P
Represents the paragraph symbol (pilcrow) used for marking new paragraphs or sections in text.
Overview
Serves as a professional typographic mark primarily used in legal documents, editorial work, and academic writing to denote paragraph breaks or reference specific paragraphs.
- Common in legal citations and document formatting
- Used in proofreading and editorial markup
- Appears in document preparation where explicit paragraph marking is needed
- Often employed in conjunction with section numbers for precise referencing
Examples
Legal paragraph symbol in a mathematical text reference.
According to \text{\P}3.2 of the theorem...Citing multiple paragraphs in formal documentation.
See \text{\P\P}4.1--4.3 for complete proofReferencing a specific paragraph in parenthetical notation.
(\text{\P}5)