ug

(typography) (metrology) Symbol for microgram, an SI unit of mass equal to 10⁻⁶ grams. Alternative form of µg


head

† (English symbol name dagger or obelus)

dagger (English name symbol)
obelus (English name symbol)

Derives from the obelus, ⟨⸓⟩. Originally shaped like a dagger, it is now sometimes identical in shape to a Latin cross.

(typography) Used to indicate a (second) footnote.


used when omitting a section in quoted text

(typography) May be, or form part of, a leader: a series of dots used as a visual aid to connect items in lists, such as chapter headers to page numbers in a table of contents.


(printing) Abbreviation of trigesimo-secundo., book and paper size, (3.75"-5" x 2.5"-3.125")


(printing) Abbreviation of duodecimo, a book size using duodecimo-sized pages.


ـ

(typography) A carrier for vowel diacritic, used to display the diacritic without a base letter.


(typography) Introduces items in a list.


(typography) The Arabic star, used like an asterisk


★ (English symbol name star or five-pointed star)

star (English name symbol)
five-pointed star (English name symbol)

Likely from Egyptian 𓇼 (“determinative for stars and constellations”) (image: dwA). However, around the same time in Mesopotamia, non-cuneiform depictions of a star with eight- or six-points are attested; compare Sumerian 𒀭, a cuneiform character descended from such drawings.


(typography) Alternative form of • (“introduces items in a list”)


(computing, typography) An explicit space, as opposed to a tab character, or nothing at all.


8º

(printing) Abbreviation of octavo, a book size using octavo-sized pages.


6º

(printing) Abbreviation of sexto, a book size using duodecimo-sized pages.


4º

(paper) Abbreviation of quarto, a standard size range for paper after folding and cutting (7.5"–10" x 10"–12.5").

quarto

(printing) Abbreviation of quarto, a standard size range for books, corresponding to the paper size.


ulx

(typography) Alternative spelling of μlx (“microlux”) (from typographic substitution of lower case Greek letter "μ" with lower case Latin letter "u")


(typography) an unfilled bullet; used to introduce items in a list.


(typography) A carrier for combining diacritic marks, used to display the diacritic without a base letter.

commonly used to display vowel diacritics for Arabic


(printing) Abbreviation of sextodecimo, a book size using sextodecimo-sized pages.


(printing) Abbreviation of vicesimo-quarto, a book size using vicesimo-quarto-sized pages.


(printing) Abbreviation of sexagesimo-quarto, a book size using sexagesimo-quarto-sized pages.


(printing) Abbreviation of octodecimo, a book size using octodecimo-sized pages.


(printing) Abbreviation of quadragesimo-octavo, a book size using quadragesimo-octavo-sized pages.


(typography) May be, or form part of, a leader: a series of dots used as a visual aid to connect items in lists, such as chapter headers to page numbers in a table of contents.


ⱦ

(typography) A manual-typewriter substitute for t-like phonetic symbols such as IPA ⟨θ⟩.


(typography) the florette or rosette, a common fleuron


d̸

(typography) A manual-typewriter substitute for d-like phonetic symbols such as IPA ⟨ð⟩.


b̸

(typography) A manual-typewriter substitute for b-like phonetic symbols such as IPA ⟨β⟩.


g̸

(typography) A manual-typewriter substitute for g-like phonetic symbols such as IPA ⟨ɣ⟩.


p̸

(typography) A manual-typewriter substitute for p-like phonetic symbols such as IPA ⟨ɸ⟩.


(typography) Introduces items in a list.


Hamburgevons

(typography) A word of no meaning but containing all essential forms of the Latin alphabet, used for assessing the design and appearance of a typeface.