Flower decorations are among the oldest typographic ornaments. A fleuron can also be used to fill the white space that results from the indentation of the first line of a paragraph,[4] on a line by itself to divide paragraphs in a highly stylized way, to divide lists, or for pure ornamentation.[5] The fleuron (as a formal glyph) is an sixteenth century introduction.[6]
Fleurons were crafted the same way as other typographic elements were: as individual metal sorts that could be fit into the printer's compositions alongside letters and numbers. This saved the printer time and effort in producing ornamentation. Because the sorts could be produced in multiples, printers could build up borders with repeating patterns of fleurons.
Thirty forms of fleuron have code points in Unicode. The Dingbats and Miscellaneous Symbols blocks have three fleurons that the standard calls "floral hearts" (also called "aldus leaf", "ivy leaf", "hedera" and "vine leaf");[7] twenty-four fleurons (from the pre-Unicode Wingdings and Wingdings 2 fonts) in the Ornamental Dingbats block; and three more fleurons used in archaic languages are also supported.
Dingbat – Typographic symbol class, a printers' ornament
Dinkus – Typographic symbol ( * * * ), mostly used as a sub-chapter section break. Although a group of asterisks is the most common style, fleurons are also seen fulfilling this role.
The Fleuron, a British typography magazine from the early 20th century.
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A fleuron ˈ f l ʊer ɒ n e n ˈ f l ɜːr ɒ n e n 1 also known as printers flower is a typographic element or glyph used either as a punctuation mark or as an ornament for typographic compositions Fleurons are stylized forms of flowers or leaves the term derives from the Old French floron flower 2 Robert Bringhurst in The Elements of Typographic Style calls the forms horticultural dingbats 3 A commonly encountered fleuron is the the floral heart or hedera ivy leaf It is also known as an aldus leaf after Italian Renaissance printer Aldus Manutius A complex fleuron with thistle from a 1870 edition of Poems Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect Contents 1 History 2 Fleurons in Unicode 3 Gallery 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksHistory Edit Typographic ornament in ancient city of Kamiros in Rhodes island Greece Flower decorations are among the oldest typographic ornaments A fleuron can also be used to fill the white space that results from the indentation of the first line of a paragraph 4 on a line by itself to divide paragraphs in a highly stylized way to divide lists or for pure ornamentation 5 The fleuron as a formal glyph is an sixteenth century introduction 6 Fleurons were crafted the same way as other typographic elements were as individual metal sorts that could be fit into the printer s compositions alongside letters and numbers This saved the printer time and effort in producing ornamentation Because the sorts could be produced in multiples printers could build up borders with repeating patterns of fleurons Fleurons in Unicode Edit This section contains uncommon Unicode characters Without proper rendering support you may see question marks boxes or other symbols instead of the intended characters Further information Dingbat Thirty forms of fleuron have code points in Unicode The Dingbats and Miscellaneous Symbols blocks have three fleurons that the standard calls floral hearts also called aldus leaf ivy leaf hedera and vine leaf 7 twenty four fleurons from the pre Unicode Wingdings and Wingdings 2 fonts in the Ornamental Dingbats block and three more fleurons used in archaic languages are also supported U 2619 REVERSED ROTATED FLORAL HEART BULLET Miscellaneous Symbols U 2766 FLORAL HEART Dingbats U 2767 ROTATED FLORAL HEART BULLET Dingbats U 10877 PALMYRENE LEFT POINTING FLEURON U 10878 PALMYRENE RIGHT POINTING FLEURON U 10AF1 MANICHAEAN PUNCTUATION FLEURON U 1F650 NORTH WEST POINTING LEAF Ornamental Dingbats U 1F651 SOUTH WEST POINTING LEAF U 1F652 NORTH EAST POINTING LEAF U 1F653 SOUTH EAST POINTING LEAF U 1F654 TURNED NORTH WEST POINTING LEAF U 1F655 TURNED SOUTH WEST POINTING LEAF U 1F656 TURNED NORTH EAST POINTING LEAF U 1F657 TURNED SOUTH EAST POINTING LEAF U 1F658 NORTH WEST POINTING VINE LEAF U 1F659 SOUTH WEST POINTING VINE LEAF U 1F65A NORTH EAST POINTING VINE LEAF U 1F65B SOUTH EAST POINTING VINE LEAF U 1F65C HEAVY NORTH WEST POINTING VINE LEAF U 1F65D HEAVY SOUTH WEST POINTING VINE LEAF U 1F65E HEAVY NORTH EAST POINTING VINE LEAF U 1F65F HEAVY SOUTH EAST POINTING VINE LEAF U 1F660 NORTH WEST POINTING BUD U 1F661 SOUTH WEST POINTING BUD U 1F662 NORTH EAST POINTING BUD U 1F663 SOUTH EAST POINTING BUD U 1F664 HEAVY NORTH WEST POINTING BUD U 1F665 HEAVY SOUTH WEST POINTING BUD U 1F666 HEAVY NORTH EAST POINTING BUD U 1F667 HEAVY SOUTH EAST POINTING BUDGallery Edit Decorated page from Chaucer s Canterbury Tales The Wife of Bath s Tale The arabesque title page of a 1611 book Detail of a printed arabesque border in a 1616 book Example fleuron glyphs from a digital font Specimens of printed floral borders from an 1897 type foundry specimen book Ornamented borders by Thomas Maitland Cleland 1923 John Wycliffe s handwritten Bible late 14th CenturySee also EditAsterism typography Typographic symbol Dingbat Typographic symbol class a printers ornament Dinkus Typographic symbol mostly used as a sub chapter section break Although a group of asterisks is the most common style fleurons are also seen fulfilling this role The Fleuron a British typography magazine from the early 20th century References Edit fleuron Collins English Dictionary Fleuron Dictionary com Dictionary reference com Retrieved 2013 12 24 Bringhurst Robert The Elements of Typographic Style Second edition Hartley and Marks Publishers 1996 ISBN 0 88179 132 6 Typographic Marks Unknown retinart Retinart net Retrieved 2013 12 24 Lisa Ferlazzo May 10 2013 Punctuation graveyard The Hedera theworddict com Archived from the original on October 29 2013 Vervliet Hendrik D L 2012 Vine Leaf Ornaments in Renaissance Typography A Survey Brill Hes amp De Graaf ISBN 978 9061945611 OCLC 802183100 cited in Danilova Anya December 23 2021 Manual c Type Today Retrieved December 2 2022 Dingbats Unicode Consortium External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to wbr Fleurons and wbr Aldus leaf Book cover printed using fleuron designs Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Fleuron typography amp oldid 1125152648, wikipedia, wiki, book, 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