Dingbat

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In typography, a dingbat (sometimes more formally known as a printer's ornament or printer's character) is an ornament, specifically a grapheme used in typesetting, often employed to create box frames (similar to box-drawing characters), or as a dinkus (section divider).

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Image: Unnamed typesetter for Hill's Manual, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.