NAME

groff_char - groff character names

DESCRIPTION

This manual page lists the standard groff input characters. Only the characters that are available for the device that is being used to print or view this manual page will be displayed (the device currently used is ‘’). The Input code column applies to characters which can be input with a single character, and gives the ISO Latin-1 code of that input character. The PostScript name column gives the usual PostScript name of the output character.

The ISO Latin-1 no-break space (code 0240 octal) is equivalent to \(space). All other ISO Latin-1 characters print as themselves with the following exceptions: ` prints as ‘, ’ prints as ’; the corresponding ISO Latin-1 characters can be obtained with \‘ and \(aq. The ISO Latin-1 ‘Hyphen, Minus Sign’ (code 45) prints as a hyphen; a minus sign can be obtained with \-. The ISO Latin-1 ‘Tilde’ (code 126) prints as ~; the larger glyph can be obtained with \(ti. The ISO Latin-1 ‘Circumflex Accent’ (code 94) prints as ^; a larger glyph can be obtained with \(ha.

Output	Input	Input	PostScript	Notes
	name	code	name

!	!	33	exclam	
"	"	34	quotedbl	
#	#	35	numbersign	
$	$	36	dollar	
%	%	37	percent	
&	&	38	ampersand	
’	’	39	quoteright	
(	(	40	parenleft	
)	)	41	parenright	
*	*	42	asterisk	
+	+	43	plus	
,	,	44	comma	
-	-	45	hyphen	
.	.	46	period	
/	/	47	slash	
:	:	58	colon	
;	;	59	semicolon	
<	<	60	less	
=	=	61	equal	
>	>	62	greater	
?	?	63	question	
@	@	64	at	
[	[	91	bracketleft	
\	\	92	backslash	
]	]	93	bracketright	
^	^	94	circumflex	circumflex accent
_	_	95	underscore	
`	`	96	quoteleft	
{	{	123	braceleft	
|	|	124	bar	
}	}	125	braceright	
~	~	126	tilde	tilde accent
¡	¡	161	exclamdown	
¢	¢	162	cent	
£	£	163	sterling	
¤	¤	164	currency	
¥	¥	165	yen	
¦	¦	166	brokenbar	
§	§	167	section	
¨	¨	168	dieresis	
©	©	169	copyright	
ª	ª	170	ordfeminine	
«	«	171	guillemotleft	
Ø	Ø	172	logicalnot	
-	-	173	hyphen	
®	®	174	registered	
¯	¯	175	macron	
°	°	176	degree	
±	±	177	plusminus	
²	²	178	twosuperior	
³	³	179	threesuperior	
´	´	180	acute	acute accent
µ	µ	181	mu	
¶	¶	182	paragraph	
·	·	183	periodcentered	
¸	¸	184	cedilla	
¹	¹	185	onesuperior	
º	º	186	ordmasculine	
»	»	187	guillemotright	
¼	¼	188	onequarter	
½	½	189	onehalf	
¾	¾	190	threequarters	
¿	¿	191	questiondown	
À	À	192	Agrave	
Á	Á	193	Aacute	
Â	Â	194	Acircumflex	
Ã	Ã	195	Atilde	
Ä	Ä	196	Adieresis	
Å	Å	197	Aring	
Æ	Æ	198	AE	
Ç	Ç	199	Ccedilla	
È	È	200	Egrave	
É	É	201	Eacute	
Ê	Ê	202	Ecircumflex	
Ë	Ë	203	Edieresis	
Ì	Ì	204	Igrave	
Í	Í	205	Iacute	
Î	Î	206	Icircumflex	
Ï	Ï	207	Idieresis	
Ð	Ð	208	Eth	
Ñ	Ñ	209	Ntilde	
Ò	Ò	210	Ograve	
Ó	Ó	211	Oacute	
Ô	Ô	212	Ocircumflex	
Õ	Õ	213	Otilde	
Ö	Ö	214	Odieresis	
´	´	215	multiply	
Ø	Ø	216	Oslash	
Ù	Ù	217	Ugrave	
Ú	Ú	218	Uacute	
Û	Û	219	Ucircumflex	
Ü	Ü	220	Udieresis	
Ý	Ý	221	Yacute	
Þ	Þ	222	Thorn	
ß	ß	223	germandbls	
à	à	224	agrave	
á	á	225	aacute	
â	â	226	acircumflex	
ã	ã	227	atilde	
ä	ä	228	adieresis	
å	å	229	aring	
æ	æ	230	ae	
ç	ç	231	ccedilla	
è	è	232	egrave	
é	é	233	eacute	
ê	ê	234	ecircumflex	
ë	ë	235	edieresis	
ì	ì	236	igrave	
í	í	237	iacute	
î	î	238	icircumflex	
ï	ï	239	idieresis	
ð	ð	240	eth	
ñ	ñ	241	ntilde	
ò	ò	242	ograve	
ó	ó	243	oacute	
ô	ô	244	ocircumflex	
õ	õ	245	otilde	
ö	ö	246	odieresis	
¸	¸	247	divide	
ø	ø	248	oslash	
ù	ù	249	ugrave	
ú	ú	250	uacute	
û	û	251	ucircumflex	
ü	ü	252	udieresis	
ý	ý	253	yacute	
þ	þ	254	thorn	
ÿ	ÿ	255	ydieresis	
Ð	\(-D		Eth	Icelandic uppercase eth
ð	\(Sd		eth	Icelandic lowercase eth
Þ	\(TP		Thorn	Icelandic uppercase thorn
þ	\(Tp		thorn	Icelandic lowercase thorn
Æ	\(AE		AE	
æ	\(ae		ae	
Œ	\(OE		OE	
œ	\(oe		oe	
IJ	\(IJ		IJ	Dutch IJ ligature
ij	\(ij		ij	Dutch ij ligature
ß	\(ss		germandbls	
Á	\(’A		Aacute	
[[Cacute]]	\(’C		Cacute	
É	\(’E		Eacute	
Í	\(’I		Iacute	
Ó	\(’O		Oacute	
Ú	\(’U		Uacute	
á	\(’a		aacute	
[[cacute]]	\(’c		cacute	
é	\(’e		eacute	
í	\(’i		iacute	
ó	\(’o		oacute	
ú	\(’u		uacute	
Ä	\(:A		Adieresis	
Ë	\(:E		Edieresis	
Ï	\(:I		Idieresis	
Ö	\(:O		Odieresis	
Ü	\(:U		Udieresis	
Ÿ	\(:Y		Ydieresis	
ä	\(:a		adieresis	
ë	\(:e		edieresis	
ï	\(:i		idieresis	
ö	\(:o		odieresis	
ü	\(:u		udieresis	
ÿ	\(:y		ydieresis	
Â	\(^A		Acircumflex	
Ê	\(^E		Ecircumflex	
Î	\(^I		Icircumflex	
Ô	\(^O		Ocircumflex	
Û	\(^U		Ucircumflex	
â	\(^a		acircumflex	
ê	\(^e		ecircumflex	
î	\(^i		icircumflex	
ô	\(^o		ocircumflex	
û	\(^u		ucircumflex	
À	\(‘A		Agrave	
È	\(‘E		Egrave	
Ì	\(‘I		Igrave	
Ò	\(‘O		Ograve	
Ù	\(‘U		Ugrave	
à	\(‘a		agrave	
è	\(‘e		egrave	
ì	\(‘i		igrave	
ò	\(‘o		ograve	
ù	\(‘u		ugrave	
Ã	\(~A		Atilde	
Ñ	\(~N		Ntilde	
Õ	\(~O		Otilde	
ã	\(~a		atilde	
ñ	\(~n		ntilde	
õ	\(~o		otilde	
Š	\(vS		Scaron	
š	\(vs		scaron	
Ž	\(vZ		Zcaron	
ž	\(vz		zcaron	
Ç	\(,C		Ccedilla	
ç	\(,c		ccedilla	
[[Lslash]]	\(/L		Lslash	Polish L with a slash
[[lslash]]	\(/l		lslash	Polish l with a slash
Ø	\(/O		Oslash	
ø	\(/o		oslash	
Å	\(oA		Aring	
å	\(oa		aring	
�	\(a"		hungarumlaut	Hungarian umlaut
¯	\(a-		macron	macron or bar accent
[[dotaccent]]	\(a.		dotaccent	dot accent
^	\(a^		circumflex	circumflex accent
´	\(aa		acute	acute accent
`	\(ga		grave	grave accent
[[breve]]	\(ab		breve	breve accent
¸	\(ac		cedilla	cedilla accent
¨	\(ad		dieresis	umlaut or dieresis
[[caron]]	\(ah		caron	hácacc][[caron]]ek accent
º	\(ao		ring	ring or circle accent
˜	\(a~		tilde	tilde accent
[[ogonek]]	\(ho		ogonek	hook or ogonek accent
�	\(.i		dotlessi	i without a dot
[[dotlessj]]	\(.j		dotlessj	j without a dot
¤	\(Cs		currency	Scandinavian currency sign
$	\(Do		dollar	
£	\(Po		sterling	
¥	\(Ye		yen	
ƒ	\(Fn		florin	
¢	\(ct		cent	
«	\(Fo		guillemotleft	
»	\(Fc		guillemotright	
‹	\(fo		guilsinglleft	
›	\(fc		guilsinglright	
¡	\(r!		exclamdown	
¿	\(r?		questiondown	
ff	\(ff		ff	ff ligature
fi	\(fi		fi	fi ligature
fl	\(fl		fl	fl ligature
ffi	\(Fi		ffi	ffi ligature
ffl	\(Fl		ffl	ffl ligature
[[checkmark]]	\(OK			check mark, tick
ª	\(Of		ordfeminine	
º	\(Om		ordmasculine	
·	\(pc		periodcentered	
¹	\(S1		onesuperior	
²	\(S2		twosuperior	
³	\(S3		threesuperior	
¬	\(<-		arrowleft	
®	\(->		arrowright	
«	\(<>		arrowboth	horizontal double-headed arrow
¯	\(da		arrowdown	
­	\(ua		arrowup	
[[arrowvertboth]]	\(va			vertical double-headed arrow
Ü	\(lA		arrowdblleft	
Þ	\(rA		arrowdblright	
Û	\(hA		arrowdblboth	horizontal double-headed double arrow
ß	\(dA		arrowdbldown	
Ý	\(uA		arrowdblup	
[[arrowdblvert]]	\(vA			vertical double-headed double arrow
|	\(ba		bar	
¦	\(bb		brokenbar	
ê	\(br		br	box rule with traditional troff metrics
_	\(ru		ru	baseline rule
_	\(ul		ul	underline with traditional troff metrics
½	\(bv		bv	bar vertical
[[bell]]	\(bs		bell	
[[circle]]	\(ci		circle	
•	\(bu		bullet	
©	\(co		copyright	
®	\(rg		registered	
™	\(tm		trademark	
‡	\(dd		daggerdbl	double dagger sign
†	\(dg		dagger	
¶	\(ps		paragraph	
§	\(sc		section	
°	\(de		degree	
–	\(em		emdash	em dash
­	\(en		endash	en dash
‰	\(%0		perthousand	per thousand, per mille sign
½	\(12		onehalf	
¼	\(14		onequarter	
¾	\(34		threequarters	
¤	\(f/		fraction	bar for fractions
¢	\(fm		minute	footmark, prime
²	\(sd		second	
^	\(ha		asciicircum	ASCII circumflex, hat, caret
~	\(ti		asciitilde	ASCII tilde, large tilde
-	\(hy		hyphen	
[	\(lB		bracketleft	
]	\(rB		bracketright	
{	\(lC		braceleft	
}	\(rC		braceright	
á	\(la		angleleft	left angle bracket
ñ	\(ra		angleright	right angle bracket
[[handleft]]	\(lh		handleft	
[[handright]]	\(rh		handright	
„	\(Bq		quotedblbase	low double comma quote
[[quotesinglbase]]	\(bq		quotesinglbase	low single comma quote
“	\(lq		quotedblleft	
”	\(rq		quotedblright	
‘	\(oq		quoteleft	single open quote
’	\(cq		quoteright	single closing quote (ASCII 39)
’	\(aq		quotesingle	apostrophe quote
[[quotedbl]]	\(dq		quotedbl	double quote (ASCII 34)
|	\(or		bar	
@	\(at		at	
-	\-		minus	minus sign from current font
#	\(sh		numbersign	
/	\(sl		slash	
\	\(rs		backslash	
[[square]]	\(sq		square	
\	\(3d		therefore	
\	\(tf		therefore	
A	\(*A		Alpha	
B	\(*B		Beta	
X	\(*C		Xi	
D	\(*D		Delta	
E	\(*E		Epsilon	
F	\(*F		Phi	
G	\(*G		Gamma	
Q	\(*H		Theta	
I	\(*I		Iota	
K	\(*K		Kappa	
L	\(*L		Lambda	
M	\(*M		Mu	
N	\(*N		Nu	
O	\(*O		Omicron	
P	\(*P		Pi	
Y	\(*Q		Psi	
R	\(*R		Rho	
S	\(*S		Sigma	
T	\(*T		Tau	
U	\(*U		Upsilon	
W	\(*W		Omega	
C	\(*X		Chi	
H	\(*Y		Eta	
Z	\(*Z		Zeta	
a	\(*a		alpha	
b	\(*b		beta	
x	\(*c		xi	
d	\(*d		delta	
e	\(*e		epsilon	
f	\(*f		phi	
j	\(+f		phi1	variant phi
g	\(*g		gamma	
q	\(*h		theta	
J	\(+h		theta1	variant theta
i	\(*i		iota	
k	\(*k		kappa	
l	\(*l		lambda	
m	\(*m		mu	
n	\(*n		nu	
o	\(*o		omicron	
p	\(*p		pi	
v	\(+p		omega1	variant pi, looking like omega
y	\(*q		psi	
r	\(*r		rho	
s	\(*s		sigma	
t	\(*t		tau	
u	\(*u		upsilon	
w	\(*w		omega	
c	\(*x		chi	
h	\(*y		eta	
z	\(*z		zeta	
V	\(ts		sigma1	terminal sigma
»	\(~~		approxequal	
»	\(~=		approxequal	
¹	\(!=		notequal	
*	\(**		asteriskmath	
[[minusplus]]	\(-+		minusplus	
±	\(+-		plusminus	
£	\(<=		lessequal	
º	\(==		equivalence	
@	\(=~		congruent	
³	\(>=		greaterequal	
Ù	\(AN		logicaland	
Ú	\(OR		logicalor	
Ø	\(no		logicalnot	
$	\(te		existential	there exists, existential quantifier
"	\(fa		universal	for all, universal quantifier
À	\(Ah		aleph	
Á	\(Im		Ifraktur	Fraktur I, imaginary
Â	\(Re		Rfraktur	Fraktur R, real
¥	\(if		infinity	
×	\(md		dotmath	
Î	\(mo		element	
´	\(mu		multiply	
Ë	\(nb		notsubset	
[[notpropersuperset]]	\(nc		notpropersuperset	
[[notequivalence]]	\(ne		notequivalence	
Ï	\(nm		notelement	
+	\(pl		plusmath	plus sign in special font
=	\(eq		equalmath	equals sign in special font
µ	\(pt		proportional	
^	\(pp		perpendicular	
Ì	\(sb		propersubset	
É	\(sp		propersuperset	
Í	\(ib		reflexsubset	
Ê	\(ip		reflexsuperset	
~	\(ap		similar	
ò	\(is		integral	
Ö	\(sr		radical	square root
`	\(rn			overline
¶	\(pd		partialdiff	partial differentiation sign
Ä	\(c*		circlemultiply	multiply sign in a circle
Å	\(c+		circleplus	plus sign in a circle
Ç	\(ca		intersection	intersection, cap
È	\(cu		union	union, cup
¸	\(di		divide	division sign
¾	\(-h		hbar	
Ñ	\(gr		gradient	
Æ	\(es		emptyset	
§	\(CL		club	club suit
ª	\(SP		spade	spade suit
©	\(HE		heart	heart suit
¨	\(DI		diamond	diamond suit
¿	\(CR		carriagereturn	carriage return symbol
'	\(st		suchthat	
Ð	\(/_		angle	
<<	\(<<			much less
>>	\(>>			much greater
Ã	\(wp		weierstrass	Weierstrass p
à	\(lz		lozenge	
¾	\(an		arrowhorizex	horizontal arrow extension

SEE ALSO

groff(1)
An extension to the troff character set for Europe,
E.G. Keizer, K.J. Simonsen, J. Akkerhuis,
EUUG Newsletter, Volume 9, No. 2, Summer 1989