These typefaces are ancillary supplements to their respective typeface familes; they can be used to add typographic ornaments or informational graphics to a text setting, or they can stand alone as ornaments for a contrasting typeface.

Special characters can be used to form a dividing ornamental rule, or to contain a block of text in an ornamental border.

As with all ornament, these elements should be used with care that the ornaments don't overwhelm the more important content of the design.