Pilcrow
Character used to denote a paragraph (¶) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The pilcrow, ¶, is a handwritten or typographical character used to identify a paragraph. It is also called the paragraph mark (or sign or symbol), paraph, or blind P.[3]
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In Unicode | U+00B6 ¶ PILCROW SIGN (¶) |
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Different from | U+00A7 § SECTION SIGN |
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used in this article, see IPA Brackets and transcription delimiters.The pilcrow may be used at the start of separate paragraphs or to designate a new paragraph in one long piece of copy, as Eric Gill did in his 1931 book An Essay on Typography.[4] The pilcrow was a type of rubrication used in the Middle Ages to mark a new train of thought, before the convention of visually discrete paragraphs was commonplace.[5] In some medieval texts, it indicated a new sentence.[1] In recent times, the symbol has been given a wider variety of roles, as listed below.
The pilcrow is usually drawn similarly to a lowercase q reaching from descender to ascender height; the bowl (loop) can be filled or unfilled. It may also be drawn with the bowl stretching further downwards, resembling a reversed D; this is more often seen in older printing.