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Symbols built from a cross form, spanning ancient religious, Christian, heraldic, mathematical and laundry-care uses. The point of the grouping is that the underlying shape carries almost nothing in common across them: an upright cross means one thing on a church and another in an equation, and a diagonal cross means one thing on a flag and another on a care label. Mega Sprint 12 gave this family the actual crosses it had been describing without containing.
An upright cross with a shorter crossbar set above the centre.
A cross with three crossbars, the lowest set at a slant.
A diagonal cross in the form of an X.
An ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic sign shaped like a cross with a looped top, signifying life.
An ancient hooked-cross symbol with a long history as a sign of good fortune across many cultures, and a separate, more recent history as the central emblem of Nazi Germany.
The mathematical sign for addition, written as an upright cross.
The diagonal cross used to indicate multiplication.
A cross-shaped mark with a long lower arm, used as a second footnote mark.
A square containing a circle, crossed through with an X, instructing that a garment must not be machine-dried.