Special Characters

I don’t know about you, but I have a terrible time remembering keyboard shortcuts to make “Special Characters”.

There are only two I can usually remember, just because I use them so much:

Holding down the [ALT] key, and then typing the number 0169, when you release the [ALT] key, results in a Copyright symbol… like this ===>  ©

Holding down the [ALT] key, and then typing the number 0149, results in a heavy black dot symbol… like this ===>  •

Because I can never find a “good” reference chart for the ALT Special Character Codes, I thought I would post it on my Blog, so I always know where it is.

(Hopefully you will find it useful, as well)

SYMBOL

NAME

(ALT +)

?

Black smiley face

2

?

Male sign

11

?

Female sign

12

?

Sun

15

?

Up/Down arrow

18

?

Up arrow

24

?

Down arrow

25

?

Right arrow

26

?

Left arrow

27

?

Left/right arrow

29

Euro Currency

0128

ƒ

Dutch Florin

0131

Dagger

0134

Double Dagger

0135

List Dot

0149

En-dash

0150

Em-dash

0151

Trademark

0153

¡

Upside down exclamation mark

0161

¢

Cent sign

0162

£

British Pound

0163

¤

Generic currency symbol

0164

¥

Japanese Yen

0165

§

Section Symbol

0167

©

Copyrighted

0169

¬

Not symbol

0172

®

Reserved mark

0174

°

Degree symbol

0176

±

Plus/Minus

0177

µ

Micro

0181

Paragraph Symbol ((Pilcrow)

0182

¼

Fraction 1/4

0188

½

Fraction 1/2

0189

¾

Fraction 3/4

0190

¿

Upside down question mark

0191

÷

Division sign

0247

?

Service mark

8480

?

Celsius

8451

?

Care of

8453

?

Fahrenheit

8457

?

Number symbol

8470

?

Sound recording copyright

8471

?

Prescription/pharmaceutical symbol

8478

?

Ohm

8486

?

Inverted ohm

8487

?

Sunshine

9728

?

Cloud

9729

?

Umbrella

9730

?

Snowman

9731

?

Comet

9732

?

Star (solid)

9733

?

Star (outline)

9734

?

Lightning

9735

?

Thunderstorm

9736

?

Sun

9737

?

Ascending node

9738

?

Descending node

9739

?

Conjunction

9740

?

Opposition

9741

?

Phone (solid)

9742

?

Musical single bar note

9742

?

Phone (outline)

9743

?

Checkbox

9744

?

Ballot box

9745

?

Ballot box with X

9746

?

Saltire (St. Andrew’s Cross)

9747

?

Left-pointing index finger (solid)

9754

?

Right-pointing index finger (solid)

9755

?

Left-pointing index finger (outline)

9756

?

Upwards-pointing index finger (outline)

9757

?

Right-pointing index finger (outline)

9758

?

Downwards-pointing index finger (outline)

9759

?

Skull & crossbones

9760

?

Caution sign

9761

?

Radioactive sign

9762

?

Biohazard sign

9763

?

Caduceus or “Kerykeion”

9764

?

Ankh

9765

?

Eastern Christian cross

9766

?

Chi Rho cross

9767

?

Patriarchal cross

9768

?

Greek cross

9769

?

Crescent moon & star

9770

?

Farsi symbol

9771

?

Adi Shakti

9772

?

Hammer and sickle

9773

?

Peace sign

9774

?

Yin & yang

9775

?

Dharma wheel

9784

?

Frowning face

9785

?

Smiley face

9786

?

Black smiley face

9787

?

Waxing crescent moon

9789

?

Waning crescent moon

9790

?

Mercury

9791

?

Venus (female symbol)

9792

?

Earth symbol

9793

?

Mars (male symbol)

9794

?

Jupiter

9795

?

Saturn

9796

?

Uranus

9797

?

Neptune

9798

?

Pluto

9799

?

Aries

9800

?

Taurus

9801

?

Gemini

9802

?

Cancer

9803

?

Leo

9804

?

Virgo

9805

?

Libra

9806

?

Scorpio

9807

?

Sagittarius

9808

?

Capricorn

9809

?

Aquarius

9810

?

Pisces

9811

?

White king

9812

?

White queen

9813

?

White rook

9814

?

White bishop

9815

?

White knight

9816

?

White pawn

9817

?

Black king

9818

?

Black queen

9819

?

Black rook

9820

?

Black bishop

9821

?

Black knight

9822

?

Black pawn

9824

?

Black spade suit

9824

?

Red heart suit

9825

?

Red diamond suit

9826

?

Black club suit(or shamrock)

9827

?

Red spade suit

9828

?

Black heart suit (or valentine)

9829

?

Black diamond suit

9830

?

Red club suit

9831

?

Hot springs

9832

?

Musical quarter note

9833

?

Musical eighth note

9834

?

Musical single bar note

9835

?

Musical double bar note

9836

?

Flat note

9837

?

Natural note

9838

?

Sharp note

9839

?

Cut above

9985

?

Cut here

9986

?

Cut below

9987

?

Scissors

9988

?

Public pay phone

9990

?

Film reel (tape spool)

9991

?

Airport/airplane

9992

?

Envelope/mail/email

9993

?

Victory sign

9996

?

Signature/sign here

9997

?

Pencil diagonal down

9998

?

Pencil

9999

?

Pencil diagonal up

10000

?

Checkmark

10003

?

Heavy checkmark

10004

?

Multiplication sign/X

10005

?

Heavy multiplication sign/X

10006

?

Ballot X

10007

?

Heavy ballot X

10008

?

Latin Roman cross

10013

?

Latin cross 3D shadow

10014

?

Latin cross outline

10015

?

Maltese Cross

10016

?

Star of David

10017

?

Quotation mark single comma

10075

?

Quotation mark single comma

10076

?

Quotation mark double turned comma

10077

?

Quotation mark double comma

10078

 

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