Apostrophe & Quotation Marks

Most common typography mistakes found on the internet are probably the misuses of apostrophe and quotation marks. We often misuse the prime symbol ( ‘ ) as the apostrophe ( ’ ) and the double prime ( " ) as the quotation marks ( “ ” ).

To correct this, you can use the right single quote entity (’) as the apostrophe. Use the left double quote (“) and right double quote (”) for the quotation marks.

Arrows

I particularly find the arrow symbols useful because they can be used as direction arrows or breadcrumb separators.

Link Separators

My favorite entities for separating links are bullet • ( • ) and dot operator ⋅ ( ⋅ ).

Trademark, Copyright, Degree, and Currency

The other commonly used entities are probably the trademark, copyright, degree, and currency symbols.

Trademark ™ | © Copyright | Registered Trademark ®
Degree: 29° | 26 ℃ | 60 ℉
Currency: ¢ Cent | £ Pound | ¥ Yen | € Euro

Symbols For Web Design

Here some entities that you can perhaps use for design layout:

✉ ✍ ✎ ✓ ☑ ☒ ✗ ⊕ ⊗ ☞ ☜ ♫ ✄ ✁ ∞ ♨ ☢ ✈ ☰ ☷ ♥ ★ ☆ ☺ ☹

Miscellaneous Symbols

Here are some miscellaneous symbols that you will most likely never going to use (but they are cool):

♔ ♕ ♖ ♘ ♆ ✠ ♂ ♀ ♠ ♣ ♥ ♦ ☣ ☮ ☃ ☂ ☯ ☠

Rendering Issues

Note that Mac and Windows have different rendering system. The symbol entities will most likely appear different on different operating systems. Check before you use it.