Chars

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

Zero, aught, naught, t₀

One

Two - Water H₂O

Three - Hydronium Ion H₃O⁺

Four - Sulfuric Acid H₂SO₄

Fractions

½ One Half

¼ One Fourth

¾ Three Fourths

One Third

Two Thirds

One Eighth

Three Eighths

Five Eighths

Seven Eighths

Mathematical

Mathematical Operators (Unicode block)

Number_Forms

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

Mac keyboard shortcuts

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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