Mathematical Sans-Serif Bold Capital A 𝗔
Visual Description: The character appears as a bold, sans-serif uppercase A with crisp, straight lines and even stroke width. Its form is compact and upright, designed for clarity in math. It sits cleanly on a baseline, and its edges stay uniform across sizes in digital fonts.
Meaning & Usage: In math notation, this bold sans-serif A signals a special variant of A, often used as a matrix or a labeled object in formulas. It helps distinguish operators, sets, or vectors from regular symbols. Readers rely on context to interpret its role.
Historical Background: This glyph is part of a broad family of mathematical alphanumeric symbols used in digital typography. It arose from the need to encode distinct styles within formulas for clarity and emphasis. Over time, editors and software adopted bold sans-serif variants to separate matrices and labeled elements.
Practical Use: In calculators and math editors, users may encounter this style when formatting formulas or labeling matrices. It supports quick comparisons and operations by visually grouping items, such as matrix A versus vector a or scalar a. UI controls often provide toggles to apply bold, switch fonts, or swap glyph variants during input.
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Look‑alikes: A (U+41).
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Confusables
Technical details
- Codepoint:
U+1D5D4 - General Category:
Lu - Age:
3.1 - Bidi Class:
L - Decomposition:
<font> 0041 - Block:
Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols - Script:
Common - UTF-8:
F0 9D 97 94 - UTF-16:
D835 DDD4 - UTF-32:
0001D5D4 - HTML dec:
𝗔 - HTML hex:
𝗔 - JS escape:
\u{1D5D4} - Python \N{}:
\N{MATHEMATICAL SANS-SERIF BOLD CAPITAL A} - Python \U:
\U0001D5D4 - URL-encoded:
%F0%9D%97%94 - CSS escape:
\1D5D4
How to type / insert
Fast copy: click the Copy button near the top of this page.
By codepoint: in many editors and IDEs, you can insert via the Unicode code U+1D5D4 or a built‑in character picker.
HTML: use the numeric entity 헔 (hex) or 헔 (decimal) when an HTML entity is needed.
Compatibility & troubleshooting
Font support: if the symbol does not render, the current font likely lacks this codepoint. Choose a font with broad Unicode coverage or allow a fallback font.
Web pages: ensure your CSS font stack includes a general fallback; avoid relying on images for common symbols to preserve accessibility and copyability.