Four Dot Mark
Part of Punctuation and Typography Marks
Four Dot Mark has no standard Windows Alt code. Copy the character directly, or use its HTML entity or Unicode value instead.
- Alt code
- None
- HTML entity
- ⁛
- Unicode
- U+205B
About this symbol
⁛, the four dot mark, was drawn by medieval scribes in the margin to highlight a passage, much as a reader today might underline it.
Unicode facts
- Official name
- FOUR DOT MARK
- Type
- Punctuation
- Unicode block
- General Punctuation
- Unicode group
- Archaic punctuation
- Added in
- Unicode 4.1 (2005)
- Unicode notes
- Used by scribes in the margin as highlighter mark
- This is centered on the line, but extends beyond top and bottom of the line
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