Characters
Typography
• Bullet, Opt-8, asterisk on key looks like bullet
° Open bullet, Sh-Opt-8, alternate of bullet
· Middle dot, Sh-Opt-9, next to bullet variants, 9 has ring in it
– En dash, Opt--, a better dash than -
— Em dash, Sh-Opt--, a bigger better dash than -
… Ellipsis, Opt-:, three dots on ; : key
¶ Paragraph, Opt-7, same shape as 7
§ Section, Opt-6, similar to two 6s
† Dagger, Opt-t, looks like a t
‡ Double-dagger, Sh-Opt-7, looks like a 7
◊ Lozenge, diamond, Sh-Opt-v, two vs
Quotation Marks
“ ” Double quotes, Opt-[, Sh-Opt-[, close to ", '
‘ ’ Single quotes, Opt-], Sh-Opt-], close to ", '
« » Guillemets, Opt-\, Sh-Opt-\, close to ", '
‹ › Single guillemets, Sh-Opt-3, Sh-Opt-4
Legal
™ Trademark, Opt-2, two ≈ trade
® Registered, Opt-r, registered
© Copyright, Opt-g, two rings in g
Spanish / French / German
ç C cedilla, Façade, Opt-c
ñ Enyay (eñe), Mañana, Opt-n, start tilde - common tilde char: n
é E acute, Résumé, Opt-e, start acute - common accute char: e
à A grave accent, Vis-à-vis, Opt-`, start grave accent - same char as `
î I circumflex, Maître d’, Opt-i, start circumflex: i in circumflex
ü U umlaut, Müde, Opt-u, start umlaut - u for umlaut
ß Eszett, Straße, Opt-s, sharp s
¡ Spanish exclamation, ¡Olé!, Opt-1, same key as !
¿ Spanish question, ¿Qué?, Sh-Opt-/ which is Opt-?
Currency / Finance
¢ Cent, Opt-4, same key as $
£ Pound, Opt-3, same key as #
¥ Yen, Opt-y, looks like Y
€ Euro, Sh-Opt-2, close to # & $
ƒ Florin, ƒ-stop, MacOS folder suffix
‰ Per-mille, Sh-Opt-r, rate
Greek
Ω Omega, Opt-Z, last letter in each alphabet
π ∏ Pi, Opt-p, Sh-Opt-P, P = Pi
∑ Sigma, Opt-W, rotated sigma
∂ Alt lower delta, Opt-D
∆ Delta, Opt-J
µ Mu, Opt-M, M = mu
ı Iota, Sh-Opt-B
Superscripts
¹ One - Footnote¹
² Two - Squared, cm²
³ Three - Cubed
⁺ Plus, positive, Na⁺
⁻ Minus, negative, Cl⁻, OH⁻
Subscripts
₀ Zero, aught, naught, t₀
₁ One
₂ Two - Water H₂O
₃ Three - Hydronium Ion H₃O⁺
₄ Four - Sulfuric Acid H₂SO₄
Fractions
½ One Half
¼ One Fourth
¾ Three Fourths
⅓ One Third
⅔ Two Thirds
⅛ One Eighth
⅜ Three Eighths
⅝ Five Eighths
⅞ Seven Eighths
Mathematical
Mathematical Operators (Unicode block)
º Degrees, Opt-0, looks like 0
≈ Approximately equal, Opt-x, x is common variable
≠ Not equal, Opt-=, alternate =
≤ ≥ Less / Greater than or equal to, Opt-, Opt-. , same keys as < >
¬ Negation / not, Opt-l, a rotated & flipped L
÷ Obelus, Opt-/, alternate /
± Plus minus, Sh-Opt-= or Opt-+, alternate +
⁄ Slash, Sh-Opt-1, like a 1
√ Surd, Opt-v, has v shape
∫ Integral, Opt-B
∈ Element Of
∉ Not an Element Of
∋ Contains Member
Key Symbols
⌥ Option
⇧ Shift
⌃ Control
⌘ Command
⇪ Caps Lock
↩ Return
⌤ Enter
⎋ Escape
⇥ Tab Forward
⇤ Tab Back
⌫ Delete Back
⌦ Delete Forward
↖ Home
↘ End
⇞ Page Up
⇟ Page Down
⇡ Up Arrow
⇣ Down Arrow
⇠ Left Arrow
⇢ Right Arrow
⌧ Clear
⏏ Eject
⌽ Power
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