Technical information

Symbol
NameScript small l
Unicode numberU+2113
CategoryLetterlike Symbols
DescriptionThe Unicode character ℓ, or U+2113, is known as the "Script Small L". It belongs to the "Letterlike Symbols" block and falls under the "Letter, Lowercase" category in the Unicode standard. This character is a graphic representation of a lowercase 'l' in a script or cursive form. It can be used in mathematical contexts to denote variables such as length, or in some countries, it is used as a symbol for the liter. The specific appearance and usage of this character can depend on the system and application it's being used in.

Encoding

HTML Entityℓ
HTML Entity (hex)ℓ
HTML Entity (named)
URL Escape Code%E2%84%93
UTF-8 (hex)0xE2 0x84 0x93
UTF-8 (binary)11100010:10000100:10010011
UTF-160x2113
UTF-320x00002113

Source Code

C, C++, and Java"\u2113"
CSS Code\2113
JavaScript"\u2113"
Perl\x{2113}
Python 2u"\u2113"
Python 3\u2113
Ruby\u{2113}

Preview

This Unicode character looks like this ℓ in sentence and in bold like this and in italic like this .

Font size:

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CSS Property: font-weight

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HTML Forms and Input

input
disabled input
input-group
select
button
button

Code examples in HTML and CSS

<span>&#8467;</span>

            
span {
    content: "\2113";
}

The symbol in different fonts

-apple-system
Apple Color Emoji
Arial
BlinkMacSystemFont
Courier New
Georgia
Droid Sans
Helvetica
Noto Sans
Oxygen
Roboto
"Segoe UI"
sans-serif
Segoe UI Emoji
Segoe UI Symbol
system-ui
Times New Roman
Ubuntu
Verdana

References