characters

Instead of looking them up every time, use a variable.

The names of these variables often correspond with HTML character entity references that you can use in your markup. For example, $scut-nbsp is the same character as   in HTML.

Spaces

$scut-space

space ("\0020")

$scut-nbsp

non-breaking space ("\00a0")

Quotation Marks

$scut-quot

"

quotation mark ("\0022")

$scut-lsquo

‘

left single curly quote ("\2018")

$scut-rsquo

’

right single curly quote ("\2019")

$scut-ldquo

“

left double curly quote ("\201C")

$scut-rdquo

”

right double curly quote ("\201D")

$scut-lsaquo

‹

left single angle quote (guillemet) ("\2039")

$scut-rsaquo

›

right single angle quote (guillemet) ("\203A")

$scut-laquo

«

left double angle quote (guillemet) ("\00ab")

$scut-raquo

»

right double angle quote (guillemet) ("\00bb")

Other Punctuation

$scut-mdash

—

em dash (mutton) ("\2014")

$scut-ndash

–

en dash (nut) ("\2013")

$scut-hyphen

-

hyphen ("\2010")

$scut-amp

&

ampersand ("\0026")

$scut-para

¶

paragraph symbol (pilcrow) ("\00b6")

$scut-middot

·

middot (interpunct, interpoint) ("\00b7")

$scut-bull

•

bullet ("\2022")

$scut-whibull

◦

white bullet ("\25E6")

$scut-hellip

…

horizontal ellipsis ("\2026")

$scut-vellip

⋮

vertical ellipsis ("\22EE")

$scut-midhellip

⋯

midline horizontal ellipsis ("\22EF")

Various Symbols

$scut-gt

>

greater than ("\003e")

$scut-lt

<

less than ("\003c")

$scut-times

×

times ("\00D7")

$scut-bigtimes

✕

big times ("\2715")

$scut-checkmark

✓

checkmark ("\2713")

$scut-sect

§

section sign (double S, hurricane, sectional symbol, the legal doughnut, signum sectiōnis) ("\00a7")

$scut-oslash

Ø

o-slash (slashed o) ("\00f8")

Shapes

$scut-utri

▲

up-pointing triangle ("\25b2")

$scut-dtri

▼

down-pointing triangle ("\25bc")

$scut-ltri

◀

left-pointing triangle ("\25c0")

$scut-rtri

▶

right-pointing triangle ("\25b6")

$scut-ustri

▴

up-pointing small triangle ("\25b4")

$scut-dstri

▾

down-pointing small triangle ("\25be")

$scut-lstri

◂

left-pointing small triangle ("\25c2")

$scut-rstri

▸

right-pointing small triangle ("\25b8")

$scut-diamond

◆

diamond ("\25c6")

$scut-fisheye

◉

fisheye ("\25c9")

$scut-bullseye

◎

bullseye ("\25ce")

$scut-circle

●

circle ("\25cf")

$scut-whitecircle

○

white circle ("\25cb")

$scut-square

■

square ("\25a0")

$scut-whitesquare

□

white square ("\25a1")

$scut-ssquare

▪

small square ("\25aa")

$scut-swhitesquare

▫

small white square ("\25ab")

Currency

$scut-currency

¤

currency ("\00a4")

$scut-cent

¢

cent ("\00a2")

$scut-dollar

$

dollar ("\0024")

$scut-pound

£

pound ("\00a3")

$scut-euro

€

euro ("\20ac")

$scut-yen

¥

yen ("\00a5")

$scut-rupee

₹

rupee ("\20B9")