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[daintydoraposts]

Day 40/100: The Hedera. (Another excuse to share a #heart!) "Hedera" is Latin for ivy which perhaps explains the likeness of this #punctuationmark to a heart-shaped ivy leaf. The hedera is found primarily in early Latin and Greek texts. Its purpose was to signify a break between paragraphs, as well as to look nice upon the page. Also known by some as a 'fleuron', the mark had a strictly ornamental use; perhaps the reason for its extinction? There are many different variants and designs of the hedera, and the mark can be placed vertically or, alternatively, rotated onto its side and displayed horizontally. [Borrowed pixels] #100daysofthepunctuationproject #100days #the100dayproject #gm100dayproject #punctuation #thepunctuationproject #punctuationpoints #punctuationdesign #oldpunctuation #typesetting #greektext #latin #hedera #thehedera #fleuron #fleurons #ornamental #ornamentalpunctuation #ivy #ivyleaf #artnouveau #pixels #blackandwhite #paragraphs #paragraphbreak #language #heartshaped