| name | entity | character | when to use | additional |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| open, close, low single quote | ’ ‘ ‚ |
’ ‘ ‚ | rsquo for apostrophe | |
| open, close, low double quotes | “ ” „ |
“ ” „ | eng: 66[…]99, ger: 99[…]66 | |
| single, double chevrons / guillemets | ‹ › « » |
‹ › « » | guillemets: «», chevrons: »« roman languages use «guillemets», german languages except swiss lang uses »chevrons« |
in france with nbsp; |
| middle dot | · |
· | ||
| fractions | ¼ ½ ¾, ⁄ |
⁄ ¼ ½ ¾ | for other fractions like 13⁄12 use <sup>13</sup>⁄<sub>12</sub> |
|
| figure dash | ‒ |
‒ | within phone numbers 0161‒1312; does not indicate range | |
| en-dash | – |
– | range, connections, attributiv: September–October, radical–unionist coalition, post–civil war | |
| em-dash | — |
– | interruption—like this—in a thought; like a colon; quotation attribution „Nein.” —Theodor W. Adorno | no spaces |
| hairspace |   |
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| zero-width space | ​ |
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