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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.

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