This is text in a WordPress gutenberg block.
en dash 2–6 and April–June
em dashes—two of them—here”straight quotes” and “curly double quotes” and ‘curly single quotes’
And we use… ellipses… a lot!
classic block:
This is text in a WordPress Classic block.
en dash 2–6 and April–June
em dashes—two of them—here
“straight quotes” and “curly double quotes” and ‘curly single quotes’
more text:
Trademark™, Registered trademark®, the pi symbol: ?
£Pounds, ¢cents, ? infinity, ¶ paragraph (pilcrow), 451° (degrees)
• Faking a bullet list with a bullet character
I don’t think we use the following symbols, but hey, they’re easy to type: œ?´®†¥¨ˆø å (a-ring), ß?ƒ©???¬æ÷??µ˜??ç??
This article was last modified on February 23, 2026
This article was first published on February 2, 2002
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