How to Make the Infinity Symbol (∞): Type It, Copy It, Draw It

You love the symbol — now you want to use it. Whether you are texting it, designing with it, or drawing it on a notebook, here is every way to make the infinity symbol, ∞, on any device.

Keyboard shortcuts, by device

How to draw the infinity symbol by hand

The ∞ is one of the most satisfying shapes to draw because it is a single unbroken stroke. Start in the middle, sweep up and around to the left and back to the center, then up and around to the right and back — like writing a sideways number 8 without lifting your pen. End where you began. That return-to-the-start is the whole meaning of the symbol.

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The math behind it

In mathematics the symbol is called the lemniscate, introduced by John Wallis in 1655 to mean “without bound.” If you want that story, read the history of the infinity symbol and the great theories of infinity.

A symbol you can make in one stroke, that means a thing with no end. That is not a coincidence — it is the point.∞

Now that you can make it anywhere, make it mean something. Every time you write ∞, you write the shortest possible reminder that there is no ceiling on your life. That is the whole idea behind Infinite Soldier — and you are already fluent in our alphabet.

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