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 |