#written_symbol__writtensymbol__printed_symbol__printedsymbol a written or printed symbol
supertype: symbol an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance
subtype: mark.written_symbol a written or printed symbol (as for punctuation); "his answer was just a punctuation mark"
subtype: arrow.mark__pointer a mark to indicate a direction or relation
subtype: broad_arrow.mark a mark shaped like an arrowhead; used to mark convicts' clothing
subtype: call_mark__call_number__pressmark a mark consisting of characters written on a book; used to indicate shelf location
subtype: caret a mark used by an author or editor to indicate where something is to be inserted into a text
subtype: check_mark__checkmark__check a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.; "as he called the role he put a check mark by each student's name"
subtype: diacritical_mark__diacriticalmark__diacritic a mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation
subtype: accent_mark__accent a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or (in some languages) placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation
subtype: stress_mark a mark indicating the stress on a syllable
subtype: acute_accent__acuteaccent__acute__ague a mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
subtype: grave_accent__graveaccent__grave a mark (`) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
subtype: breve a diacritical mark (u-curved) placed over a vowel to indicate a short sound
subtype: cedilla a diacritical mark (,) placed below the letter c to indicate that it is pronounced as an s
subtype: circumflex a diacritical mark '^' placed above a vowel in some languages to indicate a special phonetic quality
subtype: hacek__wedge a diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as c) to indicate pronunciation
subtype: macron a diacritical mark (-) placed above a vowel to indicate a long sound
subtype: tilde a diacritical mark (~) placed over the letter n in Spanish to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel in Portuguese to indicate nasalization
subtype: umlaut__dieresis__diaeresis__diaeresi a diacritical mark (two dots) placed over a vowel in German to indicate a change in sound
subtype: ditto_mark__dittomark__ditto a mark used to indicate the word above it should be repeated
subtype: dollar_mark__dollar_sign a mark ($) written before a number to indicate that it stands for the number of dollars
subtype: point.mark__head a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer; "the point of the arrow was due north"
subtype: punctuation_mark__punctuationmark__punctuation the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases
subtype: ampersand a punctuation mark (&) used to represent conjunction (and)
subtype: angle_bracket__anglebracket__bracket either of two punctuation marks (< or >) used to enclose textual material
subtype: apostrophe the mark (') used to indicate the omission of one or more letters from a printed word
subtype: brace.punctuation_mark either of two punctuation marks ({ or }) used to enclose textual material
subtype: square_bracket__bracket either of two punctuation marks ([ or ]) used to enclose textual material
subtype: colon.punctuation_mark a punctuation mark (:) used after a word introducing a series or an example or an explanation (or after the salutation of a business letter)
subtype: comma a punctuation mark (,) used to indicate the separation of elements within the grammatical structure of a sentence
subtype: exclamation_mark__exclamationmark__exclamation_point__exclamationpoint a punctuation mark (!) used after an exclamation
subtype: hyphen__dash a punctuation mark (-) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text
subtype: parenthesis__parenthesi either of two punctuation marks ( or ) used to enclose textual material
subtype: full_stop__period__point__stop__full_point a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations; "in England they call a period a stop"
subtype: suspension_point (usually plural) one of a series of points indicating that something has been omitted or that the sentence is incomplete
subtype: question_mark__interrogation_point__interrogationpoint a punctuation mark (?) placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a question
subtype: quotation_mark__quotationmark__quote__invertedcomma a punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else
subtype: single_quote a single quotation mark
subtype: double_quotes a pair of quotation marks
subtype: scare_quote__scarequote the use of quotation marks to indicate that it is not the authors preferred terminology
subtype: semicolon a punctuation mark (;) used to connect independent clauses; indicates a closer relation than does a period
subtype: solidus__slash__virgule__diagonal__stroke__separatrix a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information
subtype: swung_dash__swungdash a punctuation mark used in text to indicate the omission of a word
subtype: grapheme__character__graphic_symbol__graphicsymbol a written symbol that is used to represent speech; "the Greek alphabet has 24 characters"
subtype: allograph.grapheme a variant form of a grapheme as `m' or `M'
subtype: superscript__superior a character or symbol set or printed or written above and immediately to one side of another character
subtype: subscript__inferior a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character
subtype: ASCII_character any member of the standard code for representing characters by binary numbers
subtype: ASCII_control_character__control_character__controlcharacter ASCII characters to indicate carriage return or tab or backspace; typed by depressing a key and the control key at the same time
subtype: backspace_character__backspacecharacter a control character that indicates moving a space to the left
subtype: monogram a graphic symbol consisting of 2 or more letters combined (usually your initials); printed on stationery or embroidered on clothing
subtype: upper_case__uppercase__capital__uppercaseletter one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in proper names and sometimes for emphasis; (printers once kept type for capitals and small letters in separate cases; capitals were kept in the upper half of the type case and so became known as upper-case letters)
subtype: small_capital__smallcapital__small_cap__smallcap a character having the form of an upper-case letter but the same height as lower-case letters
subtype: small_letter__smallletter__lower_case__lowercase__lower-case_letter the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case
subtype: type.grapheme printed characters; "small type is hard to read"
subtype: type_family a complete set of type suitable for printing text
subtype: font__fount__face a specific size and style of type within a type family
subtype: typewriter_font__constant-width_font__fixed-width_font__fixedwidthfont__monospaced_font a typeface is which each character is given the same width (as by a typewriter)
subtype: proportional_font any font whose different characters have different widths
subtype: modern_font__modern__Bodoni__Bodoni_font a typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs and heavy downstrokes
subtype: old_style_font__oldstylefont__old_style__oldstyle a typeface (based on an 18th century design) distinguished by irregularity and slanted ascender serifs and little contrast between light and heavy strokes
subtype: roman_letters__romanletter__roman__roman_type__romantype__roman_print__romanprint a typeface used in ancient Roman inscriptions
subtype: font_cartridge__cartridge_font__cartridgefont (computer science) any font that is contained in a cartridge that can be plugged into a computer printer
subtype: black_letter__blackletter__gothic a heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th centuries
subtype: boldface__bold_face__bold a typeface with thick heavy lines
subtype: italic.font a typeface with letters slanting upward to the right
subtype: screen_font__raster_font (computer science) the font that is displayed on a computer screen; "when the screen font resembles a printed font a document may look approximately the same on the screen as it will when printed"
subtype: sans_serif__Helvetica a typeface in which characters have no serifs
subtype: percent_sign__percentsign__percentage_sign %
subtype: asterisk__star a star-shaped character * used in printing
subtype: dagger__obelisk a character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote
subtype: double_dagger__double_obelisk__dieses a character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote
subtype: letter_of_the_alphabet__letter__alphabetic_character the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech; "his grandmother taught him his letters"
subtype: ascender.letter_of_the_alphabet a lowercase letter that has a part extending above other lowercase letters
subtype: descender.letter_of_the_alphabet a lowercase letter that has a part extending below other lowercase letters
subtype: digraph two successive letters (especially two letters used to represent a single sound: `sh' in `shoe')
subtype: initial the first letter of a word (especially a person's name); "he refused to put the initials FRS after his name"
subtype: A the 1st letter of the Roman alphabet
subtype: B the 2nd letter of the Roman alphabet
subtype: c__C the 3rd letter of the Roman alphabet
subtype: D the 4th letter of the Roman alphabet
subtype: E the 5th letter of the Roman alphabet
subtype: F the 6th letter of the Roman alphabet
subtype: G the 7th letter of the Roman alphabet
subtype: H the 8th letter of the Roman alphabet
subtype: i__I the 9th letter of the Roman alphabet
subtype: J the 10th letter of the Roman alphabet
subtype: K the 11th letter of the Roman alphabet
subtype: L the 12th letter of the Roman alphabet
subtype: M the 13th letter of the Roman alphabet
subtype: n the 14th letter of the Roman alphabet
subtype: O the 15th letter of the Roman alphabet
subtype: P the 16th letter of the Roman alphabet
subtype: Q the 17th letter of the Roman alphabet
subtype: R the 18th letter of the Roman alphabet
subtype: S__s__ the 19th letter of the Roman alphabet
subtype: T the 20th letter of the Roman alphabet
subtype: U the 21st letter of the Roman alphabet
subtype: V the 22nd letter of the Roman alphabet
subtype: W the 23rd letter of the Roman alphabet
subtype: X the 24th letter of the Roman alphabet
subtype: Y the 25th letter of the Roman alphabet
subtype: z__Z__zee__zed the 26th letter of the Roman alphabet; "the British call Z zed but Americans call it zee"
subtype: alpha the 1st letter of the Greek alphabet
subtype: beta the 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet
subtype: gamma the 3rd letter of the Greek alphabet
subtype: delta.letter_of_the_alphabet the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet
subtype: epsilon the 5th letter of the Greek alphabet
subtype: zeta the 6th letter of the Greek alphabet
subtype: eta the 7th letter of the Greek alphabet
subtype: theta the 8th letter of the Greek alphabet
subtype: iota the 9th letter of the Greek alphabet
subtype: kappa the 10th letter of the Greek alphabet
subtype: lambda.letter_of_the_alphabet the 11th letter of the Greek alphabet
subtype: mu the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet
subtype: nu the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet
subtype: xi the 14th letter of the Greek alphabet
subtype: omicron the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet
subtype: pi the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet
subtype: rho the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet
subtype: sigma the 18th letter of the Greek alphabet
subtype: tau the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet
subtype: upsilon the 20th letter of the Greek alphabet
subtype: phi the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet
subtype: chi the 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet
subtype: psi the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet
subtype: omega the last (24th) letter of the Greek alphabet
subtype: aleph the 1st letter of the Hebrew alphabet
subtype: beth the 2nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet
subtype: gimel the 3rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet
subtype: daleth the 4th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
subtype: he the 5th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
subtype: waw the 6th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
subtype: zayin the 7th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
subtype: heth the 8th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
subtype: teth the 9th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
subtype: yodh the 10th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
subtype: kaph the 11th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
subtype: lamedh the 12th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
subtype: mem the 13th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
subtype: nun.letter_of_the_alphabet the 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
subtype: samekh the 15th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
subtype: ayin the 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
subtype: pe the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
subtype: sadhe the 18th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
subtype: qoph the 19th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
subtype: resh the 20th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
subtype: sin the 21st letter of the Hebrew alphabet
subtype: shin.letter_of_the_alphabet the 22nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet
subtype: taw the 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet
subtype: polyphone__polyphonicletter a letter that has two or more pronunciations; "`c' is a polyphone because it is pronounced like `k' in `car' but like `s' in `cell'"
subtype: block_letter__blockletter__block_capital__blockcapital a plain hand-drawn letter
subtype: vowel a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken vowel
subtype: vowel_point__vowelpoint a mark placed below or near a consonant (as in Hebrew or Arabic) to indicate the spoken vowel
subtype: consonant.letter_of_the_alphabet a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken consonant
subtype: space.grapheme__blank a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing; "he said the space is the most important character in the alphabet"
subtype: phonetic_symbol a written character used in phonetic transcription of represent a particular speech sound
subtype: mathematical_symbol a character that is used to indicates a mathematical relation or operation
subtype: rune__runic_letter__runicletter any character from an ancient Germanic alphabet used in Scandinavia from the 3rd century to the Middle Ages; "each rune had its own magical significance"
subtype: thorn a Germanic character of runic origin
subtype: pictograph a graphic character used in picture writing
subtype: ideogram__ideograph a graphic character used in ideography
subtype: logogram__logograph a single symbol that represents an entire word or phrase
subtype: radical.grapheme a character conveying the lexical meaning of a logogram
subtype: phonogram any written symbol standing for a sound or syllable or morpheme or word
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