Figure Dash
Part of Punctuation and Typography Marks
Figure Dash 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+2012
About this symbol
The figure dash is exactly as wide as a digit, so it lines up neatly in columns of numbers, as in a telephone number such as 555‒1234. Most fonts make the digits all the same width for the same reason.
Unicode facts
- Official name
- FIGURE DASH
- Type
- Dash
- Unicode block
- General Punctuation
- Unicode group
- Dashes
- Added in
- Unicode 1.1 (1993)
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