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Punctuation

apostrophe ( ’ ' )

brackets (( )), ([ ]), ({ }), ()

colon ( : )

comma ( , )

dashes ( ‒, –, —, ― )

ellipsis ( …, ... )

exclamation mark ( ! )

full stop/period ( . )

guillemets ( « » )

hyphen ( -, ‐ )

question mark ( ? )

quotation marks ( ‘ ’, “ ” )

semicolon ( ; )

slash/stroke ( / )

solidus ( ⁄ )

 

Interword separation

 

spaces ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) (␠)

interpunct ( · )

 

General typography

 

ampersand ( & )

at sign ( @ )

asterisk ( * )

backslash ( \ )

bullet ( • )

caret ( ^ )

currency ( ¤ ) ¢, $, €, £, ¥, ₩, ₪

dagger ( † ) ( ‡ )

degree ( ° )

inverted exclamation point ( ¡ )

inverted question mark ( ¿ )

negation ( ¬ )

number sign ( # )

numero sign ( № )

percent and related signs

( %, ‰, ‱ )

pilcrow ( ¶ )

prime ( ′ )

section sign ( § )

tilde/swung dash ( ~ )

umlaut/diaeresis ( ¨ )

underscore/understrike ( _ )

vertical/pipe/broken bar ( |, ¦ )

 

Uncommon typography

 

asterism ( ⁂ )

index/fist ( ☞ )

therefore sign ( ∴ )

interrobang ( ‽ )

reference mark ( ※ )

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