Punctuation

Using the right punctuation is important.

Character Literal Alphanumeric Unicode
Ampersand & & &
Bullet • • •
White bullet ◦   ◦
Middle dot · · ·
Double quotes “ ” “ ” “ ”
Single quotes ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’
Em dash — — —
En dash – – –
Ellipsis … … …
Degree ° ° °
Plus/minus ± ± ±
Multiplication × × ×
Lozenge ◊ ◊ ◊
Numero № № №
Pilcrow ¶ ¶
Section § § §
Single & double daggers † ‡ † ‡ † ‡
Filled star ★ ★ ★
Star ☆ ☆ ☆
Fractional quarter ¼ ¼ ¼
Fractional third ⅓ ⅓ ⅓
Fractional half ½ ½ ¼
Fractional two thirds ⅔ ⅔ ⅔
Fractional three quarter ¾ ¾ ¾
En space      
Em space      
Thin space      
Hair space      
Zero width space ​ ​ ​