Spacing Around Symbols

Symbol Spacing

* (asterisk) No spacing between symbol and word

! (exclamation) No space before; two spaces after

@ (at) Space before and after

# (number/pound) No space between figure and symbol

$ (dollar) No space after No space after opening quotation mark “ ” (quotation) One space after closing quotation mark - (hyphen) No space before and after

— (dash) No space before or after

/ (slash) No space before or after

+ (plus) One space before and after

> (greater than) No space before or after

< (less than) No space before or after

( (left parenthesis) One space before; no space after

) (right parenthesis) No space before; one space after

= (equals) Space before and after

‘ (apostrophe) No space before and after

& (ampersand) One space before and after

% (percent) No space before; one space after