Symbol (typeface)

Symbol (which would appear as Σψμβολ if the name of the font is written in the font itself) is one of the four standard fonts available on all PostScript-based printers, starting with Apple's original LaserWriter (1985). It contains a complete unaccented Greek alphabet (upper and lower case) and a selection of commonly used mathematical symbols. Insofar as it fits into any standard classification, it is a serif font designed in the style of Times New Roman.

Due to its non-standard character set, lack of diacritical characters, and type design inappropriate for continuous text, Symbol cannot easily be used for setting Greek language text, though it has been used for that purpose in the absence of proper Greek fonts. Its primary purpose is to typeset mathematical expressions.

There was also an earlier Symbol designed in 1933 by Carl Albert Fahrenwaldt for Schriftguss Type Foundry. It was a font of decorative initials based on his roman font Minister.Jaspert, W. Pincus, W. Turner Berry and A.F. Johnson, The Encyclopedia of Type Faces. Blandford Press Lts.: 1953, 1983, {{ISBN|0-7137-1347-X}}, p. 154-5.

Encoding

{{Infobox character encoding

|name = Symbol Encoding

|alias = x-mac-symbol, ibm-1038

|image = Symbol-infobox-paths.svg

|definitions = [https://unicode.org/Public/MAPPINGS/VENDORS/ADOBE/symbol.txt Adobe Symbol]
[https://unicode.org/Public/MAPPINGS/VENDORS/APPLE/SYMBOL.TXT Mac OS Symbol]

|caption = Code page layout (in DejaVu fonts). The vacant spot marked by the red Bowen knot (⌘) may be an Apple logo in some variants.

|lang = Mathematical notation, Greek (partial)

|otherrelated = ISO 646
Other PS pi fonts: Zapf Dingbats

|classification = PostScript core pi font mapped over extended ASCII

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The font was created by Adobe and has its own character encoding, with the Greek letters arranged according to similar Latin letters (Chi = C, etc.). The document describing the mapping to Unicode code points{{cite web |url=http://unicode.org/Public/MAPPINGS/VENDORS/ADOBE/symbol.txt |title=Adobe Symbol Encoding to Unicode |date=30 March 1999 |publisher=Unicode.org }} was created before several of the characters were added to Unicode, so the original mapping assigns several of the characters to the Private Use Area (PUA). A newer mapping table for Apple's version of the font{{cite web |url=http://unicode.org/Public/MAPPINGS/VENDORS/APPLE/SYMBOL.TXT |title=Map from Mac OS Symbol character set to Unicode 4.0 and later |date=5 April 2005 |publisher=Unicode.org }} uses more recently introduced Unicode code points instead. The table below mostly follows the Apple mapping.

IBM calls the encoding Code page 1038, although the code page definition predates the addition of the euro sign, and uses 0xA0 for a numeric space character.{{citation|mode=cs1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150708120330id_/http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/resources/systems_i_software_globalization_pdf_cp01038z.pdf |archive-date=2015-07-08 |url=http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/resources/systems_i_software_globalization_pdf_cp01038z.pdf |title=Code Page 01038 |author=IBM |author-link=IBM |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |url=https://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/globalization/gcoc/attachments/CS01310.txt |title=Symbols - Personal Computer |id=GCSGID 01310 |date=1996 |work=REGISTRY, Graphic Character Sets and Code Pages |author=IBM |author-link=IBM}}

Beyond the use of Private Use Area code points, Adobe and Apple have a few other minor differences in code point assignments. Character 0x27 (called "suchthat" in the Adobe document) is assigned by Adobe to U+220B (∋, CONTAINS AS MEMBER) but by Apple to U+220D (∍, SMALL CONTAINS AS MEMBER), which more closely resembles the symbol usually used for such that. Apple also introduces the Apple logo as PUA code point U+F8FF for character 0xF0, a position not used in the original Adobe font.

Lowercase Greek letters appear in italics in many older versions of Symbol. While both Adobe and Apple agree on assigning characters 0x66 and 0x6A respectively to Unicode code points {{unichar|03C6|GREEK SMALL LETTER PHI}} and {{unichar|03D5|GREEK PHI SYMBOL}}, some versions of the font interchange these two symbols.

Mapping of the angle bracket characters at 0xE1 and 0xF1 can vary. Adobe uses code points U+2329 and U+232A ({{not a typo|〈 and 〉}}), whereas Apple uses U+3008 and U+3009 (〈 and 〉). The characters U+3008 and U+3009 are fullwidth punctuation, usually rendered with additional spacing so as to align them within em squares, as appropriate in East Asian typography. The characters U+2329 and U+232A, however, are canonically equivalent to U+3008 and U+3009, and are therefore changed to the latter under both NFC and NFKC Unicode normalisation. This equivalence is sometimes considered mistaken,{{cite web |url=https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2001/01033-addbrackets.htm |title=Disunify braces/brackets for math, computing science, and Z notation from similar-looking CJK braces/brackets |first=Kent |last=Karlsson |date=2001-01-16 |id=L2/01-033}} but cannot be changed under the Unicode stability policy.{{cite web |url=https://unicode.org/policies/stability_policy.html |title=Unicode Character Encoding Stability Policies |author=Unicode Consortium |author-link=Unicode Consortium}} For comparison, the fullwidth Latin characters in the Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms block are mapped to their ASCII equivalents using compatibility mapping,{{cite web |url=https://unicode.org/reports/tr11/#Definitions |title=Unicode Standard Annex #11: East Asian Width |first=Ken |last=Lunde |date=2020-01-18}} not canonical equivalence, and therefore only changed by NFKC and NFKD normalisation. The alternatives U+27E8 and U+27E9 (⟨ and ⟩) are now preferred for mathematical use.{{cite web |url=https://unicode.org/review/pr-122.html |title=Public Review Issue #122: Proposal for Additional Deprecated Characters |author=Unicode Technical Committee |publisher=Unicode Consortium }}

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|{{chset-cell1|U+0021 EXCLAMATION MARK|!}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=2200|U+2200 FOR ALL|∀}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0023 NUMBER SIGN|#}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=2203|U+2203 THERE EXISTS|∃}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0025 PERCENT SIGN|%}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0026 AMPERSAND|&}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=220D|U+220D SMALL CONTAINS AS MEMBER|∍}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0028 LEFT PARENTHESIS|(}}

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|{{chset-cell1|U+002A ASTERISK|*}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+002B PLUS SIGN|+}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+002C COMMA|,}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+002D HYPHEN-MINUS|−}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+002E FULL STOP|.}}

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|{{chset-cell1|U+0030 DIGIT ZERO|0}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0031 DIGIT ONE|1}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0032 DIGIT TWO|2}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0033 DIGIT THREE|3}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0034 DIGIT FOUR|4}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0035 DIGIT FIVE|5}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0036 DIGIT SIX|6}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0037 DIGIT SEVEN|7}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0038 DIGIT EIGHT|8}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0039 DIGIT NINE|9}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+003A COLON|:}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+003B SEMICOLON|;}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+003C LESS-THAN SIGN|<}}

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|{{chset-cell1|U+003E GREATER-THAN SIGN|>}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+003F QUESTION MARK|?}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=2245|U+2245 APPROXIMATELY EQUAL TO|≅}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=0391|U+0391 GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ALPHA|Α}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=0392|U+0392 GREEK CAPITAL LETTER BETA|Β}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=03A7|U+03A7 GREEK CAPITAL LETTER CHI|Χ}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=0394|U+0394 GREEK CAPITAL LETTER DELTA|Δ}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=0395|U+0395 GREEK CAPITAL LETTER EPSILON|Ε}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=03A6|U+03A6 GREEK CAPITAL LETTER PHI|Φ}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=0393|U+0393 GREEK CAPITAL LETTER GAMMA|Γ}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=0397|U+0397 GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ETA|Η}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=0399|U+0399 GREEK CAPITAL LETTER IOTA|Ι}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=03D1|U+03D1 GREEK THETA SYMBOL|ϑ}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=039A|U+039A GREEK CAPITAL LETTER KAPPA|Κ}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=039B|U+039B GREEK CAPITAL LETTER LAMDA|Λ}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=039C|U+039C GREEK CAPITAL LETTER MU|Μ}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=039D|U+039D GREEK CAPITAL LETTER NU|Ν}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=039F|U+039F GREEK CAPITAL LETTER OMICRON|Ο}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=03A0|U+03A0 GREEK CAPITAL LETTER PI|Π}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=0398|U+0398 GREEK CAPITAL LETTER THETA|Θ}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=03A1|U+03A1 GREEK CAPITAL LETTER RHO|Ρ}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=03A3|U+03A3 GREEK CAPITAL LETTER SIGMA|Σ}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=03A4|U+03A4 GREEK CAPITAL LETTER TAU|Τ}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=03A5|U+03A5 GREEK CAPITAL LETTER UPSILON|Υ}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=03C2|U+03C2 GREEK SMALL LETTER FINAL SIGMA|ς}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=03A9|U+03A9 GREEK CAPITAL LETTER OMEGA|Ω}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=039E|U+039E GREEK CAPITAL LETTER XI|Ξ}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=03A8|U+03A8 GREEK CAPITAL LETTER PSI|Ψ}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=0396|U+0396 GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ZETA|Ζ}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+005B LEFT SQUARE BRACKET|[}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=2234|U+2234 THEREFORE|∴}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+005D RIGHT SQUARE BRACKET|]}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=2245|U+22A5 UP TACK|⊥}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+005F LOW LINE|_}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+203E OVERLINE|{{PUA|‾}}|96|fn={{efn|{{anchor|Radicalex}}The character at 0x60 does not appear in Unicode. It is described in the Adobe map as "RADICAL EXTENDER", with the Adobe glyph name "radicalex", and is mapped to the PUA code point U+F8E5. It is an over-bar for extending the radical sign over the operands of the radical operator. Some versions of the font implement this as a non-spacing character so that it can be combined (like non-spacing diacritical marks) with the operands it covers. The Unicode overbar character is shown here.}}}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=03B1|U+03B1 GREEK SMALL LETTER ALPHA|α}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=03B2|U+03B2 GREEK SMALL LETTER BETA|β}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=03C7|U+03C7 GREEK SMALL LETTER CHI|χ}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=03B4|U+03B4 GREEK SMALL LETTER DELTA|δ}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=03B5|U+03B5 GREEK SMALL LETTER EPSILON|ε}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=03C6|U+03C6 GREEK SMALL LETTER PHI|φ}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=03B3|U+03B3 GREEK SMALL LETTER GAMMA|γ}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=03B7|U+03B7 GREEK SMALL LETTER ETA|η}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=03B9|U+03B9 GREEK SMALL LETTER IOTA|ι}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=03D5|U+03D5 GREEK PHI SYMBOL|ϕ}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=03BA|U+03BA GREEK SMALL LETTER KAPPA|κ}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=03BB|U+03BB GREEK SMALL LETTER LAMDA|λ}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=03BC|U+03BC GREEK SMALL LETTER MU|μ}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=03BD|U+03BD GREEK SMALL LETTER NU|ν}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=03BF|U+03BF GREEK SMALL LETTER OMICRON|ο}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=03C0|U+03C0 GREEK SMALL LETTER PI|π}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=03B8|U+03B8 GREEK SMALL LETTER THETA|θ}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=03C1|U+03C1 GREEK SMALL LETTER RHO|ρ}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=03C3|U+03C3 GREEK SMALL LETTER SIGMA|σ}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=03C4|U+03C4 GREEK SMALL LETTER TAU|τ}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=03C5|U+03C5 GREEK SMALL LETTER UPSILON|υ}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=03D6|U+03D6 GREEK PI SYMBOL|ϖ}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=03C9|U+03C9 GREEK SMALL LETTER OMEGA|ω}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=03BE|U+03BE GREEK SMALL LETTER XI|ξ}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=03C8|U+03C8 GREEK SMALL LETTER PSI|ψ}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=03B6|U+03B6 GREEK SMALL LETTER ZETA|ζ}}

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|{{chset-cell1|u=03D2|U+03D2 GREEK UPSILON WITH HOOK SYMBOL|ϒ}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=2032|U+2032 PRIME|′}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=2264|U+2264 LESS-THAN OR EQUAL TO|≤}}

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|{{chset-cell1|u=221E|U+221E INFINITY|∞}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=0192|U+0192 LATIN SMALL LETTER F WITH HOOK|ƒ}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=2663|U+2663 BLACK CLUB SUIT|♣}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=2666|U+2666 BLACK DIAMOND SUIT|♦}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=2665|U+2665 BLACK HEART SUIT|♥}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=2660|U+2660 BLACK SPADE SUIT|♠}}

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|{{chset-cell1|u=2190|U+2190 LEFTWARDS ARROW|←}}

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|{{chset-cell1|U+00B0 DEGREE SIGN|°}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+00B1 PLUS-MINUS SIGN|±}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=2033|U+2033 DOUBLE PRIME|″}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=2265|U+2265 GREATER-THAN OR EQUAL TO|≥}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=00D7|U+00D7 MULTIPLICATION SIGN|×}}

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|{{chset-cell1|u=2111|U+2111 BLACK-LETTER CAPITAL I|ℑ}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=211C|U+211C BLACK-LETTER CAPITAL R|ℜ}}

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|{{chset-cell1|u=2282|U+2282 SUBSET OF|⊂}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=2288|U+2286 SUBSET OF OR EQUAL TO|⊈}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=2208|U+2208 ELEMENT OF|∈}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=2209|U+2209 NOT AN ELEMENT OF|∉}}

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|{{chset-cell1|U+00AE REGISTERED SIGN|{{serif|®}}|210|fn={{efn|name=fn210|The characters ®, ©, and ™ are encoded twice: one version has serifs, the other is sans-serif. The Adobe mapping uses PUA for all six characters to ensure that the presence or absence of serifs is observed, assigning the serif versions to U+F6DA, U+F6D9 and U+F6DB and the sans-serif versions to U+F8E8, U+F8E9 and U+F8EA respectively. The Apple mapping assigns the serif versions to the standard Unicode code points. Earlier versions of the Apple mapping{{cite web|url=https://unicode.org/Public/MAPPINGS/VENDORS/APPLE/CORPCHAR.TXT|title=CORPCHAR.TXT: Registry (external version) of Apple use of Unicode corporate-zone characters.|author=Apple, Inc.|publisher=Unicode Consortium}} assigned the sans-serif versions to the same codepoints as Adobe, but the current version assigns the sans-serif versions to sequences consisting of the standard codepoints followed by the private use character U+F87F as a "transcoding hint".}}}}

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|{{chset-cell1|u=220F|U+220F N-ARY PRODUCT|∏}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=221A|U+221A SQUARE ROOT|√}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=22C5|U+22C5 DOT OPERATOR|⋅}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=00AC|U+00AC NOT SIGN|¬}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=2227|U+2227 LOGICAL AND|∧}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=2228|U+2228 LOGICAL OR|∨}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=21D4|U+21D4 LEFT RIGHT DOUBLE ARROW|⇔}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=21D0|U+21D0 LEFTWARDS DOUBLE ARROW|⇐}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=21D1|U+21D1 UPWARDS DOUBLE ARROW|⇑}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=21D2|U+21D2 RIGHTWARDS DOUBLE ARROW|⇒}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=21D3|U+21D3 DOWNWARDS DOUBLE ARROW|⇓}}

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|{{chset-cell1|u=25CA|U+25CA LOZENGE|◊}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=3008|U+3008 LEFT ANGLE BRACKET|〈}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+00AE REGISTERED SIGN|{{

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|{{chset-cell1|U+2122 TRADE MARK SIGN|{{{|™}}}|228|fn={{efn|name=fn210}}}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=2211|U+2211 N-ARY SUMMATION|∑}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=239B|U+239B LEFT PARENTHESIS UPPER HOOK|⎛}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=239C|U+239C LEFT PARENTHESIS EXTENSION|⎜}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=239D|U+239D LEFT PARENTHESIS LOWER HOOK|⎝}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=23A1|U+23A1 LEFT SQUARE BRACKET UPPER CORNER|⎡}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=23A2|U+23A2 LEFT SQUARE BRACKET EXTENSION|⎢}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=23A3|U+23A3 LEFT SQUARE BRACKET LOWER CORNER|⎣}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=23A7|U+23A7 LEFT CURLY BRACKET UPPER HOOK|⎧}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=23A8|U+23A8 LEFT CURLY BRACKET MIDDLE PIECE|⎨}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=23A9|U+23A9 LEFT CURLY BRACKET LOWER HOOK|⎩}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=23AA|U+23AA CURLY BRACKET EXTENSION|⎪}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+F8FF Private Use|12px|240|fn={{efn|name=fn240|Apple logo, found only in Apple's version (the code point is unused in Adobe's) and in other Apple fonts. The most similar glyph in cross-platform Unicode is {{sc2|U+1F34E}} 🍎︎ {{sc2|RED APPLE}}. Compare the status of the Windows logo in the Wingdings font encoding.}}}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=3009|U+3009 RIGHT ANGLE BRACKET|〉}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=222B|U+222B INTEGRAL|∫}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=2320|U+2320 TOP HALF INTEGRAL|⌠}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=23AE|U+23AE INTEGRAL EXTENSION|⎮}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=2321|U+2321 BOTTOM HALF INTEGRAL|⌡}}

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|{{chset-cell1|u=23A0|U+23A0 RIGHT PARENTHESIS LOWER HOOK|⎠}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=23A4|U+23A4 RIGHT SQUARE BRACKET UPPER CORNER|⎤}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=23A5|U+23A5 RIGHT SQUARE BRACKET EXTENSION|⎥}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=23A6|U+23A6 RIGHT SQUARE BRACKET LOWER CORNER|⎦}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=23AB|U+23AB RIGHT CURLY BRACKET UPPER HOOK|⎫}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=23AC|U+23AC RIGHT CURLY BRACKET MIDDLE PIECE|⎬}}

|{{chset-cell1|u=23AD|U+23AD RIGHT CURLY BRACKET LOWER HOOK|⎭}}

|{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}}

Font comparison

colspan=26 \| Uppercase
Default \|Α\|\|Β\|\|Γ\|\|Δ\|\|Ε\|\|Ζ\|\|Η\|\|Θ\|\|Ι\|\|Κ\|\|Λ\|\|Μ\|\|Ν\|\|Ξ\|\|Ο\|\|Π\|\|Ρ\|\| \|\|Σ\|\|Τ\|\|Υ\|\|Φ\|\|Χ\|\|Ψ\|\|Ω
style="font-family:times,times roman, times new roman, serif" ! Times \|Α	Β	Γ	Δ	Ε	Ζ	Η	Θ	Ι	Κ	Λ	Μ	Ν	Ξ	Ο	Π	Ρ		Σ	Τ	Υ	Φ	Χ	Ψ	Ω
style="font-family:symbol" ! style="font-family:sans-serif" \| Symbol \|Α	Β	Γ	Δ	Ε	Ζ	Η	Θ	Ι	Κ	Λ	Μ	Ν	Ξ	Ο	Π	Ρ		Σ	Τ	Υ	Φ	Χ	Ψ	Ω
style="font-family:symbol" ! style="font-family:sans-serif" \| Symbol* \|A	B	G	D	E	Z	H	Q	I	K	L	M	N	X	O	P	R		S	T	U	F	C	Y	W
colspan=26 \| Lowercase
Default \|α\|\|β\|\|γ\|\|δ\|\|ε\|\|ζ\|\|η\|\|θ\|\|ι\|\|κ\|\|λ\|\|μ\|\|ν\|\|ξ\|\|ο\|\|π\|\|ρ\|\|ς\|\|σ\|\|τ\|\|υ\|\|φ\|\|χ\|\|ψ\|\|ω
style="font-family:times,times roman, times new roman, serif" ! Times \|α	β	γ	δ	ε	ζ	η	θ	ι	κ	λ	μ	ν	ξ	ο	π	ρ	ς	σ	τ	υ	φ	χ	ψ	ω
style="font-family:symbol" ! style="font-family:sans-serif" \| Symbol \|α	β	γ	δ	ε	ζ	η	θ	ι	κ	λ	μ	ν	ξ	ο	π	ρ	ς	σ	τ	υ	φ	χ	ψ	ω
style="font-family:symbol" ! style="font-family:sans-serif" \| Symbol* \|a	b	g	d	e	z	h	q	i	k	l	m	n	x	o	p	r	V	s	t	u	f	c	y	w

^*encoded as ASCII for older versions of the font

HTML

The use of the Symbol font in mathematical expressions was part of a W3C recommendation for HTML 4.

{{cite web

|url=http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/sgml/entities.html#h-24.1

|title=Introduction to character entity references

|author=W3C

|date=1998

}}

At the time of that original recommendation (December 1997), the only native way to display many mathematical symbols in HTML was a direct use of the "Symbol" font. Such explicit references are now strongly discouraged for new documents, but they survive in many existing pages on the Internet. Also, the Symbol font provides graphics that are specifically intended as components in the two-dimensional layout of mathematical expressions. Examples include upper and lower parts of brackets or integral signs and a square-root sign without a vinculum.

Until 2010 or so, the Unicode glyph U+221A corresponding to the square-root sign (the HTML entity is named radic and has decimal code 8730) was usually rendered with a short built-in vinculum. That made it an inadequate graphical replacement for the original character from the Symbol font (itself designed around a slanted line extending all the way to the upper-right corner of the character box, without any spacing). The more recent renditions of the HTML radic entity (U+221A) no longer feature any vinculum and are thus more compatible with the standard graphical representation introduced in the Symbol font. Both styles of the square-root glyph (with or without a short vinculum) have the same disembodied meaning, so the integrity of the Unicode repertoire is not compromised by this adjustment.

Full legacy support of the Symbol font is provided by major modern web browsers like Internet Explorer and Google Chrome. That support involves a specific handling of Adobe's special encoding, which is not properly implemented in at least some versions of other browsers, including Opera, Safari and Firefox.{{when|date=April 2020}} Such browsers do not correctly render legacy HTML documents that make explicit use of the Symbol font.

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