List of typographical symbols and punctuation marks

Typographical symbols and punctuation marks are marks and symbols used in typography with a variety of purposes such as to help with legibility and accessibility, or to identify special cases. This list gives those most commonly encountered with Latin script. For a far more comprehensive list of symbols and signs, see List of Unicode characters. For other languages and symbol sets (especially in mathematics and science), see below.

In this table,

  • The first cell in each row gives a symbol;
  • The second is the name assigned to it by the Unicode Consortium
  • The third gives its most common alias or name in another major variety of English, e.g., period for full stop. Otherwise the Unicode name is repeated to facilitate sorting .
  • The fourth lists similar concepts or adds a clarification note.

The table is presented in alphabetical order by common name. Each column header has an up-down arrow (⬍) which may be used freely to rearrange the order that the list is displayed, giving priority to that column. This has no effect for other readers or subsequent uses and may be used freely.

Typographical symbols and punctuation marks
 Symbol    Unicode name of the symbol[a]  Commmon name[b] Similar concepts
´ Acute accent (freestanding) Acute accent Diacritics (accents)
◌́ Combining acute accent (diacritic) Acute accent Diacritics (accents)
≈ Almost equal to Approximation Tilde, Double hyphen, Double tilde
& Ampersand Ampersand, And sign plus sign, Ligature (writing)
⟨ Mathematical left angle bracket Angle brackets Bracket, Parenthesis, Less-than sign, Guillemet
⟩ Mathematical right angle bracket Angle brackets Bracket, Parenthesis, Greater-than sign, Guillemet
' Apostrophe (typewriter) Apostrophe Right single quotation mark ("typesetter's apostrophe"), Modifier letter apostrophe, Prime (symbol)
’ Right single quotation mark Apostrophe The right single quotation mark is more often seen as the "typesetter's apostrophe".)
* Asterisk Asterisk Asterism, Dagger
⁂ Asterism Asterism Dinkus, Therefore sign
@ Commercial at At sign
\ Reverse solidus Backslash Slash, Solidus (/)
` Grave accent (freestanding) Backtick
‱ Per ten thousand sign Basis point Per cent, per mille (per 1,000)
∵ Because Because sign Therefore sign
• Bullet Bullet Middle dot
· Middle dot Interpunct Bullet
‸ Caret Caret (proofreading) Caret (computing) (^)
⁁ Caret insertion point Caret (proofreading) Caret (computing) (^)
⎀ Insertion symbol Caret (proofreading) Caret (computing) (^)
^ Circumflex accent (freestanding) Caret Hat operator, Chevron, Caret (proofreading)
◌̂ Combining circumflex accent (diacritic) Circumflex Combining Diacritical Marks
: Colon Colon Semicolon
, Comma Comma Decimal separator
⌘ Place of interest sign Command key also known as a "looped square"
⁒ Commercial minus sign Commercial minus sign Minus sign, Division sign, Per cent sign, Obelus
🄯 Copyleft symbol Copyleft sign Copyright sign
© Copyright sign Copyright sign Sound recording copyright
{ Left curly bracket Curly brackets Angle bracket, Parenthesis
} Right curly bracket Curly brackets Angle bracket, Parenthesis
¤ Currency sign Currency sign (generic) various Currency symbols.
† Dagger Dagger Obelus, Footnotes, Latin cross
‡ Double dagger Dagger (double) Obelus, Footnotes, Cross of Lorraine
– En dash Endash Dash (many types)
— Em dash Emdash Dash (many types)
° Degree sign Degree sign Masculine ordinal indicator
⌀ Diameter sign Diameter Ø (Scandinavian orthography), Slashed zero, Empty set
÷ Division sign Division sign Slash (Solidus), Obelus
◌ Dotted circle Dotted circle Combining Diacritical Marks
… Horizontal ellipsis Ellipsis The form . . . is usually preferred
= Equals sign Equal sign
℮ Estimated symbol Estimated sign
! Exclamation mark Exclamation point Inverted exclamation mark, Interrobang
ª Feminine ordinal indicator Feminine ordinal indicator Female sign, Masculine ordinal indicator, Gender symbols
♀ Female sign Female sign Gender symbol, [LGBT symbols]], Feminine ordinal indicator
❦ Floral heart Fleuron Dingbat, Dinkus
◌̀ Combining grave accent (diacritic) Grave accent Diacritic, Backtick
> Greater-than sign Greater than sign Angle bracket
« Left-pointing double angle quotation mark Guillemet, French quotation marks Angle brackets, quotation marks, Much less than
» Right-pointing double angle quotation mark Guillemet, French quotation marks Angle brackets, quotation marks, Much greater than
⚥ Male and female sign Hermaphrodite (botany) Gender symbol LGBT symbols
× Multiplication sign Hybrid (biology) X mark
‐ Hyphen Hyphen Dash, Hyphen-minus
- Hyphen-minus Hyphen-minus Minus sign, Hyphen, Dash
⹀ Double hyphen Hyphen (double)
⸗ Double oblique hyphen Hyphen (double)
· Middle dot Interpunct Dot operator, Decimal separator
‽ Interrobang Interrobang
< Less-than sign Less-than sign Angle bracket
◊ Lozenge Lozenge Square lozenge ("Pillow")
♂ Male sign Male sign Gender symbol, LGBT symbols
☞ White right pointing index Manicule Obelus (medieval usage)
º Masculine ordinal indicator Masculine ordinal indicator Feminine ordinal indicator, Degree sign, Male sign, Gender symbols
− Minus sign Minus sign Plus and minus signs, Hyphen-minus, Commercial minus
# Number sign Number sign (also known as "octothorpe", "hash", Pound sign (US usage) and "hashtag sign"). Numero sign
№ Numero sign Numero sign Number sign
( Left parenthesis Parenthesis Brackets, Angle brackets, Curly brackets, Square brackets
) Right parenthesis Parenthesis Brackets, Angle brackets, Curly brackets, Square brackets
% Percent sign Per cent sign Per mille (per 1,000), Basis point (per 10,000)
‰ Per mille sign Per mille sign Percent, Basis point
. Full stop Period Interpunct, Decimal separator
Pilcrow sign Paragraph mark Section sign ('Silcrow')
⌑ Square lozenge Square lozenge, Pillow 'Pillow' is an informal nick-name Square lozenge (pillow symbol)|used in the travel industry.
| Vertical line Pipe
+ Plus sign Plus sign minus sign, ampersand
± Plus-minus sign plus or minus minus or plus
′ Prime Prime symbol foot (unit)
″ Double prime Prime symbol Inch, Minute
‴ Triple prime Prime symbol Second
? Question mark Question mark Inverted question mark, Interrobang
" Quotation mark (typewriter) Quotation mark (double) Prime symbols,Ditto mark. Guillemets
“ Left double quotation mark (Curly) Quotation mark (double) Prime symbols,Ditto mark. Double prime
” Right double quotation mark (Curly) Quotation mark (double) Prime symbols,Ditto mark. Double prime
‘ Left single quotation mark Quotation mark (single) U+2018 ‘ LEFT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK
’ Right single quotation mark Quotation mark (single) Apostrophe (The right single quotation mark is more often seen as the "typesetter's apostrophe".)
® Registered sign Registered trademark Trademark symbols
§ Section sign Section symbol section mark, double-s, 'silcrow' (after Pilcrow)
; Semicolon Semicolon Greek question mark
℠ Service mark Service mark Trademark symbols
/ Solidus Slash Called "slant" in ASCII. Division sign, Forward slash, Shilling sign, Virgule
℗ Sound recording copyright Sound recording copyright Copyright sign
[ Left square bracket Square brackets Angle bracket, Parenthesis
] Right square bracket Square brackets Angle bracket, Parenthesis
∴ Therefore Therefore sign Asterism, Because sign
⁀ Undertie Tie (typography)
~ Tilde (freestanding) Tilde Approximation, Wave dash, Double tilde (disambiguation)
◌̃ Combining tilde (diacritic) Tilde Diacritic
™ Trade mark sign Trademark symbol Registered trade mark
_ Low line Underscore Underline
¡ Inverted exclamation mark Upside-down exclamation point Inverted question and exclamation marks
¿ Inverted question mark Upside-down question mark Inverted question and exclamation marks

See also

Lists of other typographic entities

Notes

  1. ^ As defined in the Unicode standards
  2. ^ Name of Wikipedia article, if different to the Unicode name, or major English-language variant such as full-stop and period.
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