A selection of characters I use most…
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HTML Name Code |
HTML Number Code |
Glyph |
Windows |
Description |
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» |
» |
» |
Alt + 0187 |
right angle quote |
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« |
« |
« |
Alt + 0171 |
left angle quote |
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„ |
„ |
„ |
double low-9 quote | |
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“ |
“ |
“ |
Alt + 0147 |
left double quote |
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” |
” |
” |
Alt + 0148 |
right double quote |
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© |
© |
© |
Alt + 0169 |
copyright |
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™ |
™ |
™ |
Alt + 0153 |
trademark sign |
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® |
® |
® |
Alt + 0174 |
registered trademark |
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‘ |
‘ |
‘ |
Alt + 0145 |
left single quote |
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’ |
’ |
’ |
Alt + 0146 |
right single quote |
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‚ |
‚ |
‚ |
single low-9 quote | |
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† |
† |
† |
Alt + 0134 |
dagger |
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‡ |
‡ |
‡ |
Alt + 0135 |
double dagger |
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… |
… |
horizontal ellipsis | ||
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‰ |
‰ |
‰ |
Alt + 0137 |
per mill sign |
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‹ |
‹ |
‹ |
Alt + 0139 |
single left-pointing angle quote |
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› |
› |
› |
Alt + 0155 |
single right-pointing angle quote |
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♠ |
♠ |
♠ |
black spade suit | |
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♣ |
♣ |
♣ |
black club suit | |
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♥ |
♥ |
♥ |
black heart suit | |
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♦ |
♦ |
♦ |
black diamond suit | |
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‾ |
‾ |
‾ |
overline, = spacing overscore | |
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← |
← |
← |
leftward arrow | |
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↑ |
↑ |
↑ |
upward arrow | |
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→ |
→ |
→ |
rightward arrow | |
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↓ |
↓ |
↓ |
downward arrow | |
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" |
" |
“ |
double quotation mark | |
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& |
& |
& |
ampersand | |
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< |
< |
< |
less-than sign | |
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> |
> |
> |
greater-than sign | |
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[ |
[ |
left square bracket | ||
|
] |
] |
right square bracket | ||
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– |
– |
– |
Alt + 0150 |
en dash |
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— |
— |
— |
Alt + 0151 |
em dash |
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|
  |
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Alt + 0160 |
nonbreaking space |
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¡ |
¡ |
¡ |
Alt + 0161 |
inverted exclamation |
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¢ |
¢ |
¢ |
Alt + 0162 |
cent sign |
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£ |
£ |
£ |
Alt + 0163 |
pound sterling |
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¤ |
¤ |
¤ |
Alt + 0164 |
general currency sign |
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¥ |
¥ |
¥ |
Alt + 0165 |
yen sign |
|
¦ or &brkbar; |
¦ |
¦ |
Alt + 0166 |
broken vertical bar |
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§ |
§ |
§ |
Alt + 0167 |
section sign |
|
¨ or ¨ |
¨ |
¨ |
Alt + 0168 |
umlaut |
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ª |
ª |
ª |
Alt + 0170 |
feminine ordinal |
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¬ |
¬ |
¬ |
Alt + 0172 |
not sign |
|
­ |
­ |
|
Alt + 0173 |
soft hyphen |
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¯ or &hibar; |
¯ |
¯ |
Alt + 0175 |
macron accent |
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° |
° |
° |
Alt + 0176 |
degree sign |
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± |
± |
± |
Alt + 0177 |
plus or minus |
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² |
² |
² |
Alt + 0178 |
superscript two |
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³ |
³ |
³ |
Alt + 0179 |
superscript three |
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´ |
´ |
´ |
Alt + 0180 |
acute accent |
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µ |
µ |
µ |
Alt + 0181 |
micro sign |
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¶ |
¶ |
¶ |
Alt + 0182 |
paragraph sign |
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· |
· |
· |
Alt + 0183 |
middle dot |
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¸ |
¸ |
¸ |
Alt + 0184 |
cedilla |
|
¹ |
¹ |
¹ |
Alt + 0185 |
superscript one |
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º |
º |
º |
Alt + 0186 |
masculine ordinal |
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¼ |
¼ |
¼ |
Alt + 0188 |
one-fourth |
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½ |
½ |
½ |
Alt + 0189 |
one-half |
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¾ |
¾ |
¾ |
Alt + 0190 |
three-fourths |
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¿ |
¿ |
¿ |
Alt + 0191 |
inverted question mark |
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× |
× |
× |
Alt + 0215 |
multiplication sign |
for more Information see the original “Tip sheet on special characters“