Typographical symbols and punctuation marks are 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: __NOTOC__ 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 closely related concepts or glyphs, or adds a clarification note.

The table is presented in alphabetical order by common name.

+ Typographical symbols and punctuation marks Symbol Unicode name of the symbol Common name Similar concepts (and additional notes) (freestanding) Acute accent Diacritics (accents) (diacritic) Acute accent Diacritics (accents) ≈ Approximation Tilde, double hyphen, double tilde & Ampersand, and sign Plus sign, ligature (writing) Angle brackets Bracket, parenthesis, less-than sign, guillemet Angle brackets Bracket, parenthesis, greater-than sign, guillemet ' (typewriter) Apostrophe Right single quotation mark ("typesetter's apostrophe"), modifier letter apostrophe, prime (symbol) Apostrophe (The right single quotation mark is more often seen as the "typesetter's apostrophe".) * Asterisk Asterism, dagger ⁂ Asterism Dinkus, therefore sign @ At sign Called "monkey" in some languages \ Backslash Called "reverse slant" in ASCII. Slash, Solidus (/) (freestanding) Backtick ‱ Basis point Per cent, per mille (per 1,000) ∵ Because sign Therefore sign • Bullet Middle dot Care of Look up care of at Wiktionary, the online dictionary Caret (proofreading) Caret (computing) (^) Caret (proofreading) Caret (computing) (^) Caret (proofreading) Caret (computing) (^) (freestanding) Caret Hat operator, chevron, caret (proofreading) (diacritic) Circumflex Combining Diacritical Marks : Colon Semicolon , Comma Decimal separator ⌘ Command key, looped square ⁒ Commercial minus sign Minus sign, division sign, per cent sign, obelus Copyleft sign Copyright sign © Copyright sign Sound recording copyright symbol { Curly brackets, braces Angle bracket, parenthesis } Curly brackets, braces Angle bracket, parenthesis ¤ Currency sign (generic) Various currency symbols. Dagger Obelus, footnotes, Latin cross Dagger (double) Obelus, footnotes, Cross of Lorraine En dash Dash (many types) Em dash Dash (many types) ° Degree sign Masculine ordinal indicator ⌀ Diameter Ø (Scandinavian orthography), slashed zero, empty set ÷ Division sign Slash (solidus), obelus ◌ Dotted circle Combining Diacritical Marks Ellipsis The form is usually preferred = Equal sign ℮ Estimated sign ! Exclamation point Inverted exclamation mark, interrobang ª Feminine ordinal indicator Female sign, masculine ordinal indicator, gender symbols Female sign Gender symbol, LGBT symbols, feminine ordinal indicator ❦ Fleuron Dingbat, dinkus (diacritic) Grave accent Diacritic, backtick > Greater than sign Angle bracket Guillemet, French quotation marks Angle brackets, quotation marks, much less than Guillemet, French quotation marks Angle brackets, quotation marks, much greater than Hermaphrodite (botany) Gender symbol, LGBT symbols × Hybrid (biology) X mark ‐ Hyphen Dash, hyphen-minus - Hyphen-minus Minus sign, hyphen, dash Hyphen (double) Hyphen (double) · Interpunct Bullet, dot operator, decimal separator ‽ Interrobang < Less-than sign Angle bracket ◊ Lozenge Square lozenge ("Pillow") Male sign Gender symbol, LGBT symbols ☞ Manicule Obelus (medieval usage) º Masculine ordinal indicator Feminine ordinal indicator, degree sign, male sign, gender symbols − Minus sign Plus and minus signs, hyphen-minus, commercial minus # Number sign (also known as "octothorpe", "hash", pound sign (US usage) and "hashtag sign"). Numero sign Numero sign Number sign Parenthesis Brackets, angle brackets, curly brackets, square brackets Parenthesis Brackets, angle brackets, curly brackets, square brackets % Per cent sign Per mille (per 1,000), basis point (per 10,000) ‰ Per mille sign Percent, basis point . Period Middle dot, decimal separator ¶ Paragraph mark Section sign ('Silcrow') ⌑ Square lozenge, pillow 'Pillow' is an informal nick-name used in the travel industry. Pipe + Plus sign Minus sign, ampersand ± Plus or minus Minus or plus Prime symbol Foot (unit), minute Prime symbol Inch, second Prime symbol Thirds ? Question mark Inverted question mark, interrobang (typewriter) Quotation mark (double) Prime symbols, ditto mark. Guillemets (Curly) Quotation mark (double) Prime symbols, ditto mark. Double prime (Curly) Quotation mark (double) Prime symbols, ditto mark. Double prime Quotation mark (single) Quotation mark (single) Apostrophe (The right single quotation mark is more often seen as the "typesetter's apostrophe".) ® Registered trademark Trademark symbols § Section symbol Section mark, double-s, 'silcrow' (after pilcrow) ; Semicolon Greek question mark Service mark Trademark symbols ⚹ Sextile Star symbols / Slash Called "slant" in ASCII. Division sign, forward slash, shilling sign, virgule ℗ Sound recording copyright Copyright sign Square brackets Angle bracket, parenthesis Square brackets Angle bracket, parenthesis ∴ Therefore sign Asterism, because sign ⁀ Tie (typography) (freestanding) Tilde Approximation, wave dash, double tilde (diacritic) Tilde Diacritic ™ Trademark symbol Registered trade mark _ Underscore Underline ¡ Upside-down exclamation point ¿ Upside-down question mark

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Notes

External links The Comprehensive LaTeX Symbol List