Command key glyphs origin (was: [TxMt] The shelf)

[Allan Odgaard]

On 7/8/2005, at 14:12, Sune Foldager wrote:

> On 07/08/2005, at 6.06, Brian Lalor wrote:
>> Did you know that ⌘ is actually a "place of interest sign"?   
>> Yeah, pointless, I know (unless you want to type it in an email!) :-)
> Yup, used a lot in denmark on road-signs to point to local points  
> of attraction (cultural, not magnetic). I don't really know why  
> Apple picked it, but I guess it's easier to recognize than .

And today I stumbled upon the reason (through macread.com ->  
theappleblog.com -> some random blog -> folklore.org): http:// 
folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&story=Swedish_Campground.txt