Bullet (typography)

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apostrophe ( ' ); ( ’ )
parentheses ( ( ) ),
brackets ( [ ] ); ( { } ); ( < > )
colon ( : )
comma ( , )
dash ( ‒ ); ( – ); ( — ); ( ― )
ellipsis ( … ) ( ... )
exclamation mark ( ! )
full stop/period ( . )
hyphen ( - ); ( ‐ )
question mark ( ? )
quotation marks ( ‘ ’ ); ( “ ” )
semicolon ( ; )
slash ( / ) and backslash ( \ )
space ( ) and interpunct ( · )

ampersand ( & )
asterisk ( * ) and asterism ( ⁂ )
dagger ( † ‡)
bullet ( •, more )
commercial at ( @ )
number sign ( # )
prime ( ′ ) and double prime (″)
tilde ( ~ )
underscore ( _ )
vertical bar / pipe ( | )

In typography, a bullet is a typographical symbol or glyph used to introduce items in a list, like below:

This is the text of a list item. Notice the bullet to the left.
This is a different list item, and so there is another bullet.
This is a different paragraph that is still part of the second list item; there is no bullet.

It is most conveniently used in technical writing or reference works to introduce a series of related items. They may be short phrases or of paragraph length. The main point is that all need to be tied together under a general heading. Bulleted items, commonly called "bullets", are usually terminated with a full stop.

In computer programming, the bullet corresponds to Unicode character 0x2022. In HTML, the codes • and • give • and •, respectively. <li> may also be used.