List of character, symbol and sign names in fonts

Below is an overview of 70 frequently used characters, punctuation symbols or signs that are included in most fonts. These include punctuation marks and other symbols used in typography. Technically these character shapes are called glyphs. Next to each glyph name the Unicode, ASCII and GID number are listed. For some of the characters that aren’t available on common keyboards, I listed the keystroke that can be used to insert the character in a text. The typeface used for all examples is Arial Bold.

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Almost Equal To

Unicode: 2248
ASCII: – GID: 167
HTML entity: ≈
Also called approximately equals, asymptotic to or the double tilde.
The tilde and the libra sign are sometimes used as an alternative.

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Ampersand

Unicode: 0026
ASCII: 38
GID: 9
PC keystroke: usually found in the top row
HTML entity: &

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Apostrophe

Unicode: 0027
ASCII: 39
GID: 10
PC keystroke: ALT+39 or ALT+0027
HTML entity: '

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Asterisk

Unicode: 002A
ASCII: 42
GID: 13
HTML entity: ∗

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At Sign

Unicode: 0040
ASCII: 64
GID: 35
HTML entity: @
In Unicode this is called the commercial at glyph.

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Backslash

Unicode: 005C
ASCII: 92
GID: 63
The Unicode name is reverse solidus even though that glyph is less vertical.

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Broken Bar

Unicode: 00A6
ASCII: -
GID: 230
PC keystroke: ALT + 0166
HTML entity: ¦

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Bullet

Unicode: 2022
ASCII: -
GID: 135
PC keystroke: ALT + 0149

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Cedilla

Unicode: 00B8
ASCII: -
GID: 220
Usually added underneath other glyphs.
Resembles a small ‘5′ in most typefaces.

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Cent Sign

Unicode: 00A2
ASCII: -
GID: 132
PC keystroke: ALT + 0162

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Circumflex Accent

Unicode: 005E
ASCII: 94
GID: 65
Also called the circum accent.
Usually added to other characters.

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Colon

Unicode: 003A
ASCII: 58
GID: 29

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Comma

Unicode: 002C
ASCII: 44
GID: 15

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Copyright Sign

Unicode: 00A9
ASCII: -
GID: 139
PC keystroke: ALT + 0169
HTML entity: ©

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Curly Brackets

Left Curly Bracket
Unicode: 007B
ASCII: – GID: 94

Right Curly Bracket
Unicode: 007D
ASCII: – GID: 96

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Currency Sign

Unicode: 00A4
ASCII: -
GID: 862
PC keystroke: ALT + 0164
HTML entity: ¤

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Degree

Unicode: 00B0
ASCII: -
GID: 131
HTML entity: °

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Diaeresis

Unicode: 00A8
ASCII: -
GID: 142
PC keystroke: ALT + 0168
HTML entity: ¨
Usually added to other characters as an accent.

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Division Sign

Unicode: 00F7
ASCII: -
GID: 183
PC keystroke: ALT + 0247
HTML entity: ÷

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Dollar Sign

Unicode: 0024
ASCII: 36
GID: 7

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Double Angle Quotation Marks

Left pointing double angle quotation mark
Unicode: 00AB
ASCII: -
GID: 169
PC keystroke: ALT + 0171
HTML entity: «

Right pointing double angle quotation mark
Unicode: 00BB
ASCII: -
GID: 170
PC keystroke: ALT + 0187
HTML entity: »

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EM Dash

Unicode: 2014
ASCII: -
GID: 178
HTML entity: —

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EN Dash

Unicode: 2013
ASCII: -
GID: 177
HTML entity: –

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Equals Sign

Unicode: 003D
ASCII: 61
GID: 32

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Euro Sign

Unicode: 20AC
ASCII: -
GID: -
PC keystroke: ALT + 0128

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Exclamation Mark

Unicode: 0021
ASCII: 33
GID: 4

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Female Sign

Unicode: 2640
ASCII: -
GID: 386
HTML entity: ♀

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Full Stop

Unicode: 002E
ASCII: 46
GID: 17
Also called the period.

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Grave Accent

Unicode: 0060
ASCII: -
GID: 67

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Greather Than Sign

Unicode: 003E
ASCII: 62
GID: 33
HTML entity: >

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Hyphen

Unicode: 002D
ASCII: 45
GID: 16
Also called the minus sign

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Identical To Sign

Unicode: 2261
ASCII: -
GID: 321

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Inverted Exclamation Mark

Unicode: 00A1
ASCII: -
GID: 163
PC keystroke: ALT + 0161

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Inverted Question Mark

Unicode: 00BF
ASCII: -
GID: 162
PC keystroke: ALT + 0191
HTML entity: ¿

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Less Than Sign

Unicode: 003C
ASCII: 60
GID: 31
HTML entity: <

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Less Than Or Equal To Sign

Unicode: 2264
ASCII: -
GID: 148
HTML entity: ≤

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Lozenge

Unicode: 25CA
ASCII: -
GID: 184
HTML entity: ◊
Also called the diamond, rhombus or thin rhombus

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Male Sign

Unicode: 2642
ASCII: -
GID: 387
HTML entity: ♂

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Micro

Unicode: 00B5
ASCII: -
GID: 151
This is the Greek letter mu.

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More Than Or Equal To Sign

Unicode: 2265
ASCII: -
GID: 149
HTML entity: ≥

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Multiplication Sign

Unicode: 00D7
ASCII: -
GID: 238
PC keystroke: ALT + 0215
HTML entity: ×

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Not Sign

Unicode: 00AC
ASCII: -
GID: 164
PC keystroke: ALT + 0172
HTML entity: ¬
Also called the negation sign

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Not Equal To Sign

Unicode: 2260
ASCII: -
GID: 143

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Number Sign

Unicode: 0023
ASCII: 35
GID: 6

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One Half Fraction Sign

Unicode: 00BD
ASCII: -
GID: 242
PC keystroke: ALT + 0189
HTML entity: ½

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One Quarter Fraction Sign

Unicode: 00BC
ASCII: -
GID: 243
PC keystroke: ALT + 0188
HTML entity: ¼

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Parenthesis

Left Parenthesis
Unicode: 0028
ASCII: 40
GID: 11

Right Parenthesis
Unicode: 0029
ASCII: 41
GID: 12

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Percent Sign

Unicode: 0025
ASCII: 37
GID: 8
Also called the Percentage sign

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Per Mille Sign

Unicode: 2030
ASCII: -
GID: 197
PC keystroke: ALT + 0137

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Pilcrow Sign

Unicode: 00B6
ASCII: – GID: 136
PC keystroke: ALT + 0182
Mac keystroke: OPTION + 7
HTML entity: ¶
Also called the paragraph mark, paraph or alinea.

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Plus Sign

Unicode: 002B
ASCII: 43
GID: 14

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Plus Minus Sign

Unicode: 00B1
ASCII: -
GID: 147
PC keystroke: ALT + 0177
HTML entity: ±
Also referred to as give or take.

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Pound Sign

Unicode: 00A3
ASCII: -
GID: 133
PC keystroke: ALT + 0163
HTML entity: £

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Question Mark

Unicode: 003F
ASCII: 63
GID: 34

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Quotation Mark

Unicode: 0022
ASCII: 34
GID: 5
HTML entity: "
Also called the double quote.

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Registered Sign

Unicode: 00AE
ASCII: -
GID: 138
PC keystroke: ALT + 0174
Mac keystroke: OPTION + R
HTML entity: ®
Also called the Racol.

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Section Sign

Unicode: 00A7
ASCII: -
GID: 134
PC keystroke: ALT + 0167
HTML entity: §

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Semicolon

Unicode: 003B
ASCII: 59 GID:
30

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Slash

Unicode: 002F
ASCII: 47
GID: 18
Also called the forward slash or stroke (UK).
In Unicode it is called the solidus even though that glyph is less vertical.

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Square Brackets

Left Bracket
Unicode: 005B
ASCII: 91
GID: 62

Right Bracket
Unicode: 005D
ASCII: 93
GID: 64

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Tilde

Unicode: 007E
ASCII: -
GID: 97
PC keystroke: ALT + 0126
Also called the swung dash.

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Three Quarters Fraction

Unicode: 00BE
ASCII: -
GID: 244
PC keystroke: ALT + 0190
HTML entity: ¾

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Trade Mark Sign

Unicode: 2122
ASCII: -
GID: 140
PC keystroke: ALT + 0153
Mac keystroke: OPTION + 2
HTML entity: ™

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Underscore

Unicode: 005F
ASCII: 95
GID: 66
Also known as the Low Line glyph

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Vertical Line

Unicode: 007C
ASCII: 124
GID: 95
Also called the pipe, piping symbol, Sheffer stroke, vertical slash, think colon or divider line.

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Yen Sign

Unicode: 00A5
ASCII: -
GID: 150
PC keystroke: ALT + 0165
Mac keystroke: OPTION + Y
HTML entity: ¥
Also used for the Chinese Yuan currency.

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