Medium Flattened Right Parenthesis Ornament ❫

❫ (U+276B) is a standard Unicode character that you can copy and paste anywhere text is accepted. This page provides a concise reference with safe tips, internal links, and practical guidance so you can use it reliably across apps and platforms.

What it is and where it’s used: Medium Flattened Right Parenthesis Ornament is part of the Symbols family (block: Dingbats). If you need styled or decorative alternatives, try our Fancy Text tool to generate compatible text that works in most modern interfaces.

History & usage: The MEDIUM FLATTENED RIGHT PARENTHESIS ORNAMENT is a character from the Dingbats block. It carries a decorative feel and is used mainly in typography for emphasis or as a flourish. In history, such symbols appeared in printed art and early digital designs to add visual variety. In modern use, it often functions as a bracket or delimiter, not as ordinary punctuation. Writers and designers may place it to enclose ideas, sections, or quoted text in a group. In code and technical writing, it can mark parameters or separate elements in lists where a plain parenthesis would be too simple. The symbol is usually treated as a visual element rather than a semantic one. Its flattened shape reduces weight and draws attention without being heavy. Because it belongs to the Common script family of dingbats, it blends with other decorative marks. When used, the ornament signals a pause or boundary similar to other brackets. Overall, it serves as a stylistic option for grouping and quotation in both historical and contemporary layouts.

Copy and input: the quickest method is to copy the character here. You can also insert it by its codepoint U+276B in many development tools or editors. Some operating systems provide a character viewer or input palette that lets you search by name or code and insert the glyph into documents.

Display and fallback: if you see an empty box (tofu) or a placeholder rectangle, the active font might not include this codepoint. Switching to a font with broader Unicode coverage or using a fallback font usually fixes the issue. On the web, ensure the page’s font stack includes a general‑purpose fallback.

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