minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink6•edit-27 days agoFunny ⸎ Edit: Is it just me, or do the examples of this symbol in writing look nothing like each other, nor like the Unicode symbol they adopted?
minus-square@JayDeelink1•7 days agoI mean, beyond just being a marker denoting the end of a work, it seems like it was the scribe’s own little flair - like a visual signature. I guess it being generified in Unicode is the only real tradeoff you could make.
minus-square@JustAnotherKaylink1•6 days agoLooking at the examples, I think a signature or watermark is almost definitely the best way I would describe a coronis
Funny ⸎
Edit: Is it just me, or do the examples of this symbol in writing look nothing like each other, nor like the Unicode symbol they adopted?
Based on the examples this looks acceptable: 🐦
https://xkcd.com/2606/
I mean, beyond just being a marker denoting the end of a work, it seems like it was the scribe’s own little flair - like a visual signature.
I guess it being generified in Unicode is the only real tradeoff you could make.
Looking at the examples, I think a signature or watermark is almost definitely the best way I would describe a coronis