Click any character to copy it. These are the special characters that writing and publishing need: legal marks, accented letters, fractions, degrees, and raised or lowered digits.
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Placement matters more here than with decorative symbols. Legal marks sit immediately after the term they protect with no space, so Brand™ and never Brand ™. Accented letters belong wherever the name or loanword actually carries them, and dropping the accent quietly changes the word rather than simplifying it. Single-character fractions like ½ align in a table column where two digits and a slash will not. The trap worth knowing is the degree sign: ° is the correct one, º is the masculine ordinal used in Spanish and Portuguese, and ˚ is a combining ring. All three render nearly the same and behave differently the moment anything tries to search or sort them. Superscript and subscript digits handle exponents and footnote markers wherever rich formatting is unavailable, which includes most plain-text fields.
Place © before the year and holder, and ™ or ® directly after a mark. Getting the character right matters because these appear in contracts and terms pages that people actually read.
Accented letters keep names such as Zoë, Renée, and Łukasz intact in databases, email fields, and credits. Stripping the accent quietly changes the name.
Single-character fractions and the degree sign keep quantities compact: ½ cup, 180 ℃, ¾ teaspoon. In a narrow column this is the difference between one line and two.
Superscript digits carry exponents and footnote markers, µ handles micro units, and Ω and Å appear constantly in physics and engineering notes.
The section sign §, pilcrow ¶, dagger † and double dagger ‡ mark clauses and footnotes in legal documents, academic papers, and long-form articles.
Most symbols here work everywhere, but rare or decorative characters may not render on older devices and apps with limited fonts. Test a symbol on mobile before using it in a permanent username.
| Symbol | Name | Code | Typical use |
|---|---|---|---|
| © | Copyright Sign | U+00A9 | Ownership of a published work |
| ® | Registered Sign | U+00AE | Registered trademark |
| ™ | Trade Mark Sign | U+2122 | Unregistered trademark |
| ℠ | Service Mark | U+2120 | Mark covering a service |
| § | Section Sign | U+00A7 | Numbered clause in legal text |
| ¶ | Pilcrow Sign | U+00B6 | Paragraph mark in print |
| † | Dagger | U+2020 | First footnote in a series |
| ‡ | Double Dagger | U+2021 | Second footnote in a series |
| № | Numero Sign | U+2116 | Precedes a number |
| ‰ | Per Mille Sign | U+2030 | Parts per thousand |
| ° | Degree Sign | U+00B0 | Temperature and angles |
| ′ | Prime | U+2032 | Feet, minutes, arcminutes |
| ″ | Double Prime | U+2033 | Inches, seconds, arcseconds |
| µ | Micro Sign | U+00B5 | Micro prefix in units |
| ½ | Vulgar Fraction One Half | U+00BD | Compact fraction |
| ß | Latin Small Letter Sharp S | U+00DF | German eszett |