Symbols

Many of us cope well with familiar signs and symbols. Often, however, we come across a symbol which we do not understand. Moreover, we sometimes need to know the origin of a particular symbol. This Web site ‐ provided by HME Media, Sweden ‐ is an online version of Carl G. Liungman’s book Thought Signs, subtitled The Semiotics of Symbols ‐ Western Non‐pictorial Ideograms (IOS Press, ISBN 90 5199 197 5). Essentially the site is an encyclopaedia of graphic symbols and it goes some way toward solving many symbol problems. Listed are more than 2,500 Western signs, arranged into...