Clash of symbols: a ride through the riches of glyphs

Abstract

Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction Glyph riches and the joy of TEX -- 1 Character sketches -- AMPERSAND -- QUESTION MARK -- SEMICOLON -- AT -- PERCENT -- TILDE -- PILCROW -- SECTION -- COPYRIGHT -- GUILLEMET -- INTERROBANG -- EMOTICON -- ASH -- THORN -- SCHWA -- HEDERA -- VERSICLE -- BINDING SIGNATURE -- CIRTH LETTER J -- KLINGON LETTER S -- 2 Signs of the times -- SWASTIKA -- PEACE -- MALTESE CROSS -- ANARCHY -- APPLE COMMAND -- SMILEY -- BARCODE -- QUICK RESPONSE CODE -- HASH -- POWER STANDBY -- EURO -- DOLLAR -- SPADE SUIT -- TREBLE CLEF -- RECYCLING -- BRAILLE LIGATURE TH -- STAR-AND-CRESCENT -- ANKH -- YIN YANG -- PENTAGRAM -- 3 Signs and wonders -- SUN -- PLANET EARTH -- MOON -- PLANET MERCURY -- PLANET VENUS -- PLANET MARS -- PLANET JUPITER -- PLANET SATURN -- PLANET URANUS -- PLANET NEPTUNE -- DWARF PLANET PLUTO -- CERES -- VERNAL EQUINOX -- ASCENDING NODE -- CONSTELLATION OF PISCES -- CONSTELLATION OF OPHIUCHUS -- BLACK MOON LILITH -- ARC SECOND -- REDSHIFT -- HUBBLE CONSTANT -- 4 It's Greek to me -- SPEED OF LIGHT -- REDUCED PLANCK CONSTANT -- WAVEFUNCTION -- FINE STRUCTURE CONSTANT -- GAMMA RAY -- TAU LEPTON -- XI BARYON -- STANDARD DEVIATION -- COSMOLOGICAL CONSTANT -- MAGNETIC FIELD -- ELECTRICAL CONDUCTANCE -- ANGSTROM UNIT -- DEGREE -- BENZENE RING -- BIOHAZARD -- RADIATION HAZARD -- PRESCRIPTION TAKE -- OUNCE -- ALCHEMICAL MERCURY -- CADUCEUS -- 5 Meaningless marks on paper -- ZERO -- RATIO OF CIRCUMFERENCE TO DIAMETER -- EXPONENTIAL CONSTANT -- GOLDEN RATIO -- FACTORIAL -- KNUTH'S UPARROW -- INFINITY -- SET OF NATURAL NUMBERS -- SIZE OF AN INFINITE SET -- IMAGINARY NUMBER -- IMAGINARY PART -- DIVISION -- THEREFORE -- THERE EXISTS -- PARTIAL DERIVATIVE -- DEL OPERATOR -- SUM -- INTEGRAL -- SMALL POSITIVE QUANTITY -- RIEMANN ZETA FUNCTION -- Notes -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5