What makes a symbol "aesthetic"
Aesthetic decoration is mostly small and light: thin sparkles (✧ ⋆ ˚), tiny raised dots (⁺ ₊ ·), soft frames and long thin lines. It frames words without shouting. Compared with the cute symbols, there are fewer faces and bows and more lines, brackets and space.
Five groups
- Singles: one character to start a line or sit next to a name.
- Sparkle combos: short strings like ✧˖° or ⋆｡°✩ to begin or end a bio line.
- Frames: a pair with a space in the middle. Copy, paste, then type your word between them.
- Dividers: lines to separate parts of a caption or a profile.
- Bullets: for lists in bios and notes, such as ↳ or ⌗ ⟡.
Keep it readable
Screen readers read each symbol out by name, so a bio made mostly of decoration is tiring to listen to. Keep the words that matter in plain letters and use symbols at the edges. For the same look on letters, try the aesthetic fonts.
Aesthetic symbol codes
| Symbol | Unicode name | Code point | HTML |
|---|---|---|---|
| ✧ | white four pointed star | U+2727 | ✧ |
| ✦ | black four pointed star | U+2726 | ✦ |
| ⋆ | star operator | U+22C6 | ⋆ |
| ˚ | ring above | U+02DA | ˚ |
| ⊹ | hermitian conjugate matrix | U+22B9 | ⊹ |
| ⟡ | white concave-sided diamond | U+27E1 | ⟡ |
| ❀ | white florette | U+2740 | ❀ |
| ♱ | east syriac cross | U+2671 | ♱ |
| ☾ | last quarter moon | U+263E | ☾ |
| ☽ | first quarter moon | U+263D | ☽ |
| ⌗ | viewdata square | U+2317 | ⌗ |
| ⌘ | place of interest sign | U+2318 | ⌘ |
| ⌖ | position indicator | U+2316 | ⌖ |
| ⁺ | superscript plus sign | U+207A | ⁺ |
| ₊ | subscript plus sign | U+208A | ₊ |
| ‧ | hyphenation point | U+2027 | ‧ |
| · | middle dot | U+00B7 | · |
| • | bullet | U+2022 | • |
| ∘ | ring operator | U+2218 | ∘ |
| ° | degree sign | U+00B0 | ° |
| ༄ | tibetan mark initial yig mgo mdun ma | U+0F04 | ༄ |
| ✮ | heavy outlined black star | U+272E | ✮ |
| ♰ | west syriac cross | U+2670 | ♰ |
| ⚘ | flower | U+2698 | ⚘ |
| ✶ | six pointed black star | U+2736 | ✶ |
| ✷ | eight pointed rectilinear black star | U+2737 | ✷ |
| ⋄ | diamond operator | U+22C4 | ⋄ |
| ◇ | white diamond | U+25C7 | ◇ |
| ◈ | white diamond containing black small diamond | U+25C8 | ◈ |
| ☁ | cloud | U+2601 | ☁ |
| ʚ | latin small letter closed open e | U+029A | ʚ |
| ɞ | latin small letter closed reversed open e | U+025E | ɞ |
| 𓂃 | egyptian hieroglyph d013 | U+13083 | 𓂃 |
| ➝ | triangle-headed rightwards arrow | U+279D | ➝ |
| ↳ | downwards arrow with tip rightwards | U+21B3 | ↳ |
| ⤷ | arrow pointing downwards then curving rightwards | U+2937 | ⤷ |
| ➺ | teardrop-barbed rightwards arrow | U+27BA | ➺ |
| ⇢ | rightwards dashed arrow | U+21E2 | ⇢ |
| ▹ | white right-pointing small triangle | U+25B9 | ▹ |
| › | single right-pointing angle quotation mark | U+203A | › |
| ❥ | rotated heavy black heart bullet | U+2765 | ❥ |
Questions
What are aesthetic symbols?
Small decorative characters, such as ✧ ⋆ ⟡ ♱ and thin lines, used to frame text in bios, captions and notes.
How do I use a frame like ꒰ ꒱?
Copy the frame, paste it, put the cursor in the space in the middle and type your word.
How do I make a line divider?
Tap a divider in the Dividers group to copy it and paste it between two paragraphs.
Do aesthetic symbols work everywhere?
Most are ordinary text characters and paste wherever text is accepted. A few rare ones may show as boxes on older devices.