Typing Special Characters with Alt Codes
To use an Alt code, press and hold down the Alt key and type the code using the numeric key pad on the right side of your keyboard. If you do not have a numeric keypad, copy and paste the symbols from this page, or go back try another typing method.
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Accented Letters
| Grave |
À |
È |
Ì |
Ò |
Ù |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
à |
è |
ì |
ò |
ù |
|
|
| Acute |
Á |
É |
Í |
Ó |
Ú |
Ý |
|
á |
é |
í |
ó |
ú |
ý |
|
| Circumflex |
 |
Ê |
Î |
Ô |
Û |
|
|
â |
ê |
î |
ô |
û |
|
|
| Tilde |
à |
|
|
Õ |
|
Ñ |
|
ã |
|
|
õ |
|
ñ |
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| Umlaut |
Ä |
Ë |
Ï |
Ö |
Ü |
Ÿ |
|
ä |
ë |
ï |
ö |
ü |
ÿ |
Additional Characters
| Character | Description | Code |
|---|---|---|
|
¡ |
Beginning exclamation mark |
0161 |
|
¿ |
Beginning question mark |
0191 |
|
Ç, ç |
French C cedille |
0199, 0231 |
|
Œ,œ |
O-E ligature |
0140, 0156 |
|
ß |
German Sharp/Double S |
0223 |
|
º, ª |
Masculine Ordinal Number (Spanish, Italian, Portuguese) |
0186, 0170 |
|
Ø,ø |
Nordic O slash |
0216, 0248 |
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Å,å |
Nordic A ring, Angstrom sign |
0197, 0229 |
|
Æ, æ |
A-E ligature |
0198, 0230 |
|
Þ, þ |
Icelandic/Old English Thorn |
0222, 0254 |
|
Ð, ð |
Icelandic/Old English Eth |
0208, 0240 |
|
« » |
Double angle quotation marks |
0171, 0187 |
|
‹ › |
Single angle quotation marks |
0139, 0155 |
|
Š š |
Czech S hachek (S Caron) |
0138, 0154 |
|
Ž ž |
Czech S hachek (Z Caron) |
0142, 0158 |
