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Theresa O’Connor / Treasa Ní Chonchúir

Lazyweb - journalist jargon for the end-of-article indicator?

Dear Lazyweb,

In newspapers and magazines, there's often a small symbol that appears at the end of articles. For instance, The Economist ends articles with a little red square. A List Apart ends articles with a leafy branch thingy: see for yourself.

My question for you is, what are these things called? Is there some word of journalist jargon for them?

Update: According to Wikipedia, it’s an end-of-proof, a halmos, or a tombstone.