Bracket Symbols Copy and Paste
Copy parentheses, braces, square brackets, angle brackets, corner brackets, and decorative bracket pairs for writing, mockups, labels, and plain-text formatting.
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About bracket symbols
Plain brackets for code
Use (), [], {}, and <> when writing code, config, or examples. Decorative brackets are better for display text, not syntax.
Angle brackets in HTML
Raw < and > can be treated as markup. In HTML examples, use < and > when you need the brackets to appear as text.
Opening and closing pairs
Many bracket styles have distinct left and right characters. Copy the matching pair instead of reusing the same mark on both sides.
Decorative spacing
Corner, lenticular, and fullwidth brackets can sit wider than normal punctuation. Test them in usernames, tables, and narrow fields.
Unicode, HTML entities, and Alt codes
Unicode gives each character a standard code point, such as U+2605 for ★. HTML character references let web pages represent those characters with decimal, hexadecimal, or named references.
Alt codes are keyboard shortcuts, mostly used on Windows. They are useful when they work, but copy and paste is more reliable across laptops, phones, tablets, and international keyboard layouts.
Why special characters change appearance
The copied character is text, not an image. Its final look depends on the app, browser, operating system, and font used to render it. If a symbol matters in a username, label, document, or product page, paste it into the final destination and check it there.