Useful Characters

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These are characters I find myself looking up on a regular basis.

See also Unicode Character Code Charts on the Typography page.

Miscellaneous Characters

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Unicode Information

Glyph	Dec	Hex	HTML	Alt+	Unicode Name
•	•	•	•	0149	BULLET Ⓣ punctuation mark of other type Ⓘ black small circle Ⓧ 00B7 · middle dot Ⓧ 2024 ․ one dot leader Ⓧ 2219 ∙ bullet operator Ⓧ 25D8 ◘ inverse bullet Ⓧ 25E6 ◦ white bullet

Whitespace Characters

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Note: The whitespace characters are displayed in light blue — like this: — to demonstrate the width of the whitespace character.

0020

00A0

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

200A

200B

202F

205F

⁠

2060

3000

FEFF

The Ideographic Space (3000 hex, ‭12288‬ decimal) can be used on Facebook to make a blank line. Insert the character, then hit ENTER. Your blank line will be preserved.

Unicode Information

Note: The whitespace characters are displayed in light blue between square brackets — like this: ] [ — to demonstrate the width of the whitespace character.

Glyph	Dec	Hex	Alt+	Unicode Name
] [				SPACE
] [			0160	NO-BREAK SPACE
] [				EN QUAD
] [				EM QUAD Ⓘ mutton quad
] [				EN SPACE Ⓘ nut Ⓝ half an em
] [				EM SPACE Ⓘ mutton
] [				THREE-PER-EM SPACE Ⓘ thick space
] [				FOUR-PER-EM SPACE Ⓘ mid space
] [				SIX-PER-EM SPACE
] [				FIGURE SPACE Ⓝ this is equivalent to the digit width of fonts with fixed-width digits
] [				PUNCTUATION SPACE Ⓝ space equal to narrow punctuation of a font
] [				THIN SPACE
] [				HAIR SPACE Ⓝ thinner than a thin space Ⓝ in traditional typography, the thinnest space available
][				ZERO WIDTH SPACE Ⓝ this character is intended for invisible word separation and for line break control; it has no width, but its presence between two characters does not prevent increased letter spacing in justification
] [				NARROW NO-BREAK SPACE
] [				MEDIUM MATHEMATICAL SPACE Ⓣ space character (non-zero width) Ⓒ <compat> 0020
]⁠[		⁠		WORD JOINER Ⓝ a zero width non-breaking space (only)
]　[	&#12288‬;			IDEOGRAPHIC SPACE
][	&#‭65279‬;			ZERO WIDTH NO-BREAK SPACE Ⓐ BYTE ORDER MARK

Fractions

⁄

2044

00BC

00BD

00BE

Glyph	Hex	Unicode Name
⁄	⁄	FRACTION SLASH = solidus (in typography) • for composing arbitrary fractions → 002F / solidus → 2215 ∕ division slash Ⓣ mathematical symbol
¼	¼	VULGAR FRACTION ONE QUARTER Ⓒ 0031 1 2044 ⁄ 0034 4
½	½	VULGAR FRACTION ONE HALF Ⓒ 0031 1 2044 ⁄ 0032 2
¾	¾	VULGAR FRACTION THREE QUARTERS Ⓒ 0033 3 2044 ⁄ 0034 4

Superscripts

⁰

2070

00B9

00B2

00B3

⁴

2074

⁵

2075

⁶

2076

⁷

2077

⁸

2078

⁹

2079

Subscripts

₀

2080

₁

2081

₂

2082

₃

2083

₄

2084

₅

2085

₆

2086

₇

2087

₈

2088

₉

2089

Miscellaneous

Punctuation Characters
Glyph	Dec	Hex	HTML	Alt+	Unicode Name
‘	&#‭8216;	‘		0145	LEFT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK Ⓘ single turned comma quotation mark
’	’	’		0146	RIGHT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK Ⓘ single comma quotation mark
“	&#‭8220‬;	“		0147	LEFT DOUBLE QUOTATION MARK Ⓘ double turned comma quotation mark
”	&#8221‬;	”		0148	RIGHT DOUBLE QUOTATION MARK Ⓘ double comma quotation mark Ⓧ 2033 ″ double prime Ⓧ 301E 〞 double prime quotation mark
…	…	…	…	0133	HORIZONTAL ELLIPSIS Ⓘ three dot leader
–	–	–	–	0150	EN DASH
—	—	—	—	0151	EM DASH
⸺	&#‭ ddd ‬;	⸺			two-em dash
¡	¡		¡	0161	inverted exclamation mark
¿	¿		¿	0191	inverted question mark
Math and Science Characters
Glyph	Dec	Hex	HTML	Alt+	Unicode Name
+	&#ddd;	+			PLUS SIGN
−	&#ddd;	−			MINUS SIGN
±	±	±	±		PLUS-MINUS SIGN
×	×		×	0215	multiplication
÷	÷	÷	÷	0247	DIVISION SIGN Ⓘ obelus Ⓝ occasionally used as an alternate, more visually distinct version of 2212 − or 2011 ‑ in some contexts Ⓝ historically used as a punctuation mark to denote questionable passages in manuscripts Ⓧ 2052 ⁒ commercial minus sign Ⓧ 2215 ∕ division slash Ⓧ 2223 ∣ divides Ⓧ 2236 ∶ ratio
√	&#ddd;	√			SQUARE ROOT Ⓘ radical sign
∛	&#ddd;	∛			CUBE ROOT
∜	&#ddd;	∜			FOURTH ROOT
π	π		π		pi
Number Characters
Glyph	Dec	Hex	HTML	Alt+	Unicode Name
⁰	&#‭8304‬;	⁰			SUPERSCRIPT ZERO Ⓒ <super> 0030
¹	¹	¹	¹		SUPERSCRIPT ONE Ⓒ <super> 0031
²	²	²	²		SUPERSCRIPT TWO Ⓒ <super> 0032
³	³	³	³		SUPERSCRIPT THREE Ⓒ <super> 0033
⁴	&#‭8308‬;	⁴			SUPERSCRIPT FOUR Ⓒ <super> 0034
⁵	&#‭8309;	⁵			SUPERSCRIPT FIVE Ⓒ <super> 0035
⁶	&#‭8310;	⁶			SUPERSCRIPT SIX Ⓒ <super> 0036
⁷	&#‭8311;	⁷			SUPERSCRIPT SEVEN Ⓒ <super> 0037
⁸	&#‭8312;	⁸			SUPERSCRIPT EIGHT Ⓒ <super> 0038
⁹	&#‭8313;	⁹			SUPERSCRIPT NINE Ⓒ <super> 0039
₀	&#‭8320‬;	₀			SUBSCRIPT ZERO Ⓒ <sub> 0030
₁	&#‭8321‬;	₁			SUBSCRIPT ONE Ⓒ <sub> 0031
₂	&#‭8322;	₂			SUBSCRIPT TWO Ⓒ <sub> 0032
₃	&#‭8323;	₃			SUBSCRIPT THREE Ⓒ <sub> 0033
₄	&#‭8324;	₄			SUBSCRIPT FOUR Ⓒ <sub> 0034
₅	&#‭8325;	₅			SUBSCRIPT FIVE Ⓒ <sub> 0035
₆	&#‭8326;	₆			SUBSCRIPT SIX Ⓒ <sub> 0036
₇	&#‭8327;	₇			SUBSCRIPT SEVEN Ⓒ <sub> 0037
₈	&#‭8328‬;	₈			SUBSCRIPT EIGHT Ⓒ <sub> 0038
₉	&#‭8329;	₉			SUBSCRIPT NINE Ⓒ <sub> 0039
Fraction Characters
Glyph	Dec	Hex	HTML	Alt+	Unicode Name
⁄	⁄	⁄	&frasl;		FRACTION SLASH Ⓘ solidus (in typography) Ⓧ 002F / solidus Ⓧ 2215 ∕ division slash
¼	¼	¼	¼	0188	fraction 1/4
½	½	½	½	0189	fraction 1/2
¾	¾	¾	¾	0190	fraction 3/4
Miscellaneous Characters
Glyph	Dec	Hex	HTML	Alt+	Unicode Name
©	©		©	0169	copyright
®	®		®		registered trademark
™	™		™		trademark
↵	&#‭8629‬;	↵			DOWNWARDS ARROW WITH CORNER LEFTWARDS Ⓝ may indicate a carriage return or new line
⏎	⏎	⏎			RETURN SYMBOL Ⓝ may be shown with either hollow or filled glyph Ⓧ 2B90 ⮐ return left

Reserved Characters

Glyph	Dec	HTML	Alt+	Unicode Name
"	"	"	034	quotation mark
'	'	'	039	apostrophe
&	&	&	038	ampersand
<	<	<	060	less-than
>	>	>	062	greater-than

ISO 8859-1 Symbols

Glyph	Dec	HTML	Alt+	Unicode Name
¢	¢	¢	0162	cent
£	£	£	0163	pound
¤	¤	¤	0164	currency
¦	¦	¦	0166	broken vertical bar
§	§	§	0167	section
ª	ª	ª		feminine ordinal indicator
«	«	«		angle quotation mark (left)
¬	¬	¬		negation
°	°	°		degree
µ	µ	µ		micro
¶	¶	¶		paragraph
·	·	·		middle dot
º	º	º		masculine ordinal indicator
»	»	»		angle quotation mark (right)

ISO 8859-1 Characters

Glyph	Dec	HTML	Unicode Name
Ð	Ð	Ð	capital eth, Icelandic
Ñ	Ñ	Ñ	capital n, tilde
Þ	Þ	Þ	capital THORN, Icelandic
ß	ß	ß	small sharp s, German
ð	ð	ð	small eth, Icelandic
ñ	ñ	ñ	small n, tilde
þ	þ	þ	small thorn, Icelandic

Math Symbols

Glyph	Dec	HTML	Unicode Name
∅	∅	∅	empty
−	−	−	minus
∞	∞	∞	infinity
∠	∠	&ang;	angle
∴	∴	&there4;	therefore
∼	∼	&sim;	similar to
≅	≅	&cong;	congruent to
≈	≈	≈	almost equal
≠	≠	≠	not equal
≡	≡	&equiv;	equivalent
≤	≤	≤	less or equal
≥	≥	≥	greater or equal
⊕	⊕	&oplus;	circled plus
⊗	⊗	&otimes;	circled times

Greek Letters

Glyph	Dec	HTML	Unicode Name
Δ	Δ	Δ	Delta
Χ	Χ	Χ	Chi
λ	λ	λ	lambda
μ	μ	μ	mu

Other Entities

Glyph	Dec	HTML	Unicode Name
ƒ	ƒ	&fnof;	f with hook
†	†	&dagger;	dagger
‡	‡	&Dagger;	double dagger
•	•	•	bullet
‰	‰	&permil;	per mille
′	′	′	minutes
″	″	″	seconds
‹	‹	&lsaquo;	single left angle quotation
›	›	&rsaquo;	single right angle quotation
←	←	←	left arrow
↑	↑	↑	up arrow
→	→	→	right arrow
↓	↓	↓	down arrow
↔	↔	↔	left right arrow
↵	↵	&crarr;	carriage return arrow
◊	◊	&loz;	lozenge
♠	♠	&spades;	spade
♣	♣	&clubs;	club
♥	♥	&hearts;	heart
♦	♦	&diams;	diamond
⇐	⇐	⇐	leftwards double arrow
⇑	⇑	&uArr;	upwards double arrow
⇒	⇒	⇒	rightwards double arrow
⇓	⇓	&dArr;	downwards double arrow
⇔	⇔	⇔	left right double arrow
⟨	〈	&lang;	left-pointing angle bracket = bra
⟩	〉	&rang;	right-pointing angle bracket = ket

Miscellaneous Characters

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Unicode Information

Whitespace Characters

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Unicode Information

Fractions

Superscripts

Subscripts

Miscellaneous

Reserved Characters

ISO 8859-1 Symbols

ISO 8859-1 Characters

Math Symbols

Greek Letters

Other Entities

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