Bullet Point Symbols to Copy & Paste
The classic bullet • is a Unicode character (U+2022), not ASCII. In plain-text contexts people have always faked bullets with a hyphen (-), asterisk (*), or plus (+), and those are still the right choice for Markdown and code comments. When you need a real round bullet for a document, social bio, or list where Markdown is not available, copy one below.
How to type a bullet point on Windows and Mac
On Windows, hold Alt and type 0149 on the numeric keypad to insert •. The shorter Alt+7 also produces a bullet in many applications. Character Map (search "bullet") lists all of the variants above. On a Mac, press Option+8 to type • directly. For the middle dot ·, use Option+Shift+9. On mobile, the bullet usually appears when you long-press the hyphen or period key on the symbols keyboard.
Bullets in HTML, Markdown, and code
In HTML you rarely need the character itself — a <ul> list draws its own bullets. When you do want a literal one inline, use • or • to render •. The middle dot is · (·), handy as a separator between links. In Markdown, start a line with -, *, or + to create a bulleted list; the renderer converts it to a •. Do not paste a literal • at the start of a Markdown line, as it will be treated as ordinary text rather than a list item.