GROFF_CHAR(7)GROFF_CHAR(7)NAMEgroff_char - groff character names
DESCRIPTION
This manual page lists the standard groff input charac-
ters. Only the characters that are available for the
device that is being used to print this manual page will
be displayed. The Input code column applies to characters
which can be input with a single character, and gives the
ISO Latin-1 code of that input character. The PostScript
name column gives the usual PostScript name of the output
character.
The ISO Latin-1 no-break space (code 0240 octal) is equiv-
alent to \(space). All other ISO Latin-1 characters print
as themselves with the following exceptions: ` prints as
`, ' prints as '; the corresponding ISO Latin-1 characters
can be obtained with \` and \(aq. The ISO Latin-1
`Hyphen, Minus Sign' (code 45) prints as a hyphen; a minus
sign can be obtained with \-. The ISO Latin-1 `Tilde'
(code 126) prints as ~; the larger glyph can be obtained
with \(ti. The ISO Latin-1 `Circumflex Accent' (code 94)
prints as ^; a larger glyph can be obtained with \(ha.
Output Input Input PostScript Notes
name code name
! ! 33 exclam
" " 34 quotedbl
# # 35 numbersign
$ $ 36 dollar
% % 37 percent
& & 38 ampersand
' ' 39 quoteright
( ( 40 parenleft
) ) 41 parenright
* * 42 asterisk
+ + 43 plus
, , 44 comma
- - 45 hyphen
. . 46 period
/ / 47 slash
: : 58 colon
; ; 59 semicolon
< < 60 less
= = 61 equal
> > 62 greater
? ? 63 question
@ @ 64 at
[ [ 91 bracketleft
\ \ 92 backslash
] ] 93 bracketright
^ ^ 94 circumflex circumflex accent
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Output Input Input PostScript Notes
name code name
_ _ 95 underscore
` ` 96 quoteleft
{ { 123 braceleft
| | 124 bar
} } 125 braceright
~ ~ 126 tilde tilde accent
i i 161 exclamdown
c c 162 cent
L L 163 sterling
x x 164 currency
Y Y 165 yen
| | 166 brokenbar
S S 167 section
" " 168 dieresis
(C) (C) 169 copyright
a a 170 ordfeminine
<< << 171 guillemotleft
~ ~ 172 logicalnot
- - 173 hyphen
_R) _R) 174 registered
175 macron
o o 176 degree
+- +- 177 plusminus
2 2 178 twosuperior
3 3 179 threesuperior
' ' 180 acute acute accent
u u 181 mu
9| 9| 182 paragraph
. . 183 periodcentered
, , 184 cedilla
1 1 185 onesuperior
o o 186 ordmasculine
>> >> 187 guillemotright
1/4 1/4 188 onequarter
1/2 1/2 189 onehalf
3/4 3/4 190 threequarters
c c 191 questiondown
A A 192 Agrave
A A 193 Aacute
A A 194 Acircumflex
A A 195 Atilde
A A 196 Adieresis
A A 197 Aring
AE AE 198 AE
C C 199 Ccedilla
E E 200 Egrave
E E 201 Eacute
E E 202 Ecircumflex
E E 203 Edieresis
I I 204 Igrave
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Output Input Input PostScript Notes
name code name
I I 205 Iacute
I I 206 Icircumflex
I I 207 Idieresis
D D 208 Eth
N N 209 Ntilde
O O 210 Ograve
O O 211 Oacute
O O 212 Ocircumflex
O O 213 Otilde
O O 214 Odieresis
x x 215 multiply
O O 216 Oslash
U U 217 Ugrave
U U 218 Uacute
U U 219 Ucircumflex
U U 220 Udieresis
Y Y 221 Yacute
b b 222 Thorn
B B 223 germandbls
a a 224 agrave
a a 225 aacute
a a 226 acircumflex
a a 227 atilde
a a 228 adieresis
a a 229 aring
ae ae 230 ae
c c 231 ccedilla
e e 232 egrave
e e 233 eacute
e e 234 ecircumflex
e e 235 edieresis
i i 236 igrave
i i 237 iacute
i i 238 icircumflex
i i 239 idieresis
o o 240 eth
n n 241 ntilde
o o 242 ograve
o o 243 oacute
o o 244 ocircumflex
o o 245 otilde
o o 246 odieresis
-:- -:- 247 divide
o o 248 oslash
u u 249 ugrave
u u 250 uacute
u u 251 ucircumflex
u u 252 udieresis
y y 253 yacute
b b 254 thorn
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Output Input Input PostScript Notes
name code name
y y 255 ydieresis
D \(-D Eth Icelandic uppercase eth
o \(Sd eth Icelandic lowercase eth
b \(TP Thorn Icelandic uppercase thorn
b \(Tp thorn Icelandic lowercase thorn
AE \(AE AE
ae \(ae ae
OE \(OE OE
oe \(oe oe
B \(ss germandbls
A \('A Aacute
E \('E Eacute
I \('I Iacute
O \('O Oacute
U \('U Uacute
a \('a aacute
e \('e eacute
i \('i iacute
o \('o oacute
u \('u uacute
A \(:A Adieresis
E \(:E Edieresis
I \(:I Idieresis
O \(:O Odieresis
U \(:U Udieresis
a \(:a adieresis
e \(:e edieresis
i \(:i idieresis
o \(:o odieresis
u \(:u udieresis
y \(:y ydieresis
A \(^A Acircumflex
E \(^E Ecircumflex
I \(^I Icircumflex
O \(^O Ocircumflex
U \(^U Ucircumflex
a \(^a acircumflex
e \(^e ecircumflex
i \(^i icircumflex
o \(^o ocircumflex
u \(^u ucircumflex
A \(`A Agrave
E \(`E Egrave
I \(`I Igrave
O \(`O Ograve
U \(`U Ugrave
a \(`a agrave
e \(`e egrave
i \(`i igrave
o \(`o ograve
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Output Input Input PostScript Notes
name code name
u \(`u ugrave
A \(~A Atilde
N \(~N Ntilde
O \(~O Otilde
a \(~a atilde
n \(~n ntilde
o \(~o otilde
C \(,C Ccedilla
c \(,c ccedilla
L \(/L Lslash Polish L with a slash
l \(/l lslash Polish l with a slash
O \(/O Oslash
o \(/o oslash
A \(oA Aring
a \(oa aring
_ \(a" hungarumlaut Hungarian umlaut
\(a- macron macron or bar accent
^ \(a^ circumflex circumflex accent
' \(aa acute acute accent
` \(ga grave grave accent
` \(ab breve breve accent
, \(ac cedilla cedilla accent
" \(ad dieresis umlaut or dieresis
v \(ah caron havek accent
o \(ao ring ring or circle accent
~ \(a~ tilde tilde accent
, \(ho ogonek hook or ogonek accent
i \(.i dotlessi i without a dot
x \(Cs currency Scandinavian currency sign
$ \(Do dollar
L \(Po sterling
Y \(Ye yen
f \(Fn florin
c \(ct cent
<< \(Fo guillemotleft
>> \(Fc guillemotright
< \(fo guilsinglleft
> \(fc guilsinglright
i \(r! exclamdown
c \(r? questiondown
ff \(ff ff ff ligature
fi \(fi fi fi ligature
fl \(fl fl fl ligature
ffi \(Fi ffi ffi ligature
ffl \(Fl ffl ffl ligature
a \(Of ordfeminine
o \(Om ordmasculine
1 \(S1 onesuperior
2 \(S2 twosuperior
3 \(S3 threesuperior
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Output Input Input PostScript Notes
name code name
<- \(<- arrowleft
-> \(-> arrowright
<-> \(<> arrowboth horizontal double-headed arrow
v \(da arrowdown
^ \(ua arrowup
<= \(lA arrowdblleft
=> \(rA arrowdblright
<=> \(hA arrowdblboth horizontal double-headed double arrow
v \(dA arrowdbldown
^ \(uA arrowdblup
| \(ba bar
| \(bb brokenbar
| \(br br box rule with traditional troff metrics
_ \(ru ru baseline rule
_ \(ul ul underline with traditional troff metrics
| \(bv bv bold vertical
O \(ci circle
o \(bu bullet
(C) \(co copyright
(R) \(rg registered
tm \(tm trademark
= \(dd daggerdbl double dagger sign
- \(dg dagger
9| \(ps paragraph
S \(sc section
o \(de degree
-- \(em emdash em dash
- \(en endash en dash
%o \(%0 perthousand per thousand, per mille sign
1/2 \(12 onehalf
1/4 \(14 onequarter
3/4 \(34 threequarters
/ \(f/ fraction bar for fractions
' \(fm minute footmark, prime
'' \(sd second
^ \(ha asciicircum ASCII circumflex, hat, caret
~ \(ti asciitilde ASCII tilde, large tilde
- \(hy hyphen
[ \(lB bracketleft
] \(rB bracketright
{ \(lC braceleft
} \(rC braceright
< \(la angleleft left angle bracket
> \(ra angleright right angle bracket
<= \(lh handleft
=> \(rh handright
,, \(Bq quotedblbase low double comma quote
, \(bq quotesinglbase low single comma quote
" \(lq quotedblleft
" \(rq quotedblright
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Output Input Input PostScript Notes
name code name
` \(oq quoteleft single open quote
' \(aq quotesingle apostrophe quote
| \(or bar
@ \(at at
- \- minus minus sign from current font
# \(sh numbersign
/ \(sl slash
\ \(rs backslash
[] \(sq square
.:. \(tf therefore
A \(*A Alpha
B \(*B Beta
H \(*C Xi
/\ \(*D Delta
E \(*E Epsilon
O_ \(*F Phi
| \(*G Gamma
O \(*H Theta
I \(*I Iota
K \(*K Kappa
/\ \(*L Lambda
M \(*M Mu
N \(*N Nu
O \(*O Omicron
TT \(*P Pi
Y \(*Q Psi
_ \(*R Rho
> \(*S Sigma
T \(*T Tau
Y \(*U Upsilon
O \(*W Omega
X \(*X Chi
H \(*Y Eta
Z \(*Z Zeta
a \(*a alpha
B \(*b beta
E \(*c xi
d \(*d delta
e \(*e epsilon
o \(*f phi
o \(+f phi1 variant phi
y \(*g gamma
0 \(*h theta
0 \(+h theta1 variant theta
i \(*i iota
k \(*k kappa
\ \(*l lambda
u \(*m mu
v \(*n nu
o \(*o omicron
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Output Input Input PostScript Notes
name code name
n \(*p pi
w \(+p omega1 variant pi, looking like omega
u \(*q psi
p \(*r rho
o \(*s sigma
t \(*t tau
u \(*u upsilon
w \(*w omega
x \(*x chi
n \(*y eta
C \(*z zeta
s \(ts sigma1 terminal sigma
~~ \(~~ approxequal
~= \(~= approxequal
!= \(!= notequal
* \(** asteriskmath
+- \(+- plusminus
<= \(<= lessequal
== \(== equivalence
=~ \(=~ congruent
>= \(>= greaterequal
^ \(AN logicaland
v \(OR logicalor
~ \(no logicalnot
3 \(te existential there exists, existential quantifier
V \(fa universal for all, universal quantifier
N \(Ah aleph
I \(Im Ifraktur Fraktur I, imaginary
R \(Re Rfraktur Fraktur R, real
oo \(if infinity
. \(md dotmath
E \(mo element
x \(mu multiply
E \(nm notelement
+ \(pl plusmath plus sign in special font
= \(eq equalmath equals sign in special font
oc \(pt proportional
| \(pp perpendicular
(= \(sb propersubset
=) \(sp propersuperset
(_ \(ib reflexsubset
_) \(ip reflexsuperset
~ \(ap similar
a \(pd partialdiff partial differentiation sign
x \(c* circlemultiply multiply sign in a circle
+ \(c+ circleplus plus sign in a circle
(^) \(ca intersection intersection, cap
U \(cu union union, cup
_:- \(di divide division sign
V \(gr gradient
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Output Input Input PostScript Notes
name code name
{} \(es emptyset
_| \(CR carriagereturn carriage return symbol
-) \(st suchthat
/ \(/_ angle
p \(wp weierstrass Weierstrass p
<> \(lz lozenge
- \(an arrowhorizex horizontal arrow extension
SEE ALSOgroff(1)
An extension to the troff character set for Europe, E.G.
Keizer, K.J. Simonsen, J. Akkerhuis, EUUG Newsletter, Vol-
ume 9, No. 2, Summer 1989
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