Medium Formatting
Symbols, Shapes, and Special Characters on Medium
How to add custom symbols to your Medium article
What are Medium Symbols?
The letters, numbers, and punctuation you use every day are part of the Unicode character set, a standard used to properly render characters across most browsers, websites, and applications. There are many characters included that you don’t see everyday. The letter R is part of the set alongside ➴ or ♫. Emoji have also been integrated into the Unicode character set 😎. Medium’s text editor is pretty basic, but it knows how to render these symbols if you know how to type them in.
The easiest way to insert special characters into your profile is to copy and paste from another webpage. You can search for the symbol you want on the Unicode Character Table or seek out an article that has a curated list of symbols. When you find the symbol you want, highlight it, copy it, and paste it into your Medium post.
Why Add Symbols to Your Medium Articles or Profile?
- Create a unique and visually appealing profile
- Separate ideas or sections
- Draw attention to a particular area or link
General Icons and Symbols for you to Copy:
Medium Applause/Claps: 👏
Standard Bullet Point: ●
Stars: ⋆ ✢ ✣ ✤ ✥ ❋ ✦ ✧ ✩ ╰☆╮ ✪ ✫ ✬ ✭ ✮ ✯ ✰ ★ ✱ ✲ ❂ ✵ ✶ ✷ ✸ ✹ ✺ ✻ ✼ ❅ ❆ ❈ ❉ ❊
Copyrights: ™ ℠ © ® ℗
Superscripts and Subscripts: ⁰ ¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ ⁷ ⁸ ⁹ ₀ ₁ ₂ ₃ ₄ ₅ ₆ ₇ ₈ ₉
Checkmarks: 🗹 ✓. √ ☐ ☒ ✇ ✗ ✘ ✕ ☓ ╳ 🗷
Triangles: ▲ ▼ ◄ ► ◣ ◢ ◥ ▼ ◤ ◥ ▴ ▾ ◂ ▸ △ ▽ ◁ ▷ ⊿ ▻ ◅ ▵ ▹ ◃ ▿⟁ ⧋ 🛆 ⎊
Quotation Marks: ❝ ❞ « » ‟ ‹ › ⟨ ⟩ „ ′ ‵ ‘ ’ ‚ ‛ “ ” ‷ ‴ ‶ ″
Circles and Ovals: ◉ ○ ◌ ◍ ◎ ● ◐ ◑ ◒ ◓ ◔ ◕ ◖ ◗ ❂ ⊗ ⊖ ⊝ ⊕ ⊙ ⊛ ◘ ◙ ◍ ⭖ ⬬ ⬭ ⬮ ⬯ 🛈
Squares, Boxes, and Lines: ❏ ❐ ❑ ❒ ▀ ▁ ▂ ▃ ▄ ▅ ▆ ▇ ▉ ▊ ▋ █. ▌ ▍ ▎ ▏▐ ░ ▒ ▓ ▔ ▕ ╍ ╏ ■ □ ▢ ▣ ▤ ▥ ▦ ▧ ▨ ▩. ▬ ▭ ▮ ▯ ☰ ☲ ☱ ☴ ☵ ☶ ☳ ☷ ◪ ◩
Arrows: ⫷ ⫸ ➟ ➢ ➣ ➤ ➥ ➦ ➧ ➨ ➚ ➘ ➙ ➛ ➜ ➝ ➞ ➸ ➲ ➳ ➳ ➴ ➵ ➶ ➷ ➸ ➹ ➺ ➻ ➼ ➽ ← ↑ → ↓ ↔ ↚ ↛ ↜ ↝ ↞ ↟ ↠ ↡ ↢ ↣ ↤ ↥ ↦ ↧ ↨ ➫ ➬ ➩ ➪ ➭ ➮ ➯ ➱ ↫ ↬ ↭ ↮ ↯ ↰ ↱ ↲ ↳ ↴ ↶ ↷ ↸ ↹ ↺ ↻ ↼ ↽ ↾ ↿ ⇀ ⇁ ⇂ ⇃ ⇄ ⇅ ⇆ ⇇ ⇈ ⇉ ⇊ ⇋ ⇌ ⇍ ⇎ ⇏ ⇐ ⇑ ⇒ ⇓ ⇔ ⇕ ⇖ ⇗ ⇘ ⇙ ⇚ ⇛ ⇜ ⇝ ⇞ ⇟ ⇠ ⇡ ⇢ ⇣ ⇤ ⇥ ⇦ ⇧ ⇨ ⇩ ⇪ ⌦ ⌧
Medium Symbols and Icons from Additional Categories :
Smileys: ☹ ☺ ☻ ت ヅ ツ ッ シ Ü ϡ ﭢ
Love: ♥ ۵ 웃 유 ღ ♂ ♀
Phone: ✆ ✉ ☎ ☏
Scissors: ✁ ✂ ✃ ✄
Music: ♪ ♫ ♩ ♬ ♭ ♮ ♯ ° ø
Write: ✐ ✎ ✏ ✑ ✒ ✍ ✉ ⌨
Religious: ✡† ☨ ✞ ✝ ☥ ☦ ☓ ☩ ☯ ☧ ☬ ☸ ♁ ✙ ♆
Political: Ⓐ ☭ ✯ ☪ ☫ ✡ ☮ ✌
Question: ❢ ❣ ⁇ ‼ ‽ ⁈ ¿ ¡ ⁉ ؟
Chess: ♔ ♕ ♖ ♗ ♘ ♙ ♚ ♛ ♜ ♝ ♞ ♟
Cards: ♤ ♧ ♡ ♢ ♠ ♣ ♥ ♦
Dice: ⚀ ⚁ ⚂ ⚃ ⚄ ⚅
Money: € £ Ұ ₴ $ ₰ ¢ ₤ ¥ ₳ ₲ ₪ ₵ 元 ₣ ₱ ฿ ¤ ₡ ₮ ₭ ₩ ރ 円 ₢ ₥ ₫ ₦ z ł ﷼ ₠ ₧ ₯ ₨ K č र
Hand: ☜ ☞☝ ☚ ☛ ☟ ✍ ✌
Weather: ☼ ☀ ☁ ☂ ☃ ☄ ☾ ☽ ❄ ☇ ☈ ⊙ ☉ ℃ ℉ ° ❅ ✺ ϟ
Flower: ✽ ✾ ✿ ❁ ❃ ❋ ❀
Flags: ⚐⚑
Recycle: ♲. ♻ ♳ ♴ ♵ ♶ ♷ ♸ ♹ ♺ ♼ ♽
Miscellaneous: ⚔ ⚖ ⚕⚛ ⚙ ⚜ ⚠ ⚰ ⚾ ♨
Male/Female: ⚢ ⚣⚤ ⚥ ⚦ ⚧ ⚨ ⚩ ⚭ ⚮ ⚯ ⚲
Compare: ≂ ≃ ≄ ≅ ≆ ≇ ≈ ≉ ≊ ≋ ≌ ≍ ≎ ≏ ≐ ≑ ≒ ≓ ≔ ≕ ≖ ≗ ≘ ≙ ≚ ≛ ≜ ≝ ≞ ≟ ≠ ≡ ≢ ≣ ≤ ≥ ≦ ≧ ≨ ≩ ⊰ ⊱ ⋛ ⋚
Roman: Ⅰ Ⅱ Ⅲ Ⅳ Ⅴ Ⅵ Ⅶ Ⅷ Ⅸ Ⅹ Ⅺ Ⅻ Ⅼ Ⅽ Ⅾ Ⅿ ⅰ ⅱ ⅲ ⅳ ⅴ ⅵ ⅶ ⅷ ⅸ ⅹ ⅺ ⅻ ⅼ ⅽ ⅾ ⅿ
Circled: ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ ➅ ➆ ➇ ➈ ➉ ➊ ➋ ➌ ➍ ➎ ➏ ➐ ➑ ➒ ➓ Ⓐ Ⓑ Ⓒ Ⓓ Ⓔ Ⓕ Ⓖ Ⓗ Ⓘ Ⓙ Ⓚ Ⓛ Ⓜ Ⓝ Ⓞ Ⓟ Ⓠ Ⓡ Ⓢ Ⓣ Ⓤ Ⓥ Ⓦ Ⓧ Ⓨ Ⓩ ⓐ ⓑ ⓒ ⓓ ⓔ ⓕ ⓖ ⓗ ⓘ ⓙ ⓚ ⓛ ⓜ ⓝ ⓞ ⓟ ⓠ ⓡ ⓢ ⓣ ⓤ ⓥ ⓦ ⓧ ⓨ ⓩ
Functional: ␛ ␡ ␚ ␟ ␘ ␠  ␋ ␌ ␍ ␎ ␏ ␐ ␑ ␒ ␓ ␔ ␕ ␖ ␗ ␙ ␜ ␝ ␞
Planets:☉ Sun, ☽ ☾ ● ◯ Moon, ☿ Mercury, ♀ Venus, ⊕ ♁ Earth, ♂ Mars, ♃ Jupiter, ♄ Saturn, ♅Uranus, ♆ Neptune, ♇ Pluto, ☄ Comet
Color Symbols: (they may appear ⚞ as on some devices) ⚓ ⚡ ⚪. ⚽ ⛄ ⛅ ⛔ ⛪ ⛳ ⛵ ⛺ ⛽ ☕ ⚫ ☔ ♿️ ⛲
Lines:
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▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
▓▒░▓▒░▓▒░▓▒░▓▒░▓▒
Other Symbols: ¿¡ № ∃ ⊥ ∀ ☹ ∞ ⌘ 文 ⑂ ஜ ๏ ಠ_ಠ :B 웃 유 ✈ ♋ ♒ Ω ☦ ☧ ☨ ₪ ∞ ♂ ♀ ☿
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Casey Botticello is a partner at Black Edge Consulting. Black Edge Consulting is a strategic communications firm, specializing in online reputation management, digital marketing, and crisis management. Prior to founding Black Edge Consulting, he worked for BGR Group, a bipartisan lobbying and strategic communications firm.
Casey is the founder of the Cryptocurrency Alliance, a Super PAC dedicated to cryptocurrency and blockchain advocacy. He is a graduate of The University of Pennsylvania, where he received his B.A. in Urban Studies.
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