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Fun with punctuation
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2012/10/08 - 4:36pm

I like the snark mark.   Little known punctuation marks from Mental Floss.

 

http://theweek.com/article/index/234470/13-little-known-punctuation-marks-we-should-be-using

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2012/10/08 - 11:12pm

I tried using an earlier version of the "snark mark" that was formed like this:   -)

The symbolism is "tongue in cheek." It never caught on, so I gave up on it.

Is there an existing font that provides all those cool punctuations you linked to? The Mental Floss article didn't say.

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