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title: "Special characters"
manual: "How to Document"
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permalink: "https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/h2document:reference-re-structured-text-content-special-characters"
source: "Reference/ReStructuredText/Content/SpecialCharacters.rst"
modified: "2026-09-14T09:38:54+00:00"
---

# Special characters

Q: What characters can I use?

A: You may enter any Unicode character directly. There is no other way to
specify characters. The [default encoding](https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/restructuredtext/basics.html#source-encoding) of a file is
utf-8.

Keep in mind that while you CAN use any Unicode character not all of them will
be displayed. In general fonts contain glyphs for common characters only.

## Some lists of characters

-   **ARROW**

    `|` ⃪ ⃮ ⃯ ← ↑ → ↓ ↔ ↕ ↖ ↗ ↘ ↙
    ↚ ↛ ↜ ↝ ↞ ↟ ↠ ↡ ↢ ↣ ↤ ↥ ↦ ↧ ↨
    ↩ ↪ ↫ ↬ ↭ ↮ ↯ ↰ ↱ ↲ ↳ ↴ ↵ ↶ ↷
    ↸ ↹ ↺ ↻ ⇄ ⇅ ⇆
    ⇍ ⇎ ⇏ ⇐ ⇑ ⇒ ⇓ ⇔ ⇕ ⇖ ⇗ ⇘ ⇙ ⇚ ⇛
    ⇜ ⇝ ⇞ ⇟ ⇠ ⇡ ⇢ ⇣ ⇤ ⇥
    ⇦ ⇧ ⇨ ⇩ ⇪ ⇫ ⇬ ⇭ ⇮ ⇯ ⇰
    ⇱ ⇲ ⇳ ⇴ ⇵ ⇷ ⇸ ⇹ ⇺ ⇻ ⇼ ⇽ ⇾ ⇿ ⌁
    ⍇ ⍈ ⍐ ⍗ ⍼ ⎋
    ➔ ➘ ➙ ➚ ➛ ➜ ➝ ➞ ➟ ➠ ➡ ➥ ➦ ➧ ➨
    ➩ ➪ ➫ ➬ ➭ ➮ ➯ ➱ ➲
    ➳ ➴ ➵ ➶ ➷ ➸ ➹ ➺ ➻ ➼ ➽ ➾
    ⟰ ⟱ ⟲ ⟳ ⟴
    ⟵ ⟶ ⟷ ⟸ ⟹ ⟺ ⟻ ⟼ ⟽ ⟾
    ⟿ ⤀ ⤁ ⤂ ⤃ ⤄ ⤅ ⤆ ⤇ ⤈ ⤉ ⤊ ⤋
    ⤌ ⤍ ⤎ ⤏ ⤐ ⤑ ⤒ ⤓ ⤔ ⤕ ⤖ ⤗ ⤘ ⤙ ⤚ ⤛ ⤜ ⤝ ⤞ ⤟ ⤠
    ⤡ ⤢ ⤣ ⤤ ⤥ ⤦ ⤧ ⤨ ⤩ ⤪ ⤭ ⤮ ⤯ ⤰ ⤱ ⤲
    ⤳ ⤴ ⤵ ⤶ ⤷ ⤸ ⤹ ⤺ ⤻ ⤼ ⤽ ⤾ ⤿
    ⥀ ⥁ ⥂ ⥃ ⥄ ⥅ ⥆ ⥇ ⥈ ⥉ ⥰ ⥱ ⥲ ⥳ ⥴ ⥵
    ⥶ ⥷ ⥸ ⥹ ⥺ ⥻ ⦨ ⦩ ⦪ ⦫ ⦬ ⦭ ⦮ ⦯ ⦳ ⦴ ⦽ ⧪ ⧬ ⧭ ⨗
    ⬀ ⬁ ⬂ ⬃ ⬄
    ⬅ ⬆ ⬇ ⬈ ⬉ ⬊ ⬋ ⬌ ⬍
    ⬎ ⬏ ⬐ ⬑ ⬰ ⬲ ⬳ ⬴ ⬵ ⬶ ⬷ ⬸
    ⬹ ⬺ ⬻ ⬼ ⬽ ⬾ ⬿ ⭀ ⭁ ⭂ ⭃ ⭄
    ⭅ ⭆ ⭇ ⭈ ⭉ ⭊ ⭋ ⭌ ⽮ ꜛ ꜜ ￩ ￪ ￫ ￬
    `|`

-   **BULLET**

    `|` • ‣ ⁃ ⁌ ⁍ ∙ ◘ ◦ ☙ ❥ ❧ ⦾ ⦿ 🚅
    `|`

-   **CHECK**

    `|` ☑ ✅ ✓ ✔
    `|`

-   **CIRCLED DIGIT**

    `|` ⓪ ① ② ③ ④ ⑤ ⑥ ⑦ ⑧ ⑨
    `|`

-   **CIRCLED LATIN**

    `|` ⒶⒷⒸⒹⒺⒻⒼⒽⒾⒿⓀⓁⓂⓃⓄⓅⓆⓇⓈⓉⓊⓋⓌⓍⓎⓏ
    `|` ⓐⓑⓒⓓⓔⓕⓖⓗⓘⓙⓚⓛⓜⓝⓞⓟⓠⓡⓢⓣⓤⓥⓦⓧⓨⓩ
    `|`

-   **CIRCLED NUMBER**

    `|` ⑩⑪⑫⑬⑭⑮⑯⑰⑱⑲ ⑳㉑㉒㉓㉔㉕㉖㉗㉘㉙ ㉚㉛㉜㉝㉞㉟㊱㊲㊳㊴ ㊵㊶㊷㊸㊹㊺㊻㊼㊽㊾ ㊿
    `|`

-   **DOUBLE CIRCLED DIGIT**

    `|` ⓵ ⓶ ⓷ ⓸ ⓹ ⓺ ⓻ ⓼ ⓽
    `|`

-   **NEGATIVE CIRCLED DIGIT**

    `|` ⓿ ❶ ❷ ❸ ❹ ❺ ❻ ❼ ❽ ❾
    `|`

-   **NEGATIVE CIRCLED NUMBER**

    `|` ❿⓫⓬⓭⓮⓯⓰⓱⓲⓳ ⓴
    `|`

-   **QUOTATION**

    `|` "«»―‘’‚‛“”„‟‹›❛❜❝❞❟❠❮❯〝〞〟＂
    `|` " « » ― ‘ ’ ‚ ‛ “ ” „ ‟ ‹ › ❛ ❜ ❝ ❞ ❟ ❠ ❮ ❯ 〝 〞 〟 ＂
    `|`

-   **PARENTHESIZED LATIN**

    `|` ⒜⒝⒞⒟⒠⒡⒢⒣⒤⒥⒦⒧⒨⒩⒪⒫⒬⒭⒮⒯⒰⒱⒲⒳⒴⒵
    `|`

-   **STAR**

    `|` ≛ ⋆ ⍟ ⍣ ★ ☆ ☪ ⚝ ✡ ✦ ✧ ✩ ✪ ✫ ✬ ✭ ✮ ✯ ✰ ✴ ✵ ✶ ✷ ✸ ✹ ❂ ⭐ ⭑ ⭒ 🌟 🌠 🔯 ٭
    `|`

## Using U+2420 symbol for space

### Code

```rst
*   ``:literal:`␠abc``` → :literal:`␠abc`
*   ```␠abc``` → `␠abc`
*   \`\`␠abc\`\` → ``␠abc``
```

### Result

-   `:literal:`␠abc`` → `␠abc`
-   ``␠abc`` → `␠abc`
-   \`\`␠abc\`\` → `␠abc`