GlyphIndexTrailing thought
I was about to add one more note…
The original sentence trails off.
Ellipsis
The ellipsis … is a single character used for an omission or a trailing thought. Three periods ... are a different, three-character sequence.
HORIZONTAL ELLIPSIS
Appearance can vary by font.
Character details
♡→✦
3 code pointsMeaning and context
The ellipsis … is a single character used for an omission or a trailing thought. Three periods ... are a different, three-character sequence.
How to use it
When omitting text from a quotation, make the omission clear without changing the meaning. For interface labels, words should explain any action the ellipsis accompanies.
Examples
Encoding comparison
… = U+2026; ... = U+002E U+002E U+002E
The visual resemblance does not imply identical text.
Similar shapes, different characters
Three full stops
U+002E U+002E U+002EThis is a three-character sequence.
Midline horizontal ellipsis
U+22EFA midline mathematical ellipsis is U+22EF.
Sources and method
- Unicode 18.0.0 character database — Pinned standard character identities and properties; the application computes UTF encodings from the original text.
- Unicode character code charts — Reference glyphs are not a guarantee of the appearance in a user’s font.