Download or read book Symbols written by Carl G. Liungman and published by Ionfox AB. This book was released on 2004 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains more than 2,500 Western signs, arranged into 54 groups according to their graphic characteristics. In 1,600 articles their histories, uses, and meanings are thoroughly discussed. The signs range from ideograms carved in mammoth teeth by Cro-Magnon men, to hobo signs and subway graffiti.