This is a selected list of custom characters for use by Project Managers. It is not a definitive list. If you want to use other characters, please see custom characters for guidance.
Please check the list of All Character Suites, as well, to see if the character you're interested in adding may already be available in a current character suite.
Please suggest more characters to add in the Project custom characters thread.
Symbols
| Code point
|
Character
|
Unicode name
|
Comments
|
| U+2020 |
† |
Dagger |
As mentioned in Wikipedia the dagger can be used to indicate death, extinction, or obsolescence.
|
| U+2021 |
‡ |
Double Dagger
|
| U+2032 |
′ |
Prime |
Used for measuring units in math, sciences, astronomy, etc. Avoid confusion with acute accent, apostrophe, or other such marks.
|
| U+2033 |
″ |
Double Prime |
Avoid confusion with double quote marks.
|
| U+2720 |
✠ |
Maltese Cross |
Actually a "Cross pattée". Used in liturgical texts
|
| U+2123 |
℣ |
Versicle |
May not display properly if not using DP sans Mono.
|
| U+211F |
℟ |
Response |
May not display properly if not using DP sans Mono.
|
| U+23D1 |
⏑ |
Metrical breve |
Used to show unstressed or short syllables in metrical verse patterns. May not display without DP sans Mono.
|
| U+2030 |
‰ |
Per Mille Sign
|
| U+2042 |
⁂ |
Asterism
|
| U+25B3 |
△ |
White up-pointing triangle
|
| U+25CB |
○ |
White circle
|
| U+25A1 |
□ |
White square
|
| U+2713 |
✓ |
check mark
|
| U+2715 |
✕ |
Multiplication X |
counterpart for above check mark
|
| U+2016 |
‖ |
Double vertical line |
Can be used to mark caesura in literary criticism and analysis.
|
Arrows
| Code point
|
Character
|
Unicode name
|
Comments
|
| U+2192 |
→ |
Rightwards Arrow
|
| U+2190 |
← |
Leftwards Arrow
|
| U+2191 |
↑ |
Upwards Arrow
|
| U+2193 |
↓ |
Downwards Arrow
|
| U+21C4 |
⇄ |
Rightwards arrow over leftwards arrow |
Can be used to indicate "reaction in both directions"
|
| U+2194 |
↔ |
Left right arrow |
Can be used to indicate "material equivalence"
|
Math symbols
| Code point
|
Character
|
Unicode name
|
Comments
|
| U+221B |
∛ |
Cube root
|
| U+221C |
∜ |
Fourth root
|
| U+2227 |
∧ |
Logical AND
|
| U+2228 |
∨ |
Logical OR
|
| U+22A6 |
⊦ |
Assertion
|
| U+2213 |
∓ |
Minus-or-plus sign
|
| U+2250 |
≐ |
Approaches the limit
|
| U+2225 |
∥ |
Parallel to |
This is specifically for mathematical use. Avoid confusion with other similar looking characters.
|
| U+27C2 |
⟂ |
Perpendicular
|
| U+226E |
≮ |
Not less-than
|
| U+226F |
≯ |
Not greater-than
|
Latin letters
| Code point
|
Character
|
Unicode name
|
Comments
|
| U+0138 |
ĸ |
Latin Small Letter Kra |
Used in Old Greenlandic orthography and Inuttitut
Should only be added when needed, to avoid confusion with small caps letter K or Greek letter kappa.
|
| U+0128 |
Ĩ |
Latin capital letter I with tilde |
|
| U+0129 |
ĩ |
Latin small letter I with tilde |
|
| U+0168 |
Ũ |
Latin capital letter U with tilde |
|
| U+0169 |
ũ |
Latin small letter U with tilde |
|
| U+0130 |
İ |
Latin capital letter I with dot above |
Used in Turkish
|
| U+0131 |
ı |
Latin small letter dotless I |
Used in Turkish
|
| U+015e |
Ş |
Latin capital letter S with cedilla |
Used in Turkish
|
| U+015f |
ş |
Latin small letter S with cedilla |
Used in Turkish
|
| U+011e |
Ğ |
Latin capital letter G with breve |
Used in Turkish
|
| U+011f |
ğ |
Latin small letter G with breve |
Used in Turkish
|
| U+1E8F |
ẏ |
Latin Small letter Y with dot above
|
| U+1EFA |
Ỻ |
Latin capital letter Middle-welsh LL
|
| U+1EFB |
ỻ |
Latin small letter Middle-welsh LL
|
Linguistics, phonetic letters
| Code point
|
Character
|
Unicode name
|
Comments
|
| U+025B |
ɛ |
Latin small letter open E
|
| U+023B |
Ȼ |
Latin capital letter C with stroke |
Used for transcription of some North American indigenous languages
|
| U+023C |
ȼ |
Latin small letter C with stroke
|
| U+0254 |
ɔ |
Latin small letter open O
|
| U+029E |
ʞ |
Latin small letter turned K
|
| U+0287 |
ʇ |
Latin small letter turned T
|
| U+02B9 |
ʹ |
Modifier letter prime |
used to indicate phonetic modification of previous letter
|
Greek letters
| Code point
|
Character
|
Unicode name
|
Comments
|
| U+03F9 |
Ϲ |
Greek capital lunate sigma symbol
|
| U+03d7 |
ϗ |
Greek kai symbol
|
| U+03db |
ϛ |
Greek small letter stigma
|
| U+03D0 |
ϐ |
Greek Beta symbol
|
| U+03F5 |
ϵ |
Greek lunate epsilon symbol |
May be used with specific meaning in math context
|
| U+03D1 |
ϑ |
Greek Theta symbol
|
| U+03D6 |
ϖ |
Greek Pi symbol
|
| U+03F1 |
ϱ |
Greek Rho symbol
|
Cyrillic letters
| Code point
|
Character
|
Unicode name
|
Comments
|
| U+0490 |
Ґ |
Cyrillic capital letter Ghe with Upturn |
Used in Ukrainian
|
| U+0491 |
ґ |
Cyrillic small letter Ghe with Upturn |
|
| U+0404 |
Є |
Cyrillic capital letter Ukrainian Ie |
|
| U+0454 |
є |
Cyrillic small letter Ukrainian Ie |
|
| U+0407 |
Ї |
Cyrillic capital letter Yi |
|
| U+0457 |
ї |
Cyrillic small letter Yi |
|
| U+0474 |
Ѵ |
Cyrillic capital letter Izhitsa |
Used rarely in pre-revolutionary Russian orthography
|
| U+0475 |
ѵ |
Cyrillic small letter Izhitsa |
|
| U+040e |
Ў |
Cyrillic capital letter short U |
Used in Belarusian
|
| U+045e |
ў |
Cyrillic small letter short U |
|