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maygra (1098 words)
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aliko's Words, by aliko
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I believe they still use these in the For Dummies series. Not that I'd know!
That's the problem with texts today--no manicules. How am I supposed to find the good stuff? :-)
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Though rare today, this symbol was in common use between the 12th and 18th centuries in the margins of books, and was formerly included in lists of standard punctuation marks. Its typical use is as a bullet-like symbol to direct the reader’s attention to important text, having roughly the same meaning as the word "attention" or "note".
It primarily fell out of favor because its complex design made it unfit for handwriting, and its wide size made it difficult to fit on a typewriter or on early, low-resolution, monospaced computer fonts. Thus, it was not included in early forms of ASCII. It was, however, added to Unicode.
Other names for the symbol include: index (HEY, this is a bug!), bishop's fist, digit, manicule, mutton-fist and pointing hand.