This all goes back to the 15th-Century, when the word ‘brand’ itself was only used to refer to cattle, and books were just beginning to be “published” en masse. Printed pages were expensive, so well-to-do lords “branded” their books using custom-designed labels or stamps, also known as Ex Libris. (One of the earliest examples comes from a... See more

The looped square (⌘) is a symbol consisting of a square with outward pointing loops at its corners. It is referred to by this name, for example, in works regarding the Mississippian culture.[1] It is also known as the place of interest sign[2] when used on information signs, a practice which started in Finland in the 1950s, spreading to the other

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