Talk:Dagger (typography)

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"The names of the comic-book heroes Astérix and Obélix come from a pun on the French names of the asterisk and the obelisk."

And that's relevant to this article how....? --Menchi 18:04, 17 Oct 2004 (UTC)

The article is about the typographic obelisk, the asterisk is another typographic symbol. -- Error 23:57, 17 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Does the name "Obélix" really refer to the typographic obelisk or the fact he delivers Obelisks (menhirs) for a living? --Thomasdelbert 23:00, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

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Is it supposed to be superscripted? ^†? - Omegatron July 1, 2005 03:45 (UTC)

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I know that "obelus" commonly refers to the division sign (horizontal bar wtih one dot above and one below). Meriam Webster does not include the dagger in the meaning of obelus, at least in the online abridged version. Is this correct?

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And here I was thinking that the "double dagger" was called "Cross of Lorraine" which, as far as I know is a more correct name for the symbol in question.

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Why there's no information about upside-down dagger and it's usage in philosophical semantics?--141.70.82.221 11:29, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Possible contradiction.

In reference to the double dagger, the beginning reads: A double dagger (‡, ‡, U+2021) is a variant with two "handles", and is also called a diesis or Cross of Lorraine.

However, towards the bottom, it reads: The double dagger should not be confused with the cross of Lorraine or the patriarchal cross.

Which is it? 75.142.145.99 (talk) 16:18, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

I noticed that too, but I don't know either, so I added a {{Contradict}} template at the top of the article. László (talk) 12:44, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fonts

"Dagger and double-dagger symbols in a variety of fonts" Which fonts are they? 167.153.5.196 (talk) 22:00, 14 February 2008 (UTC)