Bullet symbol
Type :dot: · Punctuation
What • is for
The list dot, for when you want a bulleted list inside a plain-text field that has no list formatting: a chat message, a commit message, a form. Also stands in as a separator between short pieces of metadata.
How to type •
The shortcuts below are the built-in routes. With
Emoji Anywhere
installed you can skip all of them and type
:dot: in any text field instead, which
is the same on every platform.
macOS
Option + 8
Windows
Alt + 0149
Hold Alt and type the digits on the keypad.
Shortcodes
:dot: :bullet: On the web
HTML •
Unicode U+2022
What • gets mistaken for
middle dot
Smaller, and sits mid-height. Better as a separator between words than as a list marker.
triangular bullet
Same job, different shape, for a nested level.
More from punctuation
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