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This usage probably developed as a typed alternative to the libra symbol used for the same purpose in written mathematics, which is an equal sign with the upper bar replaced by a bar with an upward hump, bump, or loop in the middle (︍︍♎︎) or, sometimes, a tilde (≃). [citation needed] The symbol "≈" is also used for this purpose.
Typographical symbols and punctuation marks are marks and symbols used in typography with a variety of purposes such as to help with legibility and accessibility, or to identify special cases. This list gives those most commonly encountered with Latin script .
U+002B + PLUS SIGN – various symbols with strokes extending to left, up, right and down. U+002D - HYPHEN-MINUS – probably an ASCII character the most used for approximations. A conventional representation of hyphen , an approximation of dash (especially as -- and --- ), minus sign − and line drawing horizontal line ─ (see the image).
These printable keyboard shortcut symbols will make your life so much easier. The post 96 Shortcuts for Accents and Symbols: A Cheat Sheet appeared first on Reader's Digest.
This page lists codes for keyboard characters, the computer code values for common characters, such as the Unicode or HTML entity codes (see below: Table of HTML values"). There are also key chord combinations, such as keying an en dash ('–') by holding ALT+0150 on the numeric keypad of MS Windows computers.
Double tilde (~~ or ≈) may refer to: . Approximation ≈; Double negation ~(~x); Smart match operator in Perl, ~~; In PostgreSQL the operator ~~ is equivalent to LIKE; In certain programming languages, ~ transforms a value into an integer and takes its complement, and so ~~ (sometimes called 'two tildes' to indicate a form of double negation) is a way to transform a value into an integer.
As of Unicode version 16.0, there are 155,063 characters with code points, covering 168 modern and historical scripts, as well as multiple symbol sets.This article includes the 1,062 characters in the Multilingual European Character Set 2 subset, and some additional related characters.
female sign u+2642: ♂: male sign u+2660: ♠: black spade suit u+2661 ♡ white heart suit u+2662 ♢ white diamond suit u+2663: ♣: black club suit u+266d ♭ music flat sign u+266e ♮ music natural sign u+266f ♯ music sharp sign