Symbols collection

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Symbols collection is a character suite used at DP.

It contains various symbols that may be found in certain specialized settings, specifically:

  • Astronomical symbols
  • Symbols for apothecary weights and measures
  • Symbols for the signs of the zodiac
  • Music symbols

On a technical note, the Zodiac characters are among the select ones in Unicode that have both a text and emoji presentation. Because of software differences, we cannot guarantee which form an end user will see for such characters, but adding an invisible character called a "variation selector" will increase the chance of a user seeing a text presentation and not an emoji one. For that reason in this suite the Zodiac characters have variation selector 15.

The characters marked with a * have no glyph in DejaVu Sans Mono. If they are used in a book, Project Managers should include a warning that all characters may not display correctly unless our custom proofreading font is used.

Code point Character Unicode name Comments
Astronomical symbols
U+2609 Sun
U+263d First quarter moon
U+263e Last quarter moon
U+263F Mercury
U+2640 Female sign Venus
U+2641 Earth Note that although most fonts display with small cross above a circle, some display with cross in a circle.
U+2642 Male sign Mars
U+2643 Jupiter
U+2644 Saturn
U+2645 Uranus
U+2646 Neptune
U+260A Ascending node
U+260B Descending node
U+260C Conjunction
U+260D Opposition
Musical symbols
U+266E Music natural sign
U+266D Music flat sign
U+266F Music sharp sign
U+2669 Quarter note
U+266A Eighth note
Zodiac characters
U+2648
U+fe0e
♈︎ Aries + variation selector-15
U+2649
U+fe0e
♉︎ Taurus + variation selector-15
U+264A
U+fe0e
♊︎ Gemini + variation selector-15
U+264B
U+fe0e
♋︎ Cancer + variation selector-15
U+264C
U+fe0e
♌︎ Leo + variation selector-15
U+264D
U+fe0e
♍︎ Virgo + variation selector-15
U+264E
U+fe0e
♎︎ Libra + variation selector-15
U+264F
U+fe0e
♏︎ Scorpius + variation selector-15 Also used for "minim" measurement
U+2650
U+fe0e
♐︎ Sagittarius + variation selector-15
U+2651
U+fe0e
♑︎ Capricorn + variation selector-15
U+2652
U+fe0e
♒︎ Aquarius + variation selector-15
U+2653
U+fe0e
♓︎ Pisces + variation selector-15
Apothecary symbols
U+211E Prescription take *
U+2114 L B bar symbol * Used for pound
U+2125 Ounce sign
U+0292 ʒ Latin small letter ezh Used for dram (or drachm)
U+2108 Scruple *