Symbols collection
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 | * |