Copy and paste the bullet point symbol •, or read its Alt codes, 7 and 0149, in the first row.
Bullet Point Alt Code
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49 list markers. A character and its name both copy the character. A code copies the code.
Character
Name
Code point
Alt code
Option keys
HTML
LaTeX
U+2022. The round bullet that opens a list item, in the General Punctuation block. Alt+7 or Alt+0149 on a number pad, Option+8, • in HTML and \bullet in LaTeX math.
U+25E6. A hollow ring, the marker web browsers give the second level of a list by default. No Alt code; \textopenbullet in LaTeX.
U+25AA. A small filled square, which Unicode also calls square bullet. No Alt code; ▪ in HTML.
U+2023. A bullet shaped as a small triangle that points right. Its nearest relative is ▸, the black right-pointing small triangle. No Alt code and no HTML name.
U+2043. A short dash made to be a bullet. Unicode cross-references the keyboard hyphen from it. No Alt code; ⁃ in HTML.
U+2713. A check for a done item. No Alt code; ✓ in HTML, and \checkmark in LaTeX with the amssymb package.
U+27A4. A solid arrowhead from the Dingbats block. No Alt code, no Option key and no HTML name.
Made of U+2022, U+25E6 and U+25AA. A disc, a circle and a square: the markers web browsers give the first, second and third level of a bulleted list by default.
U+2219. A math operator that looks like a bullet and is a separate character. It is the one Alt+249 types.
U+25CF. The full-size filled circle of the Geometric Shapes block. Unicode's alias for the bullet itself is black small circle.
U+25CB. A full-size outline circle. Alt+9 types it, a leftover of the PC graphics set; ○ in HTML.
U+29BF. A bullet inside a ring, one of a graded set of circles with a black center. In Unicode since Unicode 3.2 (2002); ⦿ in HTML.
U+29BE. A hollow bullet inside a ring. In Unicode since Unicode 3.2 (2002); ⦾ in HTML.
U+25D8. A black square with a round hole where the bullet would be. Alt+8 types it.
U+25C9. Japan's tainome: a list bullet with a ring around a solid center, as Unicode's alias records.
U+25AB. The outline partner of ▪. No Alt code; ▫ in HTML.
U+25A0. A full-size filled square. Alt+254 types it.
U+25A1. A full-size outline square, which doubles as an empty checkbox. □ in HTML and \square in LaTeX with the amssymb package.
U+274F. An outline square with a drop shadow below and to the right, from the Dingbats block.
U+2750. The same box with its drop shadow above and to the right.
U+2751. A boxed list marker like ❏, with its lower right shadow drawn plain.
U+2752. ❐ with a plain shadow in place of the drop shadow, at the upper right.
U+25B8. A small solid triangle. Unicode cross-references it from the triangular bullet. ▸ in HTML.
U+25B9. ▸ with its center left empty. HTML names it ▹.
U+25BA. By its name a pointer and not a triangle. Alt+16 types it, one more leftover of the PC graphics set.
U+25BB. The outline pointer, which Unicode also calls forward arrow indicator.
U+204C. A bullet that points left, by its name. Version 3.0 (1999) brought it in with its mirror, ⁍.
U+204D. The partner of ⁌ that points right, and like it a General Punctuation character of 1999.
U+27A2. An arrowhead drawn in three dimensions with the light on its top face.
U+27A3. The same arrowhead with the light on its bottom face.
U+2192. The plain right arrow as a list marker. Alt+26 types it; → in HTML and \rightarrow in LaTeX.
U+25C6. A filled diamond from the Geometric Shapes block.
U+25C7. An outline diamond.
U+2756. A diamond split into four by a white X, as its name says. No Alt code and no HTML name.
U+2605. A filled star with five points. HTML names it ★. Its LaTeX command comes from amssymb.
U+2606. An outline five-pointed star. ☆ in HTML.
U+2726. A solid star with four points.
U+2727. An outline star with four points.
U+2714. ✓ drawn with a thick stroke. It has no Alt code and no HTML name.
U+2610. An empty box for a to-do item. Unicode cross-references the white square from it.
U+2611. The same box with a check in it, for an item that is done.
U+2013. The en dash as a list marker. Alt+0150 and Option+-; – in HTML and \textendash in LaTeX.
U+002D. On the keyboard. Markdown accepts it as a bullet-list marker at the start of a line.
U+002A. On the keyboard, on Shift and 8 of the U.S. layout. Markdown and wiki markup start a bulleted item with it.
U+002B. On the keyboard. The third character that Markdown accepts as a bullet-list marker.
U+2765. A Dingbats ornament for the start of a line: a heavy heart turned on its side, as its name says.
U+2767. A leaf-shaped ornament that Unicode also calls hedera, ivy leaf.
U+2619. ❧ facing the other way, added in 1999. Its Unicode note calls it a binding signature mark.
U+261B. The manicule of old manuscripts and early printed books, which drew a reader's eye to a passage long before the bullet did.
The bullet point Alt code is 7, or 0149: hold Alt and type either on the number pad for •, Bullet, U+2022. The rows add round, square, triangle, arrow, diamond, star, check and dash markers.
Read the full guide
Bullet special characters that have an Alt code
Eight markers that are on no key do. • is 7 or 0149, ◘ is 8, ○ is 9, ► is 16, → is 26, ∙ is 249, ■ is 254 and – is 0150. The codes below 32 are leftovers of the PC graphics set. Every other marker here is copied, or typed where it is a keyboard key.
One shape for each level of a list
•◦▪ is the order web browsers use by default: a disc, a circle one level in, then a square. A word processor may give each level a shape of its own.
∙, Alt+249, is the bullet operator, a math sign. It looks like • and is a separate character.
In LaTeX, \textbullet prints • in text and \bullet in math. An itemize list draws its own.
Questions and answers
What is the Alt code for a bullet point?
Alt+7 and Alt+0149 both type •. Hold Alt, type the digits on the number pad with Num Lock on, then let go. 7 is the bullet in the PC graphics set and 0149 its place in code page 1252.
How do you make a bullet point on a keyboard?
On Windows, hold Alt and type 7 on the number pad. On a Mac keyboard with the U.S. layout, press Option+8. On Linux, press Compose, then a period, then an equals sign. No key types • by itself.
What is the HTML code for a bullet?
• or • is the named form, and • or • the numeric one. Each draws the character and nothing more: a real list in HTML is a ul element, which draws its own markers.
What symbols can be used as bullet points?
Any mark placed before a list item: solid or open circles, squares, triangles, arrows, checks and ornaments such as ❧. Plain text often uses an asterisk or a hyphen, which Markdown accepts as list markers.
All 49 list markers
Start here 8
➤Black rightwards arrowheadU+27A4. A solid arrowhead from the Dingbats block. No Alt code, no Option key and no HTML name.
▪Black small squareU+25AA. A small filled square, which Unicode also calls square bullet. No Alt code; ▪ in HTML.
•BulletU+2022. The round bullet that opens a list item, in the General Punctuation block. Alt+7 or Alt+0149 on a number pad, Option+8, • in HTML and \bullet in LaTeX math.
✓Check markU+2713. A check for a done item. No Alt code; ✓ in HTML, and \checkmark in LaTeX with the amssymb package.
⁃Hyphen bulletU+2043. A short dash made to be a bullet. Unicode cross-references the keyboard hyphen from it. No Alt code; ⁃ in HTML.
•◦▪Three levels of a nested listMade of U+2022, U+25E6 and U+25AA. A disc, a circle and a square: the markers web browsers give the first, second and third level of a bulleted list by default.
‣Triangular bulletU+2023. A bullet shaped as a small triangle that points right. Its nearest relative is ▸, the black right-pointing small triangle. No Alt code and no HTML name.
◦White bulletU+25E6. A hollow ring, the marker web browsers give the second level of a list by default. No Alt code; \textopenbullet in LaTeX.
Show all 49 list markers (41 more)
Round 7
●Black circleU+25CF. The full-size filled circle of the Geometric Shapes block. Unicode's alias for the bullet itself is black small circle.
∙Bullet operatorU+2219. A math operator that looks like a bullet and is a separate character. It is the one Alt+249 types.
⦿Circled bulletU+29BF. A bullet inside a ring, one of a graded set of circles with a black center. In Unicode since Unicode 3.2 (2002); ⦿ in HTML.
⦾Circled white bulletU+29BE. A hollow bullet inside a ring. In Unicode since Unicode 3.2 (2002); ⦾ in HTML.
◉FisheyeU+25C9. Japan's tainome: a list bullet with a ring around a solid center, as Unicode's alias records.
◘Inverse bulletU+25D8. A black square with a round hole where the bullet would be. Alt+8 types it.
○White circleU+25CB. A full-size outline circle. Alt+9 types it, a leftover of the PC graphics set; ○ in HTML.
Square 7
■Black squareU+25A0. A full-size filled square. Alt+254 types it.
❏Lower right drop-shadowed white squareU+274F. An outline square with a drop shadow below and to the right, from the Dingbats block.
❑Lower right shadowed white squareU+2751. A boxed list marker like ❏, with its lower right shadow drawn plain.
❐Upper right drop-shadowed white squareU+2750. The same box with its drop shadow above and to the right.
❒Upper right shadowed white squareU+2752. ❐ with a plain shadow in place of the drop shadow, at the upper right.
▫White small squareU+25AB. The outline partner of ▪. No Alt code; ▫ in HTML.
□White squareU+25A1. A full-size outline square, which doubles as an empty checkbox. □ in HTML and \square in LaTeX with the amssymb package.
Triangles and arrows 9
⁌Black leftwards bulletU+204C. A bullet that points left, by its name. Version 3.0 (1999) brought it in with its mirror, ⁍.
►Black right-pointing pointerU+25BA. By its name a pointer and not a triangle. Alt+16 types it, one more leftover of the PC graphics set.
▸Black right-pointing small triangleU+25B8. A small solid triangle. Unicode cross-references it from the triangular bullet. ▸ in HTML.
⁍Black rightwards bulletU+204D. The partner of ⁌ that points right, and like it a General Punctuation character of 1999.
→Rightwards arrowU+2192. The plain right arrow as a list marker. Alt+26 types it; → in HTML and \rightarrow in LaTeX.
➣Three-d bottom-lighted rightwards arrowheadU+27A3. The same arrowhead with the light on its bottom face.
➢Three-d top-lighted rightwards arrowheadU+27A2. An arrowhead drawn in three dimensions with the light on its top face.
▻White right-pointing pointerU+25BB. The outline pointer, which Unicode also calls forward arrow indicator.
▹White right-pointing small triangleU+25B9. ▸ with its center left empty. HTML names it ▹.
Diamonds and stars 7
◆Black diamondU+25C6. A filled diamond from the Geometric Shapes block.
❖Black diamond minus white XU+2756. A diamond split into four by a white X, as its name says. No Alt code and no HTML name.
✦Black four pointed starU+2726. A solid star with four points.
★Black starU+2605. A filled star with five points. HTML names it ★. Its LaTeX command comes from amssymb.
◇White diamondU+25C7. An outline diamond.
✧White four pointed starU+2727. An outline star with four points.
☆White starU+2606. An outline five-pointed star. ☆ in HTML.
Checks and boxes 3
☐Ballot boxU+2610. An empty box for a to-do item. Unicode cross-references the white square from it.
☑Ballot box with checkU+2611. The same box with a check in it, for an item that is done.
✔Heavy check markU+2714. ✓ drawn with a thick stroke. It has no Alt code and no HTML name.
Dashes and keyboard markers 4
*AsteriskU+002A. On the keyboard, on Shift and 8 of the U.S. layout. Markdown and wiki markup start a bulleted item with it.
–En dashU+2013. The en dash as a list marker. Alt+0150 and Option+-; – in HTML and \textendash in LaTeX.
-Hyphen-minusU+002D. On the keyboard. Markdown accepts it as a bullet-list marker at the start of a line.
+Plus signU+002B. On the keyboard. The third character that Markdown accepts as a bullet-list marker.
Ornaments 4
☛Black right pointing indexU+261B. The manicule of old manuscripts and early printed books, which drew a reader's eye to a passage long before the bullet did.
☙Reversed rotated floral heart bulletU+2619. ❧ facing the other way, added in 1999. Its Unicode note calls it a binding signature mark.
❧Rotated floral heart bulletU+2767. A leaf-shaped ornament that Unicode also calls hedera, ivy leaf.
❥Rotated heavy black heart bulletU+2765. A Dingbats ornament for the start of a line: a heavy heart turned on its side, as its name says.