Houston, Keith,  1977- <br/><br/>
Shady characters :  the secret life of punctuation, symbols, & other typographical marks / 
Keith Houston. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - xi, 340 p. ;  22 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781846146473 (hbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2013017324 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Punctuation--History.<br/>Signs and symbols--History.<br/>Type and type-founding--History.<br/>Writing--History.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>411.09  / HOU