
Reflection symmetry over a horizontal line is used by some letters to indicate their shape. Letters that do have reflection symmetry over a horizontal line include: A, E, I, M, Q, S, T, V, and W. Some, like P, R, and N, have no symmetry lines. Some letters, such as X, H, and O, have both vertical and horizontal symmetry lines. Letters such as B and D have a horizontal line of symmetry, which means that their top and bottom sections match. Which letters have reflection symmetry over a horizontal line? Without these lines of symmetry, we would have no way of identifying this letter in words such as "tree" or "forest." For example, the character for tree, written in one stroke, features both a vertical and a horizontal line of symmetry. Lines of symmetry are very important in writing systems based on geometric figures, such as some Chinese characters. A digit's line of symmetry may help to identify it in words such as "million" or "decade." These numbers are divided into groups of three: zero has no line of symmetry then, there is a line running vertically through its center finally, one sees a line running horizontally through the middle of it. There are also numbers 0-9 that have lines of symmetry. Thus, pan can be identified as the letter "a" even though it does not look like any particular letter. For example, the letter "a" occurs most often in the word "pan," which features both a horizontal and a vertical line of symmetry. The presence of these lines of symmetry may help to identify certain letters in a word or phrase. In H, I, and X, there are both horizontal and vertical lines of symmetry. B, C, D, E, and K all feature horizontal symmetry lines.

The letters A, M, T, U, V, W, and Y each feature a vertical line of symmetry that separates the letter into two corresponding mirror representations in conventional typefaces.
