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Special characters

Type symbols directly, or use HTML codes like ©.

Prosedown saves in UTF-8, so you can type or paste any character directly: é, —, €, →, 日本語, emoji. That's usually the easiest option.

You can also use HTML character codes, which start with & and end with ;.

You type
© 2026 · 5 × 3 → 15 — done
You get

© 2026 · 5 × 3 → 15 — done

  • © © · ® ® · ™ ™
  • — — (long dash) · – – (short dash)
  • → → · ← ← · × × · · ·
  •   a space that never wraps to a new line
Good to know Once you edit a document in Styled Mode, codes like © are saved as the character itself (©). They look the same.
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