Figure Dash Symbol

A symbol from the Punctuation Symbols collection. Click the symbol or the button below to copy.

Symbol: ‒
Unicode: U+2012
HTML entity: ‒
Category: Punctuation Symbols

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About the figure dash symbol

The figure dash is a horizontal line used to connect numbers, particularly in contexts like telephone numbers or account numbers, where it matches the width of a digit. It is slightly shorter than the en dash and longer than the hyphen, ensuring consistent visual alignment in numerical sequences.

This character appears in typeset material such as phone directories, financial documents, and data tables where digits are evenly spaced. It is also found in some software interfaces and text formatting that require a dash with digit-proportional spacing.

How to type Figure Dash

Native keyboard shortcuts for each operating system — derived from the codepoint, so the steps below are always accurate.

Windows

2 options

In Word / Outlook: type 2012 then press Alt + X.
Anywhere: press Win + . to open the emoji & symbol picker, then search.

macOS

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Enable “Unicode Hex Input” in System Settings → Keyboard, then hold Option and type 2012.
Or: Control + Command + Space opens the Character Viewer — search by name.