Houston, Keith, 1977-

Shady characters : the secret life of punctuation, symbols, & other typographical marks / Keith Houston. - 1st ed. - xi, 340 p. ; 22 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The pilcrow -- The interrobang -- The octothorpe -- The ampersand -- The @ symbol -- The asterisk and dagger -- The hyphen -- The dash -- The manicule -- Quotation marks -- Irony and sarcasm -- Irony in history -- Irony as typeface -- Internet irony.

9781846146473 (hbk.)

2013017324


Punctuation--History.
Signs and symbols--History.
Type and type-founding--History.
Writing--History.

411.09 / HOU