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Keywords: Virgule, Slash, Punctuation, Diagonal, Kerning

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A slash character. The regular slash is the virgule; one designed for typing fractions is called a solidus (produced on the Mac with Option-Shift-1). It has a different angle allowing better kerning of numbers over and under it.

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a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information

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A diagonal slash (/).

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The diagonal stroke (slant line) that is often used to show rates, when units are expressed in abbreviated or symbolic form (i.e., km/h).

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The solidus character U+2044, â„, also known as a shilling mark, is a punctuation mark. The character found on standard keyboards is the virgule (commonly called forward slash).

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