![The ⌘ came into the Macintosh project at a late stage. The development team originally went for their old Apple key, but Steve Jobs found it frustrating when “apples” filled up the Mac’s menus next to the key commands, because he felt that this was an over-use of the company logo.[1] He then opted for a different key symbol. With only a few days left before deadline, the team’s bitmap artist Susan Kare started researching for the Apple logo’s successor. She was browsing through a symbol dictionary when she came across the cloverleaf-like symbol, commonly used in Scandinavia as an indicator of cultural locations and places of interest. When she showed it to the rest of the team, everyone liked it, and so it became the symbol of the 1984 Macintosh command key.[2] The “⌘” symbol, known as Saint John’s Arms and sometimes referred to as Saint Hannes cross, dates back to pre-Christian times. The symbol was included in the original Macintosh font Chicago, and could be inserted by typing a control-q key combination.[3] When used in conjunction with computing the symbol is commonly given nicknames such as ‘“cloverleaf”, “splat”, “splodge”, “overpass”, “butterfly”, “squiggle”, “beanie”, “flower”, “cauliflower”, “curly-do”, “propeller” or “shamrock”. Sometimes when used in conjunction with a Hot Key it is called “twiddle”. Some believe the symbol to be named the “infinite loop”, which is also the address for Apple world headquarters: 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, CA 95014. The UNICODE standard calls it “PLACE OF INTEREST SIGN”[4]. (via Command key - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)](http://14.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krj10zGTIM1qz4csmo1_250.jpg)
The ⌘ came into the Macintosh project at a late stage. The development team originally went for their old Apple key, but Steve Jobs found it frustrating when “apples” filled up the Mac’s menus next to the key commands, because he felt that this was an over-use of the company logo.[1] He then opted for a different key symbol. With only a few days left before deadline, the team’s bitmap artist Susan Kare started researching for the Apple logo’s successor. She was browsing through a symbol dictionary when she came across the cloverleaf-like symbol, commonly used in Scandinavia as an indicator of cultural locations and places of interest. When she showed it to the rest of the team, everyone liked it, and so it became the symbol of the 1984 Macintosh command key.[2] The “⌘” symbol, known as Saint John’s Arms and sometimes referred to as Saint Hannes cross, dates back to pre-Christian times. The symbol was included in the original Macintosh font Chicago, and could be inserted by typing a control-q key combination.[3] When used in conjunction with computing the symbol is commonly given nicknames such as ‘“cloverleaf”, “splat”, “splodge”, “overpass”, “butterfly”, “squiggle”, “beanie”, “flower”, “cauliflower”, “curly-do”, “propeller” or “shamrock”. Sometimes when used in conjunction with a Hot Key it is called “twiddle”. Some believe the symbol to be named the “infinite loop”, which is also the address for Apple world headquarters: 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, CA 95014. The UNICODE standard calls it “PLACE OF INTEREST SIGN”[4]. (via Command key - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
