[Editors] Termination icon

[Tom Pixton]

What's the prize, Bill? A California case of Claude Garramond 14- 
point steeple-tipped swashed finials?

On Sep 19, 2007, at 10:56 AM, 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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