Typing Unicode characters on Linux
Hold down CTRL-SHIFT, then type the Unicode sequence. For example, for a £ (GBP, British Pound sign)
which is U+00a3, type CTRL-SHIFT ua3 SPC - the space is to terminate the sequence.
Typing Unicode characters on Windows
Open MS Word or Wordpad and type the code point followed by ALT-x, for example to enter a Euro sign type 20acALT-X.
Some handy characters
See here for more.
Currency and legal
| Code Point |
Glyph |
Name |
| 20ac |
€ |
EURO SIGN |
| 00a2 |
¢ |
CENT SIGN |
| 00a3 |
£ |
POUND SIGN |
| 00a4 |
¤ |
CURRENCY SIGN |
| 00a5 |
¥ |
YEN SIGN |
| 00a9 |
© |
COPYRIGHT SIGN |
| 00ae |
® |
REGISTERED SIGN |
| 2122 |
™ |
TRADE MARK SIGN |
Text
| Code Point |
Glyph |
Name |
| 00a0 |
|
NO-BREAK SPACE |
| 00a1 |
¡ |
INVERTED EXCLAMATION MARK |
| 00a7 |
§ |
SECTION SIGN |
| 00a8 |
¨ |
DIAERESIS |
| 00ab |
« |
LEFT-POINTING DOUBLE ANGLE QUOTATION MARK |
| 00bb |
» |
RIGHT-POINTING DOUBLE ANGLE QUOTATION MARK |
| 00af |
¯ |
MACRON = overline |
| 00b4 |
´ |
ACUTE ACCENT |
| 00b6 |
¶ |
PILCROW SIGN |
| 00bf |
¿ |
INVERTED QUESTION MARK |
| 2010 |
‐ |
HYPHEN |
| 2011 |
‑ |
NON-BREAKING HYPHEN |
| 2012 |
‒ |
FIGURE DASH |
| 2013 |
– |
EN DASH |
| 2014 |
— |
EM DASH |
| 2015 |
― |
HORIZONTAL BAR = quotation dash |
| 2018 |
‘ |
LEFT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK |
| 2019 |
’ |
RIGHT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK |
| 201c |
“ |
LEFT DOUBLE QUOTATION MARK |
| 201d |
” |
RIGHT DOUBLE QUOTATION MARK |
| 2022 |
• |
BULLET |
| 2026 |
… |
HORIZONTAL ELLIPSIS |
| 2318 |
⌘ |
PLACE OF INTEREST SIGN |
| 25cb |
○ |
WHITE CIRCLE |
| fffd |
� |
REPLACEMENT CHARACTER |
| 2053 |
⁓ |
SWUNG DASH |
| 00e8 |
è |
LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH GRAVE |
| 00e9 |
é |
LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH ACUTE |
Symbols
| Code Point |
Glyph |
Name |
| 23f0 |
⏰ |
ALARM CLOCK |
| 23f1 |
⏱ |
STOPWATCH |
| 23f2 |
⏲ |
TIMER CLOCK |
| 23fe |
⏳ |
HOURGLASS WITH FLOWING SAND |
| 2690 |
⚐ |
WHITE FLAG |
| 2691 |
⚑ |
BLACK FLAG |
| 2610 |
☐ |
BALLOT BOX |
| 2611 |
☑ |
BALLOT BOX WITH CHECK |
| 2612 |
☒ |
BALLOT BOX WITH X |
| 2713 |
✓ |
CHECK MARK |
| 274c |
❌ |
CROSS MARK |
| 2622 |
☢ |
RADIOACTIVE SIGN |
| 2705 |
✅ |
WHITE HEAVY CHECK MARK - OK symbol (Accepted mark) |
| 274e |
❎ |
NEGATIVE SQUARED CROSS MARK |
Numerics
| Code Point |
Glyph |
Name |
| 00ac |
¬ |
NOT SIGN |
| 00b0 |
° |
DEGREE SIGN |
| 00b1 |
± |
PLUS-MINUS SIGN |
| 00b5 |
µ |
MICRO SIGN |
| 00bc |
¼ |
VULGAR FRACTION ONE QUARTER |
| 00bd |
½ |
VULGAR FRACTION ONE HALF |
| 00be |
¾ |
VULGAR FRACTION THREE QUARTERS |
| 00d7 |
× |
MULTIPLICATION SIGN (Cartesian product) |
| 00f7 |
÷ |
DIVISION SIGN |
| 2205 |
∅ |
EMPTY SET |
| 223c |
∼ |
TILDE OPERATOR |
| 2245 |
≅ |
APPROXIMATELY EQUAL TO |
| 2248 |
≈ |
ALMOST EQUAL TO |
| 2260 |
≠ |
NOT EQUAL TO |
| 2264 |
≤ |
LESS-THAN OR EQUAL TO |
| 2265 |
≥ |
GREATER-THAN OR EQUAL TO |
| 2032 |
′ |
PRIME = minutes, feet |
| 2033 |
″ |
DOUBLE PRIME = seconds, inches |
| 2070 |
⁰ |
SUPERSCRIPT ZERO |
| 00b9 |
¹ |
SUPERSCRIPT ONE |
| 00b2 |
² |
SUPERSCRIPT TWO = squared |
| 00b3 |
³ |
SUPERSCRIPT THREE = cubed |
| 2074 |
⁴ |
SUPERSCRIPT FOUR |
| 2075 |
⁵ |
SUPERSCRIPT FIVE |
| 2076 |
⁶ |
SUPERSCRIPT SIX |
| 2077 |
⁷ |
SUPERSCRIPT SEVEN |
| 2078 |
⁸ |
SUPERSCRIPT EIGHT |
| 2079 |
⁹ |
SUPERSCRIPT NINE |
| 2080 |
₀ |
SUBSCRIPT ZERO |
| 2081 |
₁ |
SUBSCRIPT ONE |
| 2082 |
₂ |
SUBSCRIPT TWO |
| 2083 |
₃ |
SUBSCRIPT THREE |
| 2084 |
₄ |
SUBSCRIPT FOUR |
| 2085 |
₅ |
SUBSCRIPT FIVE |
| 2086 |
₆ |
SUBSCRIPT SIX |
| 2087 |
₇ |
SUBSCRIPT SEVEN |
| 2088 |
₈ |
SUBSCRIPT EIGHT |
| 2089 |
₉ |
SUBSCRIPT NINE |
| 2200 |
∀ |
FOR ALL = universal quantifier |
| 2203 |
∃ |
THERE EXISTS = existential quantifier |
| 221e |
∞ |
INFINITY |
| 22a5 |
⊥ |
UP TACK = base, bottom |
