Typesetting Tip #9: the Interrobang & the Snark

When using the basic question mark alone just doesn’t suffice, you can always throw one of these at the end of your sentence.

  1. (‽) the interrobang (&8253;)
  2. (.∼) the snark or sarcasm mark (.∼)

Basic Rules

When you need to add a little “umph” to a question, just end it with the interrobang&mdasha combination of the exclamation and question marks. The interrobang can also be substituted by using both the question mark and the exclamation mark. (!?)

The snark can be useful for signifying irony such as sarcasm.

Oh really?.~

posted by John Dilworth on Monday, Nov 06, 2006