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Characters that fall in the "political or religious" category are given the "general category" So, which is the catch-all category for "Symbol, other", i.e. anything considered a "symbol" which does not fall in any of the three other categories of Sm (mathematical symbols), Sc (currency symbols) or Sk (phonetic modifier symbols, i.e. IPA signs ...
The symbol now known internationally as the "peace symbol" or "peace sign", was created in 1958 as a symbol for Britain's campaign for nuclear disarmament. [53] It went on to be widely adopted in the American anti-war movement in the 1960s and was re-interpreted as generically representing world peace .
The Alt codes had become so well known and memorized by users that Microsoft decided to preserve them in Microsoft Windows, even though the OS features a newer and different set of code pages, such as CP1252. Windows includes the following processing algorithm for Alt code, which supports both methods:
It’s easy to make any accent or symbol on a Windows keyboard once you’ve got the hang of alt key codes. If you’re using a desktop, your keyboard probably has a number pad off to the right ...
Name Common view Common key combinationsfor Microsoft Word, LibreOffice, OpenOffice.org (from 3.0) Key combination in other word processors Windows Alt Key Codes [5] Unicode name Unicode code Unicode code Space · Space: SPACE 0x20 0032 Non-breaking space ° Ctrl+⇧ Shift+Space: Ctrl+Space for FrameMaker, LyX (non-Mac),
partially-recycled paper symbol: u+267d ♼ recycled paper symbol: u+267c ☯: yin yang: u+262f ☮: peace symbol: u+262e ࿊ tibetan symbol nor bu nyis -khyil: u+0fca fisheye: u+25c9 white circle: u+25cb dotted circle: u+25cc circle with vertical fill: u+25cd bullseye: u+25ce black circle: u+25cf circle with left half black: u+25d0
Symbol Name Symbol(s) Meaning Example of Use Dele: Delete: Pilcrow (Unicode U+00B6) ¶ Begin new paragraph: Pilcrow (Unicode U+00B6) ¶ no: Remove paragraph break: Caret [a] (Unicode U+2038, 2041, 2380) ‸ or ⁁ or ⎀ Insert # Insert space: Close up (Unicode U+2050) ⁐ Tie words together, eliminating a space: I was reading the news⁐paper ...
Click on a group name (e.g., Symbols) to display that group; click on the image of the appropriate character to enter that character at the current cursor position in the edit window. Some of the images of different characters are very similar in appearance, so it is important to use the correct image.