Special Characters (Glyphs) in OSX and HTML
Tagged Deisgn, How do I? by Brent on April 17th, 2009
One of the things I refer to all the time is the special character shortcuts available in OS X and their HTML equivalents. I love that there’s a keyboard shortcut for just about any one I want to use. The problem is remembering them from time to time (especially the HTML codes). So, I decided to whip out a table with all that I could find online and put it up here at iBAM so I could have quick reference to it and so could you. If there’s something that I missed, feel free to add it in via the comments. We all would love to share in your juicy knowledge. I hope this list proves helpful. Happy characterizing!
I also use this site a lot: CopyPasteCharacter
Glyph |
Shortcut |
HTML |
Description |
| ‘ | option – ] | ‘ | left single quote |
| ’ | option – shift – ] | ’ | right single quote |
| ‚ | ‚ | single low-9 quote | |
| “ | option – [ | “ | left double quote |
| ” | option - shift - [ | ” | right double quote |
| „ | option - shift - w | „ | double low-9 quote |
| † | option - t | † | dagger |
| ‡ | option - shift - 7 | ‡ | double dagger |
| … | option - ; | horizontal ellipsis | |
| ‰ | option - shift - r | ‰ | per mill sign |
| ‹ | option - shift - 3 | ‹ | single left-pointing angle quote |
| › | option - shift - 4 | › | single right-pointing angle quote |
| ? | ♠ | black spade suit | |
| ? | ♣ | black club suit | |
| ? | ♥ | black heart suit | |
| ? | ♦ | black diamond suit | |
| ? | ‾ | overline, = spacing overscore | |
| ? | ← | leftward arrow | |
| ? | ↑ | upward arrow | |
| ? | → | rightward arrow | |
| ? | ↓ | downward arrow | |
| ™ | option - 2 | ™ | trademark sign |
| " | " | double quotation mark | |
| & | & | ampersand | |
| < | < | less-than sign | |
| > | > | greater-than sign | |
| [ | left square bracket | ||
| ] | right square bracket | ||
| – | option – hyphen | – | en dash |
| — | option – shift -hyphen | — | em dash |
| | nonbreaking space | ||
| ¡ | option – 1 | ¡ | inverted exclamation |
| ¢ | option – 4 | ¢ | cent sign |
| £ | option – 3 | £ | pound sterling |
| ¤ | ¤ | general currency sign | |
| ¥ | option – y | ¥ | yen sign |
| ¦ | ¦ or &brkbar; | broken vertical bar | |
| § | option – 6 | § | section sign |
| ¨ | option – shift – u | ¨ or ¨ | umlaut |
| © | option – g | © | copyright |
| ª | option – 9 | ª | feminine ordinal |
| « | option – | « | left angle quote |
| ¬ | option – l | ¬ | not sign |
| | ­ | soft hyphen | |
| ® | option – r | ® | registered trademark |
| ¯ | ¯ or &hibar; | macron accent | |
| ° | option – shift – 8 | ° | degree sign |
| ± | option – shift – = | ± | plus or minus |
| ² | ² | superscript two | |
| ³ | ³ | superscript three | |
| ´ | option – shift – e | ´ | acute accent |
| µ | option – m | µ | micro sign |
| ¶ | option – 7 | ¶ | paragraph sign |
| · | option – shift – 9 | · | middle dot |
| ¸ | option – shift – z | ¸ | cedilla |
| ¹ | ¹ | superscript one | |
| º | option – 0 | º | masculine ordinal |
| » | option – shift – | » | right angle quote |
| ¼ | ¼ | one-fourth | |
| ½ | ½ | one-half | |
| ¾ | ¾ | three-fourths | |
| ¿ | option – shift – ? | ¿ | inverted question mark |
| À | option – ` A | À | uppercase A, grave accent |
| Á | option – e A | Á | uppercase A, acute accent |
| Â | option – i A | Â | uppercase A, circumflex accent |
| Ã | option – n A | Ã | uppercase A, tilde |
| Ä | option – u A | Ä | uppercase A, umlaut |
| Å | option – shift – a | Å | uppercase A, ring |
| Æ | option – shift – ‘ | Æ | uppercase AE |
| Ç | option – shift – c | Ç | uppercase C, cedilla |
| È | option – ` E | È | uppercase E, grave accent |
| É | option – e E | É | uppercase E, acute accent |
| Ê | option – i E | Ê | uppercase E, circumflex accent |
| Ë | option – u E | Ë | uppercase E, umlaut |
| Ì | option – ` I | Ì | uppercase I, grave accent |
| Í | option – e I | Í | uppercase I, acute accent |
| Î | option – i I | Î | uppercase I, circumflex accent |
| Ï | option – u I | Ï | uppercase I, umlaut |
| Ð | Ð | uppercase Eth, Icelandic | |
| Ñ | option – n N | Ñ | uppercase N, tilde |
| Ò | option – ` O | Ò | uppercase O, grave accent |
| Ó | option – e O | Ó | uppercase O, acute accent |
| Ô | option – i O | Ô | uppercase O, circumflex accent |
| Õ | option – n O | Õ | uppercase O, tilde |
| Ö | option – u O | Ö | uppercase O, umlaut |
| × | × | multiplication sign | |
| Ø | option – shift – o | Ø | uppercase O, slash |
| Ù | option – ` U | Ù | uppercase U, grave accent |
| Ú | option – e U | Ú | uppercase U, acute accent |
| Û | option – i U | Û | uppercase U, circumflex accent |
| Ü | option – u U | Ü | uppercase U, umlaut |
| Ý | Ý | uppercase Y, acute accent | |
| Þ | Þ | uppercase THORN, Icelandic | |
| ß | option – s | ß | lowercase sharps, German |
| à | option – ` a | à | lowercase a, grave accent |
| á | option – e a | á | lowercase a, acute accent |
| â | option – i a | â | lowercase a, circumflex accent |
| ã | option – n a | ã | lowercase a, tilde |
| ä | option – u a | ä | lowercase a, umlaut |
| å | option – a | å | lowercase a, ring |
| æ | option – ‘ | æ | lowercase ae |
| ç | option – c | ç | lowercase c, cedilla |
| è | option – ` e | è | lowercase e, grave accent |
| é | option – e e | é | lowercase e, acute accent |
| ê | option – i e | ê | lowercase e, circumflex accent |
| ë | option – u e | ë | lowercase e, umlaut |
| ì | option – ` i | ì | lowercase i, grave accent |
| í | option – e i | í | lowercase i, acute accent |
| î | option – i i | î | lowercase i, circumflex accent |
| ï | option – u i | ï | lowercase i, umlaut |
| ð | ð | lowercase eth, Icelandic | |
| ñ | option – n n | ñ | lowercase n, tilde |
| ò | option – ` o | ò | lowercase o, grave accent |
| ó | option – e o | ó | lowercase o, acute accent |
| ô | option – i o | ô | lowercase o, circumflex accent |
| õ | option – n o | õ | lowercase o, tilde |
| ö | option – u o | ö | lowercase o, umlaut |
| ÷ | ÷ | division sign | |
| ø | option – o | ø | lowercase o, slash |
| ù | option – ` u | ù | lowercase u, grave accent |
| ú | option – e u | ú | lowercase u, acute accent |
| û | option – i u | û | lowercase u, circumflex accent |
| ü | option – u u | ü | lowercase u, umlaut |
| ý | ý | lowercase y, acute accent | |
| þ | þ | lowercase thorn, Icelandic | |
| ÿ | option – u y | ÿ | lowercase y, umlaut |
