Encode::Symbol(3) Perl Programmers Reference Guide Encode::Symbol(3) NAME Encode::Symbol - Symbol Encodings SYNOPSIS use Encode qw/encode decode/; $symbol = encode("symbol", $utf8); # loads Encode::Symbol implicitly $utf8 = decode("", $symbol); # ditto ABSTRACT This module implements symbol and dingbats encodings. Encodings supported are as follows. Canonical Alias Description -------------------------------------------------------------------- symbol dingbats AdobeZDingbat AdobeSymbol MacDingbats DESCRIPTION To find out how to use this module in detail, see Encode. SEE ALSO Encode perl v5.44.0 2026-05-14 Encode::Symbol(3)