The signs and

    The cross () is very often used to indicate a particular part of a picto. For instance, to mean the chimney of a house, we put a cross as close to the chimney as we can.

    When the picto does not allow room enough and we want to be precise, we may use the sign .

    Examples:

Impossible and Possible

    It is impossible to hold the water in an upside down glass. So we have:

    Impossible :

    By using contrast, we arrive at the picto Possible :

Weak and Strong

    Contrast allows us to represent these concepts in a very simple manner. We choose the picto Table and have:

Strong     Strong may also be written simply as:

    A man with wide shoulders also means Strong :