From the wingdings font: z (equivalent to keystroke ‘z’)
Thanks.
That cite (and thanks, it looks interesting) says the character could mean either “command” or “place of interest sign”. “Command” I can picture being a relatively recent definition (it’s on the keyboards of Macintoshes and related computers, I believe, and used in combination with other characters to perform various functions), and “place of interest sign” might be for the character’s use on printed and electronic maps, but is there a longer-established name?
Wikipedia calls it a “looped square”:
‘Place of interest’ is the name for the Unicode character, not that it helps. Are you looking for a generic name for that figure?
There ya go. Aka Saint John’s Arms or Saint Hannes cross.
Thanks, that link leads to “Bowen knot”, which I guess will do. I’ve been intermittently obsessed with this character since childhood (and occasionally find myself doodling it when bored during a lecture or presentation).
I think it stems from the stylized letter “L” worn by Penny Marshall in episodes of Laverne and Shirley that I watched in childhood.
It’s one of those figures you can draw without lifting the pen from the paper or going over other lines. I used to doodle a lot of those.
It is only font design that included in computer
The wiki article on the Command Key gives more details about how a Scandinavian road-sign symbol for “Place of interest” ended up on the Mac keyboard.