Typophile

Paragraph and section glyphs

Nick Job

Someone please talk to me about the height of the paragraph ¶ and section § glyphs .

Are they cap height tall or descender tall?

Should they be the same height as each other (disregarding any overshoot)?

Should they both descend below the baseline or is that a bit old school?

Does anyone have any thoughts or can I basically do what I want?

Thanks,
Nick.

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