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A question mark and an exclamation mark superimposed.
Also known as: Question mark with an exclamation mark through it
Invented in 1962 by an advertising executive for the rhetorical question asked in astonishment. It is properly encoded, has never been widely adopted, and is one of the few punctuation marks with a known inventor and a known date.
A single mark combining a question mark and an exclamation mark, ending a sentence that is at once a question and an exclamation.
Proposed in 1962 by Martin K. Speckter, an American advertising executive, who wanted a single mark for the rhetorical question. Briefly available on typewriters in the late 1960s and never widely adopted.
United States · 1962
One of very few punctuation marks with a documented inventor and date. Most marks in this catalogue emerged from scribal or printing practice with no identifiable author.
A question mark's curved hook and stem with a vertical exclamation stroke running through it, over a single dot.