℗)


The copyright symbol used to provide notice of copyright in a sound recording (phonogram) embodied in a phonorecord (LPs, audiotapes, cassettes, compact discs, etc.)




Commercial Minus Sign ⁒ (Unicode character U+2052 and HTML symbol ⁒)


The commercial minus sign was and is widely used in bookkeeping to indicate a minus sign. On typewriters a ./. was written instead.




to be continued … ;)

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