That's usually referred to as a "dingbat." Fonts such as Wingdings, Monotype
Sorts, and Zapf Dingbats contain such "pi" or "symbol" characters.

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No. It was the name one of my publishers gave to an icon of a computer at
the end of chapters to signify same. I've never seen the word before or
since.


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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"Fair dinkum" is the only association I have with it. Google provides a
lot
of interesting links, but they seem to be universally derived from that
same
usage. Are you sure you're not thinking of "lorem ipsum"? See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/DummyText.htm

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Suzanne (or anyone else): Have you ever come across the word 'dinkum'
in
the
context of Word/editing/book production? (Not the Australian term 'fair
dinkum')