Currency symbols

Character Description HTML entity Unicode Mac shortcut Windows shortcut
€ euro sign € € ⌥E Alt 0128
¢ cent sign ¢ ¢ ⌥4 Alt 0162
£ pound sign £ £ ⇧⌥4 Alt 0163
¥ yen sign ¥ ¥ ⌥Y Alt 0165
ƒ florin sign ("guilder") ƒ ƒ ⌥F Alt 0131
¤ general currency sign ¤ ¤ Alt 0164

Quotation marks

Character Description HTML entity Unicode Mac shortcut Windows shortcut
' single quotation mark (apostrophe) ' ' ⇧# Alt 0039
" double quotation mark " " ⇧2 Alt 0034
‚ bottom single quote, "low 9" (German: opening) ‚ ‚ ⌥S Alt 0130
‘ left single quote, "high 6" (German: closing / English: opening) ‘ ‘ ⌥#
’ right single quote, "high 9" (English: closing) ’ ’ ⇧⌥# Alt 0146
„ bottom double quotes, "low 99" (German: opening) „ „ ⌥^ Alt 0132
“ left double quotes, "high 66" (German: closing / English: opening) “ “ ⌥2 Alt 0147
” right double quotes, "high 99" (English: closing) ” ” ⇧⌥2 Alt 0148
‹ left single angle quotes (French: opening guillemet) ‹ ‹ ⇧⌥B Alt 0139
› right single angle quotes (French: closing guillemet) › › ⇧⌥N Alt 0155
« left angle quotes (French: opening guillemet) « « ⌥Q Alt 0171
» right angle quotes (French: closing guillemet) » » ⇧⌥Q Alt 0187

Special chars & HTML

Character Description HTML entity Unicode Mac shortcut Windows shortcut
& ampersand & & Alt 0038
@ at sign @ ⌥L Alt 0064
‰ per mille sign ‰ ‰ ⇧⌥E Alt 0137
§ section sign § § Alt 0167
© copyright sign © © ⌥G Alt 0169
® registered trademark sign ® ® ⌥R Alt 0174
™ unregistered trademark sign ™ ™ ⇧⌥D Alt 0153
< less than ("opening bracket") &lt; &#x003C; Alt 0060
> greater than ("closing bracket") &gt; &#x003E; Alt 0062
& ampersand &amp; &#x0026; Alt 0038
| pipe sign &#x007C; ⌥7 Alt 0124
¦ broken bar &brvbar; &#x00A6; Alt 0166
\ backslash &#x005C; ⇧⌥7 Alt 0092

Punctuation marks

Character Description HTML entity Unicode Mac shortcut Windows shortcut
‑ non-breaking hyphen &#x2011; ⇧⌘- (*) ⇧Strg - (*)
- soft hyphen (dis­cre­tion­ar­y hy­phen) &shy; &#x00AD; ⌘- (*) Strg -
– en-dash ("UK-dash – use with spaces before and after") &ndash; &#x2013; ⌥- Alt 0150
— em-dash ("US-dash—use without spaces") &mdash; &#x2014; ⇧⌥- Alt 0151
… ellipsis &hellip; &#x2026; ⌥.
¡ inverted exclamation mark &iexcl; &#x00A1; ⌥1 Alt 0161
¿ inverted question mark &iquest; &#x00BF; ⌥? Alt 0191
pilcrow / paragraph mark &para; &#x00B6; ⌥3 Alt 0182
· middle dot &middot; &#x00B7; ⇧⌥9 Alt 0183
• bullet point &bull; &#x2022; ⌥Ü Alt 0149
‎ left-to-right mark &lrm; &#x200E;
‏ right-to-left mark &rlm; &#x200F;
* software-specific, not available everywhere

Space characters

Character Description HTML entity Unicode Mac shortcut Windows shortcut
▕‍▏ zero width joiner ("invisible non-breaking space") &zwj; &#x200D;
▕‌▏ zero width non-joiner ("invisible space") &zwnj; &#x200C;
▕ ▏ thin space (half-width space) &thinsp; &#x2009;
▕ ▏ En space / En quad &ensp; &#x2002;
▕ ▏ double or Em space / Em quad &emsp; &#x2003;
▕ ▏ non-breaking space &nbsp; &#x00A0; ⌥space ⇧Alt 0160

Superscript

Character Description HTML entity Unicode Mac shortcut Windows shortcut
′ prime / minutes / feet &prime; &#x2032;
″ double prime / seconds / inches &Prime; &#x2033;
° degree &deg; &#x00B0; ⇧⌥Ü Alt 0176
¹ superscript 1 &sup1; &#x00B9; Alt 9185
² superscript 2 / squared &sup2; &#x00B2; Alt 0178
³ superscript 3 / cubed &sup3; &#x00B3; Alt 0179
ª feminine ordinal indicator &ordf; &#x00AA; ⌥H Alt 0170
º masculine ordinal indicator &ordm; &#x00BA; ⌥J Alt 0186

Arrows

Character Description HTML entity Unicode Mac shortcut Windows shortcut
← leftwards arrow &larr; &#x2190;
↑ upwards arrow &uarr; &#x2191;
→ rightwards arrow &rarr; &#x2192;
↓ downwards arrow &darr; &#x2193;
↔ left right arrow &harr; &#x2194;
↵ downwards arrow with left corner / carriage return &crarr; &#x21B5;
⇐ leftwards double arrow &lArr; &#x21D0;
⇑ upwards double arrow &uArr; &#x21D1;
⇒ rightwards double arrow &rArr; &#x21D2;
⇓ downwards double arrow &dArr; &#x21D3;
⇔ left right double arrow &hArr; &#x21D4;

Symbols, Dingbats

Character Description HTML entity Unicode Mac shortcut Windows shortcut
♠ spade suit &spades; &#x2660;
♣ club suit &clubs; &#x2663;
♥ heart suit &hearts; &#x2665;
♦ diamond suit &diams; &#x2666;
† dagger &dagger; &#x2020; ⌥T Alt 0134
‡ double dagger &Dagger; &#x2021; ⇧⌥Y Alt 0135
◊ lozenge &loz; &#x25CA; ⇧⌥V
⌈ left ceiling &lceil; &#x2308;
⌉ right ceiling &rceil; &#x2309;
⌊ left floor &lfloor; &#x230A;
⌋ right floor &rfloor; &#x230B;