# Which right arrow should a terminal use?

A text symbol for direction. The target font still needs a usable glyph. Code points: U+2192. Its appearance is font-dependent; an emoji arrow has different presentation. A non-equivalent fallback is "->" (ASCII-only directional marker). Two characters; not the same Unicode symbol. Font coverage, shaping, and application acceptance were not tested, so those results are unknown.

## Code points

- U+2192 RIGHTWARDS ARROW

## What was checked

### Rightwards arrow

A text symbol for direction. The target font still needs a usable glyph.

Its appearance is font-dependent; an emoji arrow has different presentation.

For an ASCII-only terminal or protocol, write -> if the meaning remains clear.

## What this does not prove

No OS, font, browser, application, field policy or rendering engine was tested. Unicode validity and segmentation do not establish actual display or acceptance.

Unicode release recorded with this answer: 18.0.0.
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