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Typographical symbols and punctuation marks are marks and symbols used in
typography Typography is the art and technique of arranging type to make written language legible, readable and appealing when displayed. The arrangement of type involves selecting typefaces, point sizes, line lengths, line-spacing ( leading), ...
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 The Latin script, also known as Roman script, is an alphabetic writing system based on the letters of the classical Latin alphabet, derived from a form of the Greek alphabet which was in use in the ancient Greek city of Cumae, in southern I ...
. For a far more comprehensive list of symbols and signs, see
List of Unicode characters As of Unicode version 15.0, there are 149,186 characters with code points, covering 161 modern and historical scripts, as well as multiple symbol sets. This article includes the 1062 characters in the Multilingual European Character Set 2 (ME ...
. For other languages and symbol sets (especially accents), see below In this table, __NOTOC__ * The first cell in each row gives a symbol; * The second, a link to the article that details it, 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, symbols listed elsewhere in the table that is similar to it in meaning or appearance or that may be confused with it; * The fourth (if present) links to related article(s) or adds a clarification note.


See also

* * * * * * * * * * (used of the style ''1st'', ''2nd'', ''3rd'', ''4th'' or as superscript, ).


Lists of other typographic entities

* List of currency symbols currently in use *
List of logic symbols In logic, a set of symbols is commonly used to express logical representation. The following table lists many common symbols, together with their name, how they should be read out loud, and the related field of mathematics. Additionally, the subs ...
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List of Japanese typographic symbols This article lists Japanese typographic symbols that are not included in kana or kanji groupings. The usages of these symbols are unique and specific. Repetition marks Brackets and quotation marks Phonetic marks Punctuation marks Other ...
* List of mathematical symbols by subject *
List of common physics notations This is a list of common physical constants and variables, and their notations. Note that bold text indicates that the quantity is a vector. Latin characters Greek characters Other characters See also * List of letters used in mathema ...
* List of typographic features


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External links


The Comprehensive LaTeX Symbol List
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