enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Dingbat - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dingbat

    Poem typeset with generous use of decorative dingbats around the edges (1880s). Dingbats are not part of the text. In typography, a dingbat (sometimes more formally known as a printer's ornament or printer's character) is an ornament, specifically, a glyph used in typesetting, often employed to create box frames (similar to box-drawing characters), or as a dinkus (section divider).

  3. Ornament (art) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ornament_(art)

    Ornament in male clothing went out of fashion around 1800, in the Great Male Renunciation. Ornament in architecture and furniture resumed in the later 19th century Napoleon III style, Victorian decorative arts and their equivalents from other countries, to be decisively reduced by the Arts and Crafts movement and then Modernism.

  4. Ornament - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ornament

    Biological ornament, a characteristic of animals that appear to serve only a decorative purpose; Bronze and brass ornamental work, decorative work that dates back to antiquity; Christmas ornament, a decoration used to festoon a Christmas tree; Dingbat, decorations in typography; Garden ornament, a decoration in a garden, landscape, or park

  5. List of ornaments - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ornaments

    Different ornament names can refer to an ornament from a specific area or time period. Understanding these ornaments is important for historically informed performance and understanding the subtleties of different types of music. This list is intended to give basic information on ornaments, with description and illustrations where possible.

  6. Jewellery - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewellery

    The pieces are no longer simple metalwork, but are now masterful examples of jewellery making. Pieces are sophisticated in their design, and feature inlays of turquoise, mother of pearl, spondylus shell, and amethyst. The nose and ear ornaments, chest plates, small containers and whistles are considered masterpieces of ancient Peruvian culture ...

  7. Fleuron (typography) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleuron_(typography)

    Τypographic ornament in ancient city of Kamiros in Rhodes island, Greece. Flower decorations are among the oldest typographic ornaments. A fleuron can also be used to fill the white space that results from the indentation of the first line of a paragraph, [4] on a line by itself to divide paragraphs in a highly stylized way, to divide lists, or for pure ornamentation. [5]

  8. Today’s NYT ‘Strands’ Hints, Spangram and Answers ... - AOL

    www.aol.com/today-nyt-strands-hints-spangram...

    Move over, Wordle, Connections and Mini Crossword—there's a new NYT word game in town! The New York Times' recent game, "Strands," is becoming more and more popular as another daily activity ...

  9. Acroterion - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acroterion

    An acroterion, acroterium, (pl. akroteria) [1] is an architectural ornament placed on a flat pedestal called the acroter or plinth, and mounted at the apex or corner of the pediment of a building in the classical style. [2] An acroterion placed at the outer angles of the pediment is an acroterion angularium (angulārium means ‘at the corners’).