Terminology: Common typography symbols
Summary of the visual appearance of common typographic symbols used in the English language:
| Symbol | Symbol name | Symbol design description |
|---|---|---|
& | Ampersand, And | |
@ | At | |
* | Asterisk | |
¦ | Broken bar | Vertical line with gap in centre |
• | Bullet | |
^ | Caret | |
† | Dagger: single | |
‡ | Dagger: double | |
° | Degree | |
〃 | Ditto | |
¡ | Exclamation: inverted | |
# | Octothoro, Hash, Number | |
№ | Numero | |
¶ | Pilcrow, Paragraph | Reversed capital letter P with two vertical strokes |
§ | Sector | |
| | Pipe | |
′ | Prime | |
″ | Prime: double | |
¿ | Question mark: inverted | |
~ | Tilde | |
∴ | Therefore | |
∵ | Because | |
※ | Reference mark | Used similarly to an asterisk |
◊ | Lozenge | Diamond-shaped rhombus |
_ | Underscore, Understrike | Horizontal line sitting on the baseline |