Shady Characters. The Secret Life of Punctuation, Symbols & Other Typographical Marks 5

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Houston, Keith, 1977-

Shady characters : the secret life of punctuation, symbols, & other
typographical marks / Keith Houston. — First edition,
pages cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-393-06442-1

I. Punctuation—History. 2. Signs and symbols—History.

3. Type and type-founding—History. 4. Writing—History. I. Title.
P301.5.P86H68 2013
411—dc23

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