| Character | ⟛ |
| Name | Left And Right Tack |
| Unicode Code Point | U+27DB |
| Decimal Value | 10203 |
| Hex Value | 0x27DB |
| Category | Ornamental Dingbats |
| Windows Alt Code | Not available — use copy/paste |
| Word Alt+X Code | 27DB + Alt+X |
| Mac Shortcut | Not available — use copy/paste |
| HTML Entity | ⟛ |
| HTML Code (Dec / Hex) | ⟛ / ⟛ |
| CSS Content Code | content: "\27DB"; |
| JavaScript Unicode Escape | "\u{27DB}" |
Left And Right Tack is an ornamental dingbat used primarily for decorative purposes — flourishes, stylized arrows, and embellishments in creative or expressive text formatting.
Unicode block: Ornamental Dingbats (U+1F650–U+1F67F). This later-added Unicode block extends the original Dingbats set with additional decorative arrows and ornamental marks, continuing the tradition of the 1978 Zapf Dingbats typeface into the Unicode era.
At Unicode code point U+27DB (decimal 10203), Left And Right Tack is the 28th of 64 characters cataloged in this category on How To Type Any Symbol. In terms of typing methods, like most characters outside the 0–255 legacy codepage range, it has no dedicated Alt-code or single-key shortcut on Windows or Mac, so copy-paste is the standard, universal method for typing it. Regardless of platform, clicking the copy button above places the exact character on your clipboard, ready to paste into any application that accepts Unicode text.
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Use the entity ⟛ in your HTML.
Windows does not have an Alt code for Left And Right Tack. Copy ⟛ from this page and paste it with Ctrl+V.
There is no dedicated Mac shortcut for Left And Right Tack. Copy ⟛ from this page and paste it with Command+V.
Left And Right Tack (⟛) is Unicode U+27DB, decimal 10203.
Use the HTML entity ⟛, or the numeric code ⟛ (hex ⟛).