: What's the centered fluffy art piece called in an article thing http://www.hplovecraft.com/pics/ornatop.gif I know this, but I can't recollect at all. What is this thing called? They are usually

@Pierce403

These kinds of ornaments can also sometimes be called fleurons. A set of them is included in the Wingdings typeface with different transformations to allow for easy symmetrical decorations.

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There are some fleurons available in the Unicode specification under the Dingbats block (PDF).


Fleurons


273E ✾ SIX PETALLED BLACK AND WHITE FLORETTE
273F ✿ BLACK FLORETTE
2740 ❀ WHITE FLORETTE


→ 1F3F5   rosette
→ 1F4AE   white flower

2741 ❁ EIGHT PETALLED OUTLINED BLACK FLORETTE


→ 1F3F6   black rosette

2766 ❦ FLORAL HEART


= Aldus leaf

2767 ❧ ROTATED FLORAL HEART BULLET


= hedera, ivy leaf
→ 2619 ☙  reversed rotated floral heart bullet
→ 1F65B   south east pointing vine leaf




Many of the other Wingdings fleurons were recently added to the Unicode specification under the Ornamental Dingbats (PDF) block.


Fleurons

Fleurons are leaf or floral-shaped ornaments used for text decoration.



Screenshot of text because most of those glyphs are not yet supported (in my browser anyway)

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@Caterina889

Flourish, Filigree, or Ornament are common terms.

Usage doesn't generally change the name. Simply because it's been used by the book designer to separate content, there's no special term I'm aware of for that specific type of usage.

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