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Symbols that have appeared in news reporting or public events.
A capital letter A, its legs extending slightly past a surrounding circle, used internationally as a symbol of anarchism.
Bracketed numbers after a clue, giving the answer's letter count and word breaks.
Small candidate numbers written in a cell's corners or centre.
A fine circle crossed by a full-length cross, used to align printing plates.
Short right-angled lines at each corner, showing where a sheet is to be trimmed.
A strip of ink patches along a sheet edge, used to measure printing quality.
A halving series of sheet sizes, from A0 at one square metre downward.
An emblem identifying the printer of a book, placed on its title page or colophon.
A dashed line outside the trim, showing where a sheet is folded.
An arrow or an underlined dimension on a ream wrapper, showing paper grain.
A small black block on a section's spine, stepping down the book when gathered.
A signed and dated box on a proof, transferring responsibility for the content.
A single continuous stroke standing for a whole word in a shorthand system.
A phonetic shorthand using stroke thickness and position to carry meaning.
A phonetic shorthand using stroke length and elliptical curves, of uniform thickness.
An alphabetic shorthand built from simplified letter shapes, used by journalists.
A group of keys pressed together on a stenotype machine to write one syllable.
Coloured symbols carrying a letter or number.
A coloured band carrying an age.
A letter in a bordered square.
A coloured disc carrying an age.
A letter in a rounded badge.
A coloured square carrying an age.
A coloured badge with an age.
A coloured band with a letter.
A capital C inside a circle (©), used to indicate a claim of copyright in a work.
A superscript 'TM' (™), used to indicate a claimed but not necessarily registered trademark.