Special Characters: Keyboard Shortcuts - special characters and their HTML equivalents

On MacOS, the option key functions as a modifier key like the shift key. Hold it down and press another key simultaneously. For option - shift, hold down both the option and shift keys and press another key simultaneously.

On Windows, the Alt key functions as a modifier like the shift key. To make special characters, hold down the Alt key and type in the numbers from the numeric keypad.

HTML Name Code	HTML Number Code	Glyph	MacOS	Windows	Description
‘		‘	option - ]	Alt + 0145	left single quote
’		’	option - shift - ]	Alt + 0146	right single quote
&sbquo;		‚			single low-9 quote
“		“	option - [	Alt + 0147	left double quote
”		”	option - shift - [	Alt + 0148	right double quote
&bdquo;		„	option - shift - w		double low-9 quote
&dagger;		†	option - t	Alt + 0134	dagger
&Dagger;		‡	option - shift - 7	Alt + 0135	double dagger
&permil;		‰	option - shift - r	Alt + 0137	per mill sign
&lsaquo;		‹	option - shift - 3	Alt + 0139	single left-pointing angle quote
&rsaquo;		›	option - shift - 4	Alt + 0155	single right-pointing angle quote
&spades;		♠			black spade suit
&clubs;		♣			black club suit
&hearts;		♥			black heart suit
&diams;		♦			black diamond suit
&oline;		‾			overline, = spacing overscore
←		←			leftward arrow
↑		↑			upward arrow
→		→			rightward arrow
↓		↓			downward arrow
™		™	option - 2	Alt + 0153	trademark sign
"	"	"			double quotation mark
&	&	&			ampersand
<	<	<			less-than sign
>	>	>			greater-than sign
	[	[			left square bracket
	]	]			right square bracket
–		–	option - hyphen	Alt + 0150	en dash
—		—	option - shift -hyphen	Alt + 0151	em dash
				Alt + 0160	nonbreaking space
¡	¡	¡	option - 1	Alt + 0161	inverted exclamation
¢	¢	¢	option - 4	Alt + 0162	cent sign
£	£	£	option - 3	Alt + 0163	pound sterling
¤	¤	¤		Alt + 0164	general currency sign
¥	¥	¥	option - y	Alt + 0165	yen sign
¦ or &brkbar;	¦	¦		Alt + 0166	broken vertical bar
§	§	§	option - 6	Alt + 0167	section sign
¨ or &die;	¨	¨	option - shift - u	Alt + 0168	umlaut
©	©	©	option - g	Alt + 0169	copyright
ª	ª	ª	option - 9	Alt + 0170	feminine ordinal
«	«	«	option - \	Alt + 0171	left angle quote
¬	¬	¬	option - l	Alt + 0172	not sign
				Alt + 0173	soft hyphen
®	®	®	option - r	Alt + 0174	registered trademark
¯ or &hibar;	¯	¯		Alt + 0175	macron accent
°	°	°	option - shift - 8	Alt + 0176	degree sign
±	±	±	option - shift - =	Alt + 0177	plus or minus
²	²	²		Alt + 0178	superscript two
³	³	³		Alt + 0179	superscript three
´	´	´	option - shift - e	Alt + 0180	acute accent
µ	µ	µ	option - m	Alt + 0181	micro sign
¶	¶	¶	option - 7	Alt + 0182	paragraph sign
·	·	·	option - shift - 9	Alt + 0183	middle dot
¸	¸	¸	option - shift - z	Alt + 0184	cedilla
¹	¹	¹		Alt + 0185	superscript one
º	º	º	option - 0	Alt + 0186	masculine ordinal
»	»	»	option - shift - \	Alt + 0187	right angle quote
¼	¼	¼		Alt + 0188	one-fourth
½	½	½		Alt + 0189	one-half
¾	¾	¾		Alt + 0190	three-fourths
¿	¿	¿	option - shift - ?	Alt + 0191	inverted question mark
À	À	À	option - ` A	Alt + 0192	uppercase A, grave accent
Á	Á	Á	option - e A	Alt + 0193	uppercase A, acute accent
Â	Â	Â	option - i A	Alt + 0194	uppercase A, circumflex accent
Ã	Ã	Ã	option - n A	Alt + 0195	uppercase A, tilde
Ä	Ä	Ä	option - u A	Alt + 0196	uppercase A, umlaut
Å	Å	Å	option - shift - a	Alt + 0197	uppercase A, ring
Æ	Æ	Æ	option - shift - '	Alt + 0198	uppercase AE
Ç	Ç	Ç	option - shift - c	Alt + 0199	uppercase C, cedilla
È	È	È	option - ` E	Alt + 0200	uppercase E, grave accent
É	É	É	option - e E	Alt + 0201	uppercase E, acute accent
Ê	Ê	Ê	option - i E	Alt + 0202	uppercase E, circumflex accent
Ë	Ë	Ë	option - u E	Alt + 0203	uppercase E, umlaut
Ì	Ì	Ì	option - ` I	Alt + 0204	uppercase I, grave accent
Í	Í	Í	option - e I	Alt + 0205	uppercase I, acute accent
Î	Î	Î	option - i I	Alt + 0206	uppercase I, circumflex accent
Ï	Ï	Ï	option - u I	Alt + 0207	uppercase I, umlaut
Ð	Ð	Ð		Alt + 0208	uppercase Eth, Icelandic
Ñ	Ñ	Ñ	option - n N	Alt + 0209	uppercase N, tilde
Ò	Ò	Ò	option - ` O	Alt + 0210	uppercase O, grave accent
Ó	Ó	Ó	option - e O	Alt + 0211	uppercase O, acute accent
Ô	Ô	Ô	option - i O	Alt + 0212	uppercase O, circumflex accent
Õ	Õ	Õ	option - n O	Alt + 0213	uppercase O, tilde
Ö	Ö	Ö	option - u O	Alt + 0214	uppercase O, umlaut
×	×	×		Alt + 0215	multiplication sign
Ø	Ø	Ø	option - shift - o	Alt + 0216	uppercase O, slash
Ù	Ù	Ù	option - ` U	Alt + 0217	uppercase U, grave accent
Ú	Ú	Ú	option - e U	Alt + 0218	uppercase U, acute accent
Û	Û	Û	option - i U	Alt + 0219	uppercase U, circumflex accent
Ü	Ü	Ü	option - u U	Alt + 0220	uppercase U, umlaut
Ý	Ý	Ý		Alt + 0221	uppercase Y, acute accent
Þ	Þ	Þ		Alt + 0222	uppercase THORN, Icelandic
ß	ß	ß	option - s	Alt + 0223	lowercase sharps, German
à	à	à	option - ` a	Alt + 0224	lowercase a, grave accent
á	á	á	option - e a	Alt + 0225	lowercase a, acute accent
â	â	â	option - i a	Alt + 0226	lowercase a, circumflex accent
ã	ã	ã	option - n a	Alt + 0227	lowercase a, tilde
ä	ä	ä	option - u a	Alt + 0228	lowercase a, umlaut
å	å	å	option - a	Alt + 0229	lowercase a, ring
æ	æ	æ	option - '	Alt + 0230	lowercase ae
ç	ç	ç	option - c	Alt + 0231	lowercase c, cedilla
è	è	è	option - ` e	Alt + 0232	lowercase e, grave accent
é	é	é	option - e e	Alt + 0233	lowercase e, acute accent
ê	ê	ê	option - i e	Alt + 0234	lowercase e, circumflex accent
ë	ë	ë	option - u e	Alt + 0235	lowercase e, umlaut
ì	ì	ì	option - ` i	Alt + 0236	lowercase i, grave accent
í	í	í	option - e i	Alt + 0237	lowercase i, acute accent
î	î	î	option - i i	Alt + 0238	lowercase i, circumflex accent
ï	ï	ï	option - u i	Alt + 0239	lowercase i, umlaut
ð	ð	ð		Alt + 0240	lowercase eth, Icelandic
ñ	ñ	ñ	option - n n	Alt + 0241	lowercase n, tilde
ò	ò	ò	option - ` o	Alt + 0242	lowercase o, grave accent
ó	ó	ó	option - e o	Alt + 0243	lowercase o, acute accent
ô	ô	ô	option - i o	Alt + 0244	lowercase o, circumflex accent
õ	õ	õ	option - n o	Alt + 0245	lowercase o, tilde
ö	ö	ö	option - u o	Alt + 0246	lowercase o, umlaut
÷	÷	÷		Alt + 0247	division sign
ø	ø	ø	option - o	Alt + 0248	lowercase o, slash
ù	ù	ù	option - ` u	Alt + 0249	lowercase u, grave accent
ú	ú	ú	option - e u	Alt + 0250	lowercase u, acute accent
û	û	û	option - i u	Alt + 0251	lowercase u, circumflex accent
ü	ü	ü	option - u u	Alt + 0252	lowercase u, umlaut
ý	ý	ý		Alt + 0253	lowercase y, acute accent
þ	þ	þ		Alt + 0254	lowercase thorn, Icelandic
ÿ	ÿ	ÿ	option - u y	Alt + 0255	lowercase y, umlaut