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A pilcrow or bracket instructing that a paragraph break be made.
Also known as: New para, Paragraph break mark, Backwards P on a proof
A pilcrow in the margin with an L-shaped bracket in the text. Its counterpart — 'run on' — closes a break, and the pair are among the few proof marks whose effect is structural rather than local.
A pilcrow written in the margin with a bracket or angled stroke in the text, instructing that a new paragraph begin at that point.
Its counterpart is the run-on mark, a curved line joining the end of one paragraph to the start of the next, instructing that an existing break be closed.
Among the few proof marks whose effect is structural rather than local, which is why they are marked with a bracket showing extent rather than a point.
A pilcrow — a filled letter P shape with a doubled vertical stroke — written in the margin, with an angled bracket in the text at the break point.
The proof mark uses the pilcrow character as its marginal instruction.