Symbol Font in HTML
Using Greek and Special Characters from Symbol Font in HTML
Monotype Typography produce their Symbol font in a Windows TrueTypeВ® version which is supplied with Windows Me and Windows 2000 (and was supplied with Windows 3.1x, Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows NT), a Macintosh TrueType version which is supplied with Mac OS 9, and PostScriptВ® versions for Windows, Macintosh and UNIX. Netscape Navigatorв„ў and Microsoft's Internet Explorer allow the font face to be specified in HTML, and by specifying Symbol the basic Greek alphabet and many other special characters can be displayed.
This technique is not very reliable and is deprecated in the HTML 4.0 Specification - it seems to work on some operating systems and with some browsers, but with no clear pattern. Even worse, the Macintosh and Windows versions of Symbol font do not use the same numeric character references, and so characters that display correctly on one platform are likely to be incorrect on the other.
However, the greatly extended range of character entity references supported in HTML 4.0 together with the increased number of characters in the WGL4 versions of Microsoft's TrueType fonts provides an easier and more reliable way to display most of characters for which the Symbol font was formerly required. Even more characters are becoming displayable as Unicode support in browsers and fonts becomes more widespread, allowing decimal or hexadecimal numeric references to be used.
The following character listings have been produced using the Windows TrueType version of the Symbol font under English Windows 95. Please check the results carefully if you try to use the codes on Macintosh or UNIX systems. If you want to print this page, you will probably need to use landscape orientation.
Unicode ranges containing equivalent characters |
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- Ch - Character
- HTML - HTML code for character
- Descript - Description
- Ent - Character entity
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- Num - Numeric reference
- <f. f.="S."> - <font face="Symbol">
- (t.) - (terminal)
- w.h.s. - with hook symbol
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Latin-1 Supplement
Unicode U+0080 - U+00FF - (128-255)
| Ch
| HTML
| Descript
| Ent
| Num
| WGL4 |
| В±
| <f.f.="S.">±
| plus minus
| ± is В±
| ± is В±
| yes |
| Вґ
| - " - ´
| multiply
| × is Г—
| × is Г—
| - " - |
| Вё
| - " - ¸
| divide
| ÷ is Г·
| ÷ is Г·
| - " - |
| Г’
| - " - Ò
| registered (serif)
| ® is В®
| ® is В®
| - " - |
| Г“
| - " - Ó
| copyright (serif)
| © is В©
| © is В©
| - " - |
| Г
| - " - Ø
| not
| ¬ is В¬
| ¬ is В¬
| - " - |
| Гў
| - " - â
| registered (sans serif)
| ® is В®
| ® is В®
| - " - |
| ГЈ
| - " - ã
| copyright (sans serif)
| © is В©
| © is В©
| - " - |
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Latin Extended-B
Unicode U+0180 - U+024F - (384-591)
| Ch
| HTML
| Descript
| Ent
| Num
| WGL4 |
| В¦
| <f.f.="S.">¦
| Florin or Guilder
| ƒ is Ж’
| ƒ is Ж’
| yes |
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Greek
Unicode U+0370 - U+03FF - (880-1023)
| Ch
| HTML
| Descript
| Ent
| Num
| WGL4 |
| A
| <f.f.="S.">A
| capital Alpha
| Α is О‘
| Α is О‘
| yes |
| B
| - " - B
| capital Beta
| Β is ОІ
| Β is О’
| - " - |
| G
| - " - G
| capital Gamma
| Γ is О“
| Γ is О“
| - " - |
| D
| - " - D
| capital Delta
| Δ is О”
| Δ is О”
| - " - |
| E
| - " - E
| capital Epsilon
| Ε is О•
| Ε is О•
| - " - |
| Z
| - " - Z
| capital Zeta
| Ζ is О–
| Ζ is О–
| - " - |
| H
| - " - H
| capital Eta
| Η is О—
| Η is О—
| - " - |
| Q
| - " - Q
| capital Theta
| Θ is О
| Θ is О
| - " - |
| I
| - " - I
| capital Iota
| Ι is О™
| Ι is О™
| - " - |
| K
| - " - K
| capital Kappa
| Κ is Ољ
| Κ is Ољ
| - " - |
| L
| - " - L
| capital Lambda
| Λ is О›
| Λ is О›
| - " - |
| M
| - " - M
| capital Mu
| Μ is Оњ
| Μ is Оњ
| - " - |
| N
| - " - N
| capital Nu
| Ν is Оќ
| Ν is Оќ
| - " - |
| X
| - " - X
| capital Xi
| Ξ is Оћ
| Ξ is Оћ
| - " - |
| O
| - " - O
| capital Omicron
| Ο is Оџ
| Ο is Оџ
| - " - |
| P
| - " - P
| capital Pi
| Π is О
| Π is О
| - " - |
| R
| - " - R
| capital Rho
| Ρ is ОЎ
| Ρ is ОЎ
| - " - |
| S
| - " - S
| capital Sigma
| Σ is ОЈ
| Σ is ОЈ
| - " - |
| T
| - " - T
| capital Tau
| Τ is О¤
| Τ is О¤
| - " - |
| U
| - " - U
| capital Upsilon
| Υ is ОҐ
| Υ is ОҐ
| - " - |
| F
| - " - F
| capital Phi
| Φ is О¦
| Φ is О¦
| - " - |
| C
| - " - C
| capital Chi
| Χ is О§
| Χ is О§
| - " - |
| Y
| - " - Y
| capital Psi
| Ψ is ОЁ
| Ψ is ОЁ
| - " - |
| W
| - " - W
| capital Omega
| Ω is О©
| Ω is О©
| - " - |
| a
| - " - a
| lower case alpha
| α is О±
| α is О±
| - " - |
| b
| - " - b
| lower case beta
| β is ОІ
| β is ОІ
| - " - |
| g
| - " - g
| lower case gamma
| γ is Оі
| γ is Оі
| - " - |
| d
| - " - d
| lower case delta
| δ is Оґ
| δ is Оґ
| - " - |
| e
| - " - e
| lower case epsilon
| ε is Оµ
| ε is Оµ
| - " - |
| z
| - " - z
| lower case zeta
| ζ is О¶
| ζ is О¶
| - " - |
| h
| - " - h
| lower case eta
| η is О·
| η is О·
| - " - |
| q
| - " - q
| lower case theta
| θ is Оё
| θ is Оё
| - " - |
| i
| - " - i
| lower case iota
| ι is О№
| ι is О№
| - " - |
| k
| - " - k
| lower case kappa
| κ is Оє
| κ is Оє
| - " - |
| l
| - " - l
| lower case lambda
| λ is О»
| λ is О»
| - " - |
| m
| - " - m
| lower case mu
| μ is Ој
| μ is Ој
| - " - |
| n
| - " - n
| lower case nu
| ν is ОЅ
| ν is ОЅ
| - " - |
| x
| - " - x
| lower case xi
| ξ is Оѕ
| ξ is Оѕ
| - " - |
| o
| - " - o
| lower case omicron
| ο is Ої
| ο is Ої
| - " - |
| p
| - " - p
| lower case pi
| π is ПЂ
| π is ПЂ
| - " - |
| r
| - " - r
| lower case rho
| ρ is ПЃ
| ρ is ПЃ
| - " - |
| V
| - " - V
| lower case sigma (t.)
| ς is П‚
| ς is П‚
| - " - |
| s
| - " - s
| lower case sigma
| σ is Пѓ
| σ is Пѓ
| - " - |
| t
| - " - t
| lower case tau
| τ is П„
| τ is П„
| - " - |
| u
| - " - u
| lower case upsilon
| υ is П…
| υ is П…
| - " - |
| f
| - " - f
| lower case phi
| φ is П†
| φ is П†
| - " - |
| c
| - " - c
| lower case chi
| χ is П‡
| χ is П‡
| - " - |
| y
| - " - y
| lower case psi
| ψ is П€
| ψ is П€
| - " - |
| w
| - " - w
| lower case omega
| ω is П‰
| ω is П‰
| - " - |
| J
| - " - J
| theta symbol
| ϑ is П‘
| ϑ is П‘
| no |
| j
| - " - j
| phi symbol
| -
| ϕ is П•
| - " - |
| v
| - " - v
| pi symbol
| ϖ is П–
| ϖ is П–
| - " - |
| ВЎ
| - " - ¡
| upsilon w.h.s.
| ϒ is П’
| ϒ is П’
| - " - |
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General Punctuation
Unicode U+2000 - U+206F - (8192-8303)
| Ch
| HTML
| Descript
| Ent
| Num
| WGL4 |
| Вў
| <f.f.="S.">¢
| prime or minutes or feet
| ′ is ′
| ′ is ′
| yes |
| В¤
| - " - ¤
| figure slash (fraction)
(/ is normal slash)
| ⁄ is вЃ„
| ⁄ is вЃ„
| - " - |
| ВІ
| - " - ²
| double prime
or seconds or inches
| ″ is ″
| ″ is ″
| - " - |
| Вј
| - " - ¼
| ellipsis
| … is …
| … is …
| - " - |
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Letterlike Symbols
Unicode U+2100 - U+214F - (8448-8527)
| Ch
| HTML
| Descript
| Ent
| Num
| WGL4 |
| ГЂ
| <f.f.="S.">À
| alef symbol
| ℵ is в„µ
| ℵ is в„µ
| no |
| ГЃ
| - " - Á
| I fraktur
| ℑ is в„‘
| ℑ is в„‘
| - " - |
| Г‚
| - " - Â
| R fraktur
| ℜ is в„њ
| ℜ is в„њ
| - " - |
| Гѓ
| - " - Ã
| Weierstrass
| ℘ is в„
| ℘ is в„
| - " - |
| Г”
| - " - Ô
| trade mark (serif)
| ™ is в„ў
| ™ is в„ў
| yes |
| Г¤
| - " - ä
| trade mark (sans serif)
| ™ is в„ў
| ™ is в„ў
| - " - |
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Currency Symbols
Unicode U+20A0 - U+20CF - (8352-8399)
| Ch
| HTML
| Descript
| Ent
| Num
| WGL4 |
| Г°
| <f.f.="S.">ð
| euro sign
| € is €
| € is €
| yes |
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Arrows
Unicode U+2190 - U+21FF - (8592-8703)
| Ch
| HTML
| Descript
| Ent
| Num
| WGL4 |
| В«
| <f.f.="S.">«
| arrow left and right
| ↔ is ↔
| ↔ is ↔
| yes |
| В¬
| - " - ¬
| arrow left
| ← is в†ђ
| ← is в†ђ
| - " - |
| В
| - " - ­
| arrow up (1*)
| ↑ is ↑
| ↑ is ↑
| - " - |
| В®
| - " - ®
| arrow right
| → is в†’
| → is в†’
| - " - |
| ВЇ
| - " - ¯
| arrow down
| ↓ is ↓
| ↓ is ↓
| - " - |
| Вї
| - " - ¿
| carriage return
| ↵ is ↵
| ↵ is ↵
| no |
| Г›
| - " - Û
| double arrow left and right
| ⇔ is ⇔
| ⇔ is ⇔
| - " - |
| Гњ
| - " - Ü
| double arrow left (implied by)
| ⇐ is в‡ђ
| ⇐ is в‡ђ
| - " - |
| Гќ
| - " - Ý
| double arrow up
| ⇑ is ⇑
| ⇑ is ⇑
| - " - |
| Гћ
| - " - Þ
| double arrow right (implies)
| ⇒ is в‡’
| ⇒ is в‡’
| - " - |
| Гџ
| - " - ß
| double arrow down
| ⇓ is ⇓
| ⇓ is ⇓
| - " - |
1* seems that MSIE has bug with displaying (Symbol font) of arrow up (Ch. 173)
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Mathematical Operators
Unicode U+2200 - U+22FF - (8704-8959)
| Ch
| HTML
| Descript
| Ent
| Num
| WGL4 |
| "
| <f.f.="S.">"
| for all
| ∀ is в€Ђ
| ∀ is в€Ђ
| no |
| $
| - " - $
| there exists
| ∃ is в€ѓ
| ∃ is в€ѓ
| - " - |
| '
| - " - '
| bellow (1*)
| -
| ∍ is в€Ќ
| - " - |
| *
| - " - *
| asterisk operator
| ∗ is в€—
| ∗ is в€—
| - " - |
| -
| - " - -
| minus (- is hyphen)
| − is в€’
| − is в€’
| yes |
| @
| - " - @
| approx. equal to, congruent
| ≅ is в‰…
| ≅ is в‰…
| no |
| \
| - " - \
| therefore
| ∴ is ∴
| ∴ is ∴
| - " - |
| ^
| - " - ^
| perpendicular
| ⊥ is вЉҐ
| ⊥ is вЉҐ
| - " - |
| ~
| - " - ~
| similar, tilde operator
| ∼ is в€ј
| ∼ is в€ј
| - " - |
| ВЈ
| - " - £
| less than or equal to
| ≤ is ≤
| ≤ is ≤
| yes |
| ВҐ
| - " - ¥
| infinity
| ∞ is в€ћ
| ∞ is в€ћ
| - " - |
| Ві
| - " - ³
| greater than or equal to
| ≥ is ≥
| ≥ is ≥
| - " - |
| Вµ
| - " - µ
| proportional
| ∝ is в€ќ
| ∝ is в€ќ
| no |
| В¶
| - " - ¶
| bellow (2*)
| ∂ is ∂
| ∂ is ∂
| yes |
| В·
| - " - ·
| bullet operator
| -
| ∙ is в€™
| - " - |
| В№
| - " - ¹
| not equal
| ≠ is в‰
| ≠ is в‰
| - " - |
| Вє
| - " - º
| equivalent
| ≡ is в‰Ў
| ≡ is в‰Ў
| - " - |
| В»
| - " - »
| almost equal to, asymptotic to
| ≈ is ≈
| ≈ is ≈
| - " - |
| Г„
| - " - Ä
| circle multiply
| ⊗ is вЉ—
| ⊗ is вЉ—
| no |
| Г…
| - " - Å
| circle plus
| ⊕ is вЉ•
| ⊕ is вЉ•
| - " - |
| Г†
| - " - Æ
| empty set
| ∅ is в€…
| ∅ is в€…
| - " - |
| Г‡
| - " - Ç
| intersection
| ∩ is ∩
| ∩ is ∩
| yes |
| Г€
| - " - È
| union
| ∪ is в€Є
| ∪ is в€Є
| no |
| Г‰
| - " - É
| proper superset, superset of
| ⊃ is вЉѓ
| ⊃ is вЉѓ
| - " - |
| ГЉ
| - " - Ê
| bellow (3*)
| ⊇ is вЉ‡
| ⊇ is вЉ‡
| - " - |
| Г‹
| - " - Ë
| not subset
| ⊄ is вЉ„
| ⊄ is вЉ„
| - " - |
| ГЊ
| - " - Ì
| proper subset, subset of
| ⊂ is вЉ‚
| ⊂ is вЉ‚
| - " - |
| ГЌ
| - " - Í
| bellow (4*)
| ⊆ is вЉ†
| ⊆ is вЉ†
| - " - |
| ГЋ
| - " - Î
| member (element)
| ∈ is в€€
| ∈ is в€€
| - " - |
| ГЏ
| - " - Ï
| not a member (not an element)
| ∉ is ∉
| ∉ is ∉
| - " - |
| Гђ
| - " - Ð
| angle
| ∠ is в€
| ∠ is в€
| - " - |
| Г‘
| - " - Ñ
| nabla or gradient
| ∇ is ∇
| ∇ is ∇
| - " - |
| Г•
| - " - Õ
| product of
| ∏ is в€Џ
| ∏ is в€Џ
| yes |
| Г–
| - " - Ö
| square root
| √ is в€љ
| √ is в€љ
| - " - |
| Г—
| - " - ×
| dot operator
| ⋅ is в‹…
| ⋅ is в‹…
| no |
| Г™
| - " - Ù
| logical and
| ∧ is ∧
| ∧ is ∧
| - " - |
| Гљ
| - " - Ú
| logical or
| ∨ is в€Ё
| ∨ is в€Ё
| - " - |
| ГҐ
| - " - å
| sum of
| ∑ is ∑
| ∑ is ∑
| yes |
| ГІ
| - " - ò
| integral
| ∫ is ∫
| ∫ is ∫
| - " - |
1* such that, small contains as member
2* partial derivative / partial differential
3* reflex superset (contains or equals), superset of or equal to
4* reflex subset (contained in or equals), subset of or equal to
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Miscellaneous Technical
Unicode U+2300 - U+23FF - (8960-9215)
| Ch
| HTML
| Descript
| Ent
| Num
| WGL4 |
| ГЎ
| <f.f.="S.">á
| bellow (1*)
| ⟨ is вЊ©
| 〈 is вЊ©
| no |
| Г±
| - " - ñ
| bellow (2*)
| ⟩ is вЊЄ
| 〉 is вЊЄ
| - " - |
| Гі
| - " - ó
| large integral, top
| -
| ⌠ is вЊ
| yes |
| Гµ
| - " - õ
| large integral, bottom
| -
| ⌡ is вЊЎ
| - " - |
1* left angle bracket (< is less than)
2* right angle bracket (> is greater than)
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Geometric Shapes
Unicode U+25A0 - U+25FF - (9632-9727)
| Ch
| HTML
| Descript
| Ent
| Num
| WGL4 |
| Г
| <f.f.="S.">à
| lozenge
| ◊ is в—Љ
| ◊ is в—Љ
| yes |
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Miscellaneous Symbols
Unicode U+2600 - U+26FF - (9728-9983)
| Ch
| HTML
| Descript
| Ent
| Num
| WGL4 |
| В§
| <f.f.="S.">§
| clubs
| ♣ is в™Ј
| ♣ is в™Ј
| yes |
| ВЁ
| - " - ¨
| diamonds
| ♦ is ♦
| ♦ is ♦
| - " - |
| В©
| - " - ©
| hearts
| ♥ is ♥
| ♥ is ♥
| - " - |
| ВЄ
| - " - ª
| spades
| ♠ is в™
| ♠ is в™
| - " - |
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Characters with no Unicode equivalent
| Ch
| HTML
| Descript |
| `
| <f.f.="S.">`
| radical extender |
| ВЅ
| - " - ½
| vertical arrow extender |
| Вѕ
| - " - ¾
| horizontal arrow extender |
| Г¦
| - " - æ
| large left parenthesis (top) |
| Г§
| - " - ç
| large left parenthesis (extender) |
| ГЁ
| - " - è
| large left parenthesis (bottom) |
| Г©
| - " - é
| large left bracket (top) |
| ГЄ
| - " - ê
| large left bracket (extender) |
| Г«
| - " - ë
| large left bracket (bottom) |
| Г¬
| - " - ì
| large left brace (top) |
| Г
| - " - í
| large left brace (middle) |
| Г®
| - " - î
| large left brace (bottom) |
| ГЇ
| - " - ï
| large brace extender |
| Гґ
| - " - ô
| large integral extender |
| Г¶
| - " - ö
| large right parenthesis (top) |
| Г·
| - " - ÷
| large right parenthesis (extender) |
| Гё
| - " - ø
| large right parenthesis (bottom) |
| Г№
| - " - ù
| large right bracket (top) |
| Гє
| - " - ú
| large right bracket (extender) |
| Г»
| - " - û
| large right bracket (bottom) |
| Гј
| - " - ü
| large right brace (top) |
| ГЅ
| - " - ý
| large right brace (middle) |
| Гѕ
| - " - þ
| large right brace (bottom) |
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