The interrobang: a vertical line integrated with the curved stroke of a question mark, with a separated dot at the bottom.
A superimposition of ! (“denoting excitement, surprise, shock or sudden realisations”) + ? (“marks the preceding sentence as a question”); see ?! and !?. Invented by advertising agent and typographer Martin Kiehra Speckter (1915–1988) in April 1962 for use by copywriters.[1][2][3]
‽ (English name interrobang)
- (rare) Ends an emphatic question.
He did what‽- He did what?!
Punctuation
- ^ Martin K. Spekter (1962 April) “Making a New Point, or, How About That …”, in TYPEtalks
- ^ Keith Houston (2013 September 24) Shady Characters: The Secret Life of Punctuation, Symbols, & Other Typographical Marks, W.W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, page 20
- ^ “Orbituary: Martin K. Speckter, 73, Creator of Interrobang”, in The New York Times[1], 1988 February 16
