Oct 12, 2013 · In addition to the answer offered by Lauren Ipsum, the electronic era of document control has introduced a number of symbols for page through the requirement to mark a page break. In particular, form feed is used to denote the end of the current page and the start of a new page. The symbol for form feed is represented in a number of ways: FF

Aug 4, 2015 · A google search for the section symbol produces mostly legal writings, and I've pored over legal journals and codes of law in school--I think I've seen many instances where one section is one paragraph long. Perhaps a similar grounding in legal writing becomes an unconscious Symbol = Para notion.

Mar 5, 2016 · TOPIC NAME from page X; There is a formal name for these kinds of instructions. They are called a: Jump line. a directional line of print (as “continued on page 7, column 2”) at the end of the first part of a divided story or article in a newspaper or periodical or a line (as “continued from page 1”) at the continuation. merriam-webster.com

Sep 4, 2023 · The section symbol § when handwritten is sometimes drawn as an S with a circle around the middle. One of my mathematics professors similarly denoted a chapter as a C but with the circle on the middle of the C on the left side. I like it and use it myself in notes.

Aug 22, 2012 · One use of the pipe symbol in typesetting is for the (usually fifth) footnote at the bottom of a page. In this case, it is doubled and called parallels (||). Talking of the asterisk and dagger, typographers Hoefler & Frere-Jones say:

Apr 8, 2011 · That would be called "the Publisher's Logo." Perhaps you are referring to the material which describes who designed the book; the publisher's data; the materials used in its production [etc].

Mar 14, 2016 · As explained by this page on Wikipedia, it's called a section break. I point you to the text of the annotation on the right side of the page where it pairs this term with the same kind of glyph you posted: Open pages of the book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, showing an ornate section break on the lower left page created from asterisks.

Nov 1, 2013 · In the case of the markers, I would be more inclined to take the caps off the black, blue, and red, leaving the yellow cap on, simply because it would have been more natural for you to say "take the caps off" or "take all the caps off" and I would be inclined to interpret the "up to the yellow marker" in a way that makes sense for you to have felt it necessary to specify it that …

Feb 3, 2013 · You use the symbols in a specific order that starts with the asterisk and then continues with the dagger, double dagger, section mark, parallels, and number sign. If you need more symbols, you start over in the sequence and double each symbol; for example, double asterisk, double dagger, double double dagger, etcetera.

Mar 4, 2016 · The other suggestion, 'symbol', does not seem to answer the question, for obvious reasons (the request was for a 'religous symbol', and 'symbol' is currently used with a much broader denotation), although the earliest uses of 'symbol' were specific to …