A review by eraofkara
Shady Characters: The Secret Life of Punctuation, Symbols, & Other Typographical Marks by Keith Houston

4.0

This witty and informative book is chock full of factual nuggets to annoy your friends with for hours. For example, that symbol of the little pointing hand is called a manicule (and also a fist)! And over the centuries the sleeves attached to the hand changed with men's fashions (flowing robe to businessman's sleeve). Hotcha!