[Editors] Termination icon

[Terry Hill]

William T G Litant wrote:
> Bingo! Tom wins the prize!! That's it.
>
> "30," (which was a telegraphers' signal for end of dispatch) was how 
> we used to end stories, but I was referring specifically to icons 
> (little airplanes, a black dot, etc.) Thanks to all.
>
> Best,
> Bill
>
> At 10:47 -0400 9/19/07, Tom Pixton wrote:
>> I call it a finial, a term I learned from T.J. Lyons, a famous 
>> old-school Boston typographer with whom I worked in the 80s.
>>
>> On Sep 19, 2007, at 10:36 AM, William T G Litant wrote:
>>
>> Dear all:
>>
>> I'm trying to remember the editor's/printer's term for an icon placed
>> at the end of an article to indicate its termination. Can anyone
>> recall? I think we discussed this a few years ago, but I can't recall
>> the answer.
>>
>> Best,
>> Bill
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We all used to write "30" at the end of a story, but I don't think it's 
an icon.