Many online are fascinated with the variegated styles of medieval manicules or pointing hands. I too enjoy an occasional four- or six-fingered hand but as a text-bro (see what I did there) I prefer the humble nota bene monogram or even the incredibly rare dignum memoria monograph.
One of the unsung virtues of the nota bene mark is its ability to cover several lines of text like a large bracket. A single finger, while dramatic, especially depending on what finger it is, can usually only point to a single line of text.
One of the things I’ve never entirely understood is the reason for manicules in printed texts. In manuscript culture reader’s attention marks were not part of the copying process but something added later as part of the annotation process that manuscripts went through for many generations.
