✉
Envelope
- Unicode
- U+2709
- Category
- Dingbats
- HTML Entity
- ✉
- CSS
- \2709
The Envelope symbol (✉) represents a standard, closed paper envelope traditionally used for postal mail. Originating from legacy dingbat fonts like ITC Zapf Dingbats, it was added to Unicode to ensure cross-platform typographic compatibility in digital documents. Today, it is widely used across the web and software interfaces as a universal icon for email, direct messages, or contact forms.
How to Type
- Windows
- In Word: type 2709, then press Alt + X. Other apps have no standard Windows shortcut for it — copy it from this page
- macOS
- Control+Command+Space then search "envelope"
- Linux
- Ctrl+Shift+U then 2709
- HTML
- ✉
In Programming
In web development and software design, the envelope symbol is frequently used as a lightweight, text-based UI icon to represent email links, contact buttons, or notification alerts without requiring external image assets.
Tags
contact
contact form
correspondence
dingbat
direct message
email
email icon
envelope
inbox
letter
letter icon
mail
message
newsletter
postal mail