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)