Following special symbols may be required for writing Vedic scriptures and musical notes. These symbols are available in Baraha ANSI fonts such as "BRH Kannada Extra", "BRH Devanagari Extra", "BRH Tamil Tab Extra", "BRH Telugu Extra", "BRH Malayalam Extra". Some special symbols are not available in Unicode fonts yet.
Special symbols can be typed using ... 1) Baraha editor 2) BarahaIME editor in MS Word by selecting phonetic keyboard
| Special symbol | Phonetic keyboard key | Available in Unicode? |
| single vertical line above | # | Yes |
| double vertical line above | $ | Yes |
| horizontal line below | q | Yes |
| horizontal line above | Q | No |
| dot below | V | No |
| dot above | W | No |
example: स॒हस्र॑ शीर्षा॒ पुरु॑ष । एवेदग्ं सर्वम्᳚ ।
note: You may use Insert Symbol dialog box to insert any symbols from various fonts.