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For although the jianghu is often described in a rhetoric of mutual reciprocity and trust, the interpersonal relationships that actually constitute it are “held together by shifting bonds of morality, desire, and interest” that make them “highly fragile and contingent.”
The Currency of Truth
Emily H. C. Chua
The approach that a designer follows in the asterisk is usually echoed in the typeface’s second-order reference mark, the dagger (also known as the obelus, obelisk, or long cross), and its third-order mark, the double dagger (a.k.a. diesis or double obelisk.) Both characters have functions in genealogy and other life sciences, where the asterisk indicates the year of birth (\*1499), and the dagger the year of death (†1561). There are standard fourth-, fifth- and sixth-order reference marks, too: they are the section mark (§), parallels (||), and number sign (#), after which the cycle repeats with doubles, triples, and so on:* , †, ‡, §, ||, #, **, ††, ‡‡, §§, ||||, ###,** *, †††, ‡‡‡, etc. Beyond three, numbered footnotes are always preferable, even if you are David Foster Wallace.
House of Flying Reference Marks | Fonts by Hoefler&Co.
typography.com
Bimyou is a kind of negative space, a vehicle for doubt or uncertainty or anything counter to the expected flow of an interaction.
The Good, the Bad, and the Bimyou
foreignpolicy.com
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