Stephen Connolly / Note to self: Mac Keyboard and ‘fancy’ characters

Created Mon, 01 Oct 2012 00:00:00 +0000 Modified Mon, 01 Oct 2012 00:00:00 +0000
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Special Symbols and Characters on the regular Mac Keyboard

These are for the British Keyboard layout

Currency Symbols

$

dollar

Shift+4

¢

cents

Option+4

£

pound

Shift+3

¥

yen

Option+y

Euro

Option+2

Trademark and Copyright Symbols

©

copyright

Option+g

®

registered

Option+r

trademark

Option+Shift+2

Apple Symbol

apple

Option+Shift+K

Math and Greek Character Symbols

±

plus-or-minus

Option+Shift+Equals

µ

micro

Option+h

π

pi

Option+l (as in L is for llama)

square root

Option+t

÷

divided by

Option+/ (slash is key to the left of right-hand shift key)

·

middle dot

Option+Shift+9

almost equal

Option+x

not equal

Option+=

infinity

Option+Shift+T

less than or equal

Option+, (comma)

greater than or equal

Option+. (period)

Å

Angstrom sign

Option+Shift+K, Shift+A

summation sign

Option+Shift+F

°

degree sign

Option+Shift+0 (zero)

partial differential

Option+d

integral

Option+Shift+D

Ω

Omega

Option+Shift+Z

Copyediting, typesetting, and miscellaneous symbols

double dagger

Option+Shift+semicolon

pilcrow sign

Option+7

§

section sign

Option+5

bullet sign

Option+Shift+8

Punctuation marks

left single quotation mark

Option+]

right single quotation mark

Option+Shift+]

left double quotation mark

Option+[

right double quotation mark

Option+Shift+[

«

left pointing double angle quotation mark

Option+\ (backslash)

»

right pointing double angle quotation mark

Option+Shift+\ (backslash)

single left pointing angle quotation mark

Option+Shift+3

single right pointing angle quotation mark

Option+Shift+4

¡

inverted exclamation mark

Option+1

¿

inverted question mark

Option+Shift+?

ellipsis

Option+; (semicolon)