4.6.5.2 Typographical symbols ¶
ms provides a few strings to obtain typographical symbols not
easily entered with the keyboard. These and many others are available
as special character escape sequences—see the groff_char(7)
man page.
- String:
\*[-]
¶
-
Interpolate an em dash.
- String:
\*[Q]
¶
-
- String:
\*[U]
¶
-
Interpolate typographer’s quotation marks where available, and neutral
double quotes otherwise. \*Q
is the left quote and \*U
the right.