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Character List

This is a listing of common special characters used in many foreign languages, and how to key them using your keyboard for Windows and Macintosh. See the bottom for additional typographic characters.
On Windows
Type the numbers on the numeric keypad (on the right of your keyboard)
á alt + 0225
à alt + 0224
â alt + 0226
ã alt + 0227
ä alt + 0228
å alt + 0229
æ alt + 0230
À alt + 0192
Á alt + 0193
 alt + 0194
à alt + 0195
Ä alt + 0196
Å alt + 0197
Æ alt + 0198
è alt + 0232
é alt + 0233
ê alt + 0234
ë alt + 0235
È alt + 0200
É alt + 0201
Ê alt + 0202
ì alt + 0236
í alt + 0237
î alt + 0238
ï alt + 0239
Ì alt + 0204
Í alt + 0205
Î alt + 0206
Ï alt + 0207
?
ò alt + 0242
ó alt + 0243
ô alt + 0244
õ alt + 0245
ö alt + 0246
Ò alt + 0210
Ó alt + 0211
Ô alt + 0212
Õ alt + 0213
Ö alt + 0214
ù alt + 0249
ú alt + 0250
û alt + 0251
ü alt + 0252
Ù alt + 0217
Ú alt + 0218
Û alt + 0219
Ü alt + 0220
ç alt + 0231
Ç alt + 0199
ñ alt + 0164
Ñ alt + 0165
ß alt + 0223
ý alt + 0253
Ý alt + 0221
¿ alt + 168
¡ alt + 173
alt + 0140
? alt + 0156

 

On Macintosh
á, é, í, ó, ú Option-e + vowel
à, è, ì, ò, ù Option-` + vowel
ä, ë, ï, ö, ü, ÿ Option-u + vowel
â, ê, î, ô, û Option-i + vowel
ã, õ, ñ Option-n + letter
ß Option-s
ç Option-c
¡ Option-1
æ Option-'
œ Option-q
ø Option-o
¿ Option-shift-?
Shift for capitals

On both Macintosh and Windows

Copy and paste or type the following codes to use the corresponding character. Be sure to include the "&#x" before the code and the ";" after.

If these characters do not display properly, refer to the font instructions on the help page. If you do not have the Arial Unicode MS font, you may want to try the Gentium font.

ā = ā ǰ = ǰ ʣ = ʣ β = β
š = š dz = dz ɔ = ɔ δ = δ
ă = ă dž = dž ʤ = ʤ θ = θ
ē = ē Ə = Ə ʦ = ʦ ĕ = ĕ
Ɵ = Ɵ ʧ = ʧ ī = ī ə = ə
ū = ū ɜ = ɜ ĭ = ĭ ŭ = ŭ
ž = ž Ą = Ą ą = ą Ć = Ć
ć = ć ę = ę Ł = Ł ł = ł
Ń = Ń ń = ń Ś = Ś ś = ś
Ź = Ź ź = ź Ż = Ż ż = ż
ŏ = ŏ



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