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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.
Other than the letters (a to z) and numbers (0 – 9) on the keyboard, there are also many symbols for different purposes. Here is the full list of the symbols and their names.
OrderSymbolName1~Tilde2`Grave Accent3!Exclamation Mark, Ecphoneme4@At Sign- Ae Ligatures – Æ and Æ
- Almost Equal to – ≈
- Ampersand – &
- Angstrom – Å
- Apostrophe – ‘
- At Sign – @
- Backslash – \
- Caret – ^
- Cedilla
- Cent Sign – ¢
Lowercase ae Unicode: U+000E6 HTML entity: æ – HTML code: æ PC keystroke: ALT+0230 Uppercase ae Unicode: U+000C8 HTML entity: Æ – HTML code: Æ PC keystroke: ALT+0198
Unicode: U+02248 HTML entity: ≈ – HTML code: ≈ Also called approximately equals,asymptotic to or the double tilde. The tilde (~), approximately equal to (≅) and asymptotically equal to (≃) are other signs used to indicate approximation, depending on the context.
Unicode: U+00026 – ASCII: 38 HTML entity: & – HTML code: & Logogram derived from the letters et – Latin for ‘and’ PC keystroke: usually found in the top row
Unicode: U+0212B HTML code: Å Letter from the Swedish alphabet that is used to indicate a unit of length equal to 0.1 nanometre (10−10m)
Unicode: U+00027 – ASCII: 39 HTML entity: ' – HTML code: ' Also called the closing single quotation mark PC keystroke: ALT+39 or ALT+0027
Unicode: U+00040 – ASCII: 64 HTML entity: @ – HTML code: @ In Unicode this is called the commercial atglyph.
Unicode: U+0005C – ASCII: 92 HTML entity: \ – HTML entity: \ The Unicode name is reverse soliduseven though that glyph is less vertical.
Unicode: U+0005E – ASCII: 94 HTML entity: ^ – HTML code: ^ Also called the hat, roof or house sign. Used in mathematics to represent an exponent, such as a square or cube (e.g. 63). Also used as shorthand for Ctrl (e.g. Ctrl+C = C) or to indicate content is missing. Not to be confused with the circumflex accent which is used on top of chara...
Unicode: U+000B8 HTML entity: ç for a lowercase c with cedilla Usually added underneath other glyphs, e.g. ç or Ȩ. Resembles a small ‘5’ in most typefaces.
Unicode: U+000A2 HTML entity: ¢ – HTML code: ¢ Used in many currencies, sometimes with a vertical line or no line PC keystroke: ALT+0162
Just scroll down to explore the whole variety of Unicode characters. Or use the block navigation on the right — each character block occupies its range in the table divided into 17 planes. Try ₿Currency Symbols for example. Hover over a character you like to see its name or copy it.
Ampersand: the sign &; the name being a corruption of 'and per se = and'; i.e. ' & by itself = and'. The sign derives from the scribes' ligature for the Latin : et ; in certain italic versions, the letters e and t are clearly distinguishable.
The complete list of Windows Alt codes (Alt key shortcuts) to quickly type special characters & symbols like ± ² © ° é ♥ ⌀ ™ that are not found on a keyboard.
May 27, 2020 · Alt Codes – How to Type Special Characters and Keyboard Symbols on Windows Using the Alt Keys. Quincy Larson. In Windows, you can type any character you want by holding down the ALT key, typing a sequence of numbers, then releasing the ALT key.
