List of typographical symbols and punctuation marks

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. 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,

• The first cell in each row gives a symbol;
• The second is a link to the article that details that symbol, using its Unicode standard name or common alias. (Holding the mouse pointer on the hyperlink will pop up a summary of the symbol's function.);
• The third gives symbols listed elsewhere in the table that are similar to it in meaning or appearance, or that may be confused with it;
• The fourth (if present) links to the related article(s) or adds a clarification note.

See also

• Astronomical symbols – Symbols in astronomy
• Chemical symbol – Abbreviations used in chemistry
• Chinese punctuation – Punctuation used with Chinese characters
• Currency symbol – Symbol used to represent a monetary currency's name
• Diacritic – Modifier mark added to a letter (accent marks etc.)
• Hebrew punctuation – Punctuation conventions of the Hebrew language over time
• Glossary of mathematical symbols – Meanings of symbols used in mathematics
• Japanese punctuation
• Korean punctuation
• Ordinal indicator – Character(s) following an ordinal number (used of the style 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th or as superscript, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th).

Lists of other typographic entities

• List of currency symbols currently in use
• List of logic symbols
• List of Japanese typographic symbols
• List of mathematical symbols by subject
• List of common physics notations
• List of typographic features

Notes

1. As defined in the Unicode standards

External links

• The Comprehensive LaTeX Symbol List