Not everything is as easy as ABC or 123. Sometimes your copy might require a character outside of the basic alphabet. That’s where special characters and glyphs come in. (Look around, they are more common than you might think at first.
Depending on your workflow, inserting a glyph can be as simple as a keystroke or a multi-step process. Much of it depends on the software you are using, typography palette and how the final product will be published. Here, we are going to take a look at special characters, examples of use and tips for success
Special characters have been given pronunciations similar to letters and numbers in a radio alphabet. The most common pronunciations originated with users of Unix systems. Each of the ASCII printable characters has multiple names – some formal, some concise, some silly (Intercal is responsible for some of this).[clarification needed][1]
ASCII special characters[edit]The following is a fairly complete list:[citation needed]ASCII CODE
21 ! - "bang", "shriek" - exclamation point
22 " - "quote"
23 # - "hash" - distinct from "pound" which is the British currency symbol, "sharp", "octothorpe"
24 $ - "bling", "ding" (cash register sound), "cash", "buck", "dollar"
25 % - "percent", "percent sign"
26 & - "amper" - distinct from "amp" in "&" (see below) and the word "and"
27 ' - "tick", "apostrophe"
28 ( - "paren", "open"
29 ) - "paren", "close"
2A * - "splat", "star", "asterisk"
2B + - "plus"
2C , - "twitch", "comma"
2D - - "dash", "minus", "tack"
2E . - "dot", "period"
2F / - "slash", "forward slash"
3A : - "two dots", "colon"
3B ; - "semi", "semicolon"
3C < - "waka", "less"
3D = - "equals"
3E > - "waka", "more"
3F ? - "hook", "query", "eh?" - question mark
40 @ - "whirl", "monkey", "at"
5B [ - "square", "left", "bracket"
5C \ - "whack", "back slash"
5D ] - "square", "right", "bracket"
5E ^ - "hat", "caret"
5F _ - "skid", "underbar", "underscore"
60 ` - "grave", "backtick"
7B { - "curly", "embrace", "brace"
7C | - "bar", "pipe"
7D } - "curly", "unbrace"
7E ~ - "twiddle", "tilde"
B4 ´ - "acute"
#! - "sh'bang" (hash/bang)/* - "slashterix"[citation needed]*/ - "asterslash"[citation needed]& - "amper-amp" - the HTML and XML encoding for the ampersand character[2]
21 ! - "bang", "shriek" - exclamation point
22 " - "quote"
23 # - "hash" - distinct from "pound" which is the British currency symbol, "sharp", "octothorpe"
24 $ - "bling", "ding" (cash register sound), "cash", "buck", "dollar"
25 % - "percent", "percent sign"
26 & - "amper" - distinct from "amp" in "&" (see below) and the word "and"
27 ' - "tick", "apostrophe"
28 ( - "paren", "open"
29 ) - "paren", "close"
2A * - "splat", "star", "asterisk"
2B + - "plus"
2C , - "twitch", "comma"
2D - - "dash", "minus", "tack"
2E . - "dot", "period"
2F / - "slash", "forward slash"
3A : - "two dots", "colon"
3B ; - "semi", "semicolon"
3C < - "waka", "less"
3D = - "equals"
3E > - "waka", "more"
3F ? - "hook", "query", "eh?" - question mark
40 @ - "whirl", "monkey", "at"
5B [ - "square", "left", "bracket"
5C \ - "whack", "back slash"
5D ] - "square", "right", "bracket"
5E ^ - "hat", "caret"
5F _ - "skid", "underbar", "underscore"
60 ` - "grave", "backtick"
7B { - "curly", "embrace", "brace"
7C | - "bar", "pipe"
7D } - "curly", "unbrace"
7E ~ - "twiddle", "tilde"
B4 ´ - "acute"
#! - "sh'bang" (hash/bang)/* - "slashterix"[citation needed]*/ - "asterslash"[citation needed]& - "amper-amp" - the HTML and XML encoding for the ampersand character[2]
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