Editing Bullet (typography) (section)


{{Short description|Typographical symbol or glyph (•)}}
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{{Infobox symbol
 |mark=•
 |name=Bullet
 |unicode={{unichar|2022|bullet|html=}}
| see also=[[#In Unicode|other types of bullet symbols]], listed below
 |different from={{unichar|00B7|MIDDLE DOT|nlink=}}<br/>{{unichar|2219|bullet operator|nlink=Bullet (typography)#Bullet operator}}
}}

In [[typography]], a '''bullet''' or '''bullet point''', {{char|•}}, is a typographical symbol or [[glyph]] used to introduce items in a [[wiktionary:list|list]]. For example:
* Monica
* Erica
* Rita
* Tina
* Sandra
* Mary
* Jessica

The bullet symbol may take any of a variety of shapes, such as circular, square, diamond or arrow. Typical [[word processor]] software offers a wide selection of shapes and colors. Several regular symbols, such as {{char|*}} ([[asterisk]]), {{char|-}} ([[hyphen]]), {{char|.}} ([[Full stop|period]]), and even {{char|o}} (lowercase Latin letter [[O]]), are conventionally used in [[ASCII-only text]] or other environments where bullet characters are not available. Historically, the [[Index (typography)|index symbol]] {{char|☞}} (representing a hand with a pointing index finger) was popular for similar uses.

Lists made with bullets are called '''bulleted lists'''. The [[HTML element]] name for a bulleted list is "[[unordered list]]", because the list items are not arranged in numerical order (as they would be in a [[numbered list]]).