LaTeX provides commands to generate a number of non-letter symbols
in running text. Some of these, especially the more obscure ones, are
not available in OT1. As of the LaTeX February 2020 release, all
symbols are available by default; before that, it was necessary to use
the textcomp package for some (technically, those in the
TS1 font encoding).
\copyright ¶\textcopyright ¶© The copyright symbol.
\dag ¶† The dagger symbol (in text).
\ddag ¶‡ The double dagger symbol (in text).
\LaTeX ¶The LaTeX logo.
\LaTeXe ¶The LaTeX2e logo.
\guillemetleft («) ¶\guillemetright (») ¶\guillemotleft («) ¶\guillemotright (») ¶\guilsinglleft (‹) ¶\guilsinglright (›) ¶«, », ‹, ›
Double and single angle quotation marks, commonly used in French.
The commands @guillemotleft and @guillemotright are
synonyms for @guillemet...; these are misspellings inherited
from Adobe. (Guillemots are seabirds; guillemets are French quotes.)
\ldots ¶\textellipsis ¶\dots ¶… An ellipsis (three dots at the baseline): \ldots and
\dots also work in math mode (see Dots, horizontal or vertical). See that math
mode ellipsis description for additional general information.
\lq ¶‘ Left (opening) quote.
\P ¶\textparagraph ¶¶ Paragraph sign (pilcrow).
\pounds ¶\textsterling ¶£ English pounds sterling.
\quotedblbase („) ¶\quotesinglbase (‚) ¶„ and ‚ Double and single quotation marks on the baseline.
\rq ¶’ Right (closing) quote.
\S ¶\textsection ¶§ Section sign.
\TeX ¶The TeX logo.
\textasciicircum ¶^ ASCII circumflex.
\textasciitilde ¶~ ASCII tilde.
\textasteriskcentered ¶* Centered asterisk.
\textbackslash ¶\ Backslash. However, \texttt{\textbackslash} produces a roman
(not typewriter) backslash by default; for a typewriter backslash, it
is necessary to use the T1 (or other non-default) font encoding, as
in:
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\textbar ¶| Vertical bar.
\textbardbl ¶⏸ Double vertical bar.
\textbigcircle ¶◯, Big circle symbol.
\textbraceleft ¶{ Left brace. See remarks at \textbackslash above about
making \texttt{\textbraceleft} produce a typewriter brace.
\textbraceright ¶} Right brace. See remarks at \textbackslash above about
making \texttt{\textbraceright} produce a typewriter brace.
\textbullet ¶• Bullet.
\textcircled{letter} ¶Ⓐ, Circle around letter.
\textcompwordmark ¶\textcapitalcompwordmark ¶\textascendercompwordmark ¶Used to separate letters that would normally ligature. For example,
f\textcompwordmark i produces ‘fi’ without a ligature. This
is most useful in non-English languages. The
\textcapitalcompwordmark form has the cap height of the font
while the \textascendercompwordmark form has the ascender height.
\textdagger ¶† Dagger.
\textdaggerdbl ¶‡ Double dagger.
\textdollar (or \$) ¶$ Dollar sign.
\textemdash (or ---) ¶— Em-dash. Used for punctuation, usually similar to commas or
parentheses, as in ‘The playoffs---if you're lucky
enough to make the playoffs---are more like a sprint.’ Conventions
for spacing around em-dashes vary widely.
\textendash (or --) ¶– En-dash. Used for ranges, as in ‘see pages 12--14’.
\texteuro ¶For an alternative glyph design, try the
eurosym package; also, most fonts nowadays come with their own
Euro symbol (Unicode U+20AC).
\textexclamdown (or !`) ¶¡ Upside down exclamation point.
\textfiguredash ¶Dash used between numerals, Unicode U+2012. Defined in the June 2021 release of LaTeX. When used in pdfTeX, approximated by an en-dash; with a Unicode engine, either typesets the glyph if available in the current font, or writes the usual “Missing character” warning to the log file.
\textgreater ¶> Greater than symbol.
\texthorizontalbar ¶Horizontal bar character, Unicode U+2015. Defined in the June 2021
release of LaTeX. Behavior as with \textfiguredash above;
the pdfTeX approximation is an em-dash.
\textless ¶< Less than symbol.
\textleftarrow ¶←, Left arrow.
\textnonbreakinghyphen ¶Non-breaking hyphen character, Unicode U+2011. Defined in the June
2021 release of LaTeX. Behavior as with \textfiguredash
above; the pdfTeX approximation is a regular ASCII hyphen (with
breaks disallowed after).
\textordfeminine ¶\textordmasculine ¶ª, º Feminine and masculine ordinal symbols.
\textperiodcentered ¶· Centered period.
\textquestiondown (or ?`) ¶¿ Upside down question mark.
\textquotedblleft (or ``) ¶“ Double left quote.
\textquotedblright (or '') ¶” Double right quote.
\textquoteleft (or `) ¶‘ Single left quote.
\textquoteright (or ') ¶’ Single right quote.
\textquotesingle ¶', Straight single quote. (From TS1 encoding.)
\textquotestraightbase ¶\textquotestraightdblbase ¶Single and double straight quotes on the baseline.
\textregistered ¶® Registered symbol.
\textrightarrow ¶→, Right arrow.
\textthreequartersemdash ¶﹘, “Three-quarters” em-dash, between en-dash and em-dash.
\texttrademark ¶™ Trademark symbol.
\texttwelveudash ¶﹘, “Two-thirds” em-dash, between en-dash and em-dash.
\textunderscore ¶_ Underscore.
\textvisiblespace ¶␣, Visible space symbol.