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Bookmark This Post to Copy and Paste Obscure Typographic Symbols

No longer must you spend valuable minutes googling “Backwards exclamation point” and then cutting and pasting it into your witty status update about nachos.  Bookmark this post for all your weird punctuation needs.

§The Interrobang: ‽
What is this crazy thing for‽

§The Sarcasm Mark: ⸮
Oh yeah, that’s REAL useful⸮

§The upside down exclamation point and question mark: ¡ / ¿
¡By the power of greyskull!  ¿How have hipsters not started using these yet?

§The O with Two Dots Over It: ö
ö, yöu think yöu’re sö fancy! (nöte: none of these are the proper usage of ö.)

§The Therefore sign: ∴
I take the SAT for fun ∴ I am cool.

§The Index aka Fist with Pointy Finger: ☞
Use this on your next ☞WANTED! poster.

§The Unicode Heart: ♡
Some people may think you’re a bit naive for employing this symbol, but you have to follow your ♡.

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