Figure Dash Symbol ‒

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Figure Dash Symbol Information

Symbol Name Figure Dash
Unicode Version 1.1 (June 1993)
Unicode U+2012
CSS Code \2012
Hex Code ‒
HTML Code ‒

Figure Dash Symbol Encoding

UTF-8 0xE2 0x80 0x92
UTF-16 0x2012
UTF-32 0x00002012


Figure Dash symbol's PNG and SVG files


How to add figure dash symbol via keyboard on different Operating systems

You can type the figure dash on most modern devices with the help of following methods:

How to type figure dash symbol on Microsoft Word

You can type the figure dash on microsoft Microsoft Word using steps mentioned below:

  • Place your cursor in the text area where you need to insert the symbol and type 2 0 1 2
  • Without moving the cursor press keys Alt + x together
  • The original 2 0 1 2 is now transformed into ‒

How to type figure dash symbol on Microsoft Windows

You can type the figure dash on Microsoft windows using following steps:

  • Hold Alt and press to type figure dash on your windows machine.

How to type figure dash symbol on Mac OS

You can type the figure dash on Mac OS using following steps:

  • Place your cursor in the text area where you need to insert the symbol
  • Press Ctrl + ⌘ Command + ⎵ Space to bring up the Character Viewer. Alternatively, choose Edit ⇒ Emoji & Symbols
  • Type “Figure Dash” in the search field at the top and press Enter
  • The symbol should appear. Click on it to insert it into your text
  • How to type figure dash symbol on Mac OS
    How to type figure dash symbol on Mac OS

How to type figure dash symbol on Linux

You can type the figure dash on Linux using following steps:

  • Place your cursor in the text area where you need to insert the symbol
  • Hold ⇧ Shift + Ctrl and press the letter + U
  • Press keys 2 0 1 2 consecutively
  • And then press ↵ Enter , the desired symbol will be added to your document

How to type figure dash symbol on IOS and Android

The easiest way to type the figure dash on ios and android is to copy and paste it wherever you need it.


How to use figure dash in CSS

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span {
content: "\2012";
}

How to type figure dash in HTML

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<span>&#8210;</span>

Figure Dash symbol representation in programming languages

figure dash's representation in different programming languages can be found in table below:

Language Representation
Rust \u{2012}
Ruby \u{2012}
Python \u2012
PHP \u{2012}
Perl "\x{2012}"
Java \u2012
Modern JavaScript - Since ES6 \u{2012}
JavaScript \u2012
Go \u2012
C# \u2012
C and C++ \u2012
Bash and Zsh - inside echo -e \u2012
RFC 5137 \u'2012'
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