Currency symbols

Character Description HTML entity Unicode Mac shortcut Windows shortcut
euro sign € € E Alt 0128
¢ cent sign ¢ ¢ 4 Alt 0162
£ pound sign £ £ 4 Alt 0163
¥ yen sign ¥ ¥ Y Alt 0165
ƒ florin sign ("guilder") ƒ ƒ F Alt 0131
¤ general currency sign ¤ ¤ Alt 0164

Quotation marks

Character Description HTML entity Unicode Mac shortcut Windows shortcut
' single quotation mark (apostrophe) ' ' # Alt 0039
" double quotation mark " " 2 Alt 0034
bottom single quote, "low 9" (German: opening) ‚ ‚ S Alt 0130
left single quote, "high 6" (German: closing / English: opening) ‘ ‘ #
right single quote, "high 9" (English: closing) ’ ’ # Alt 0146
bottom double quotes, "low 99" (German: opening) „ „ ^ Alt 0132
left double quotes, "high 66" (German: closing / English: opening) “ “ 2 Alt 0147
right double quotes, "high 99" (English: closing) ” ” 2 Alt 0148
left single angle quotes (French: opening guillemet) ‹ ‹ B Alt 0139
right single angle quotes (French: closing guillemet) › › N Alt 0155
« left angle quotes (French: opening guillemet) « « Q Alt 0171
» right angle quotes (French: closing guillemet) » » Q Alt 0187

Special chars & HTML

Character Description HTML entity Unicode Mac shortcut Windows shortcut
& ampersand & & Alt 0038
@ at sign @ L Alt 0064
per mille sign ‰ ‰ E Alt 0137
§ section sign § § Alt 0167
© copyright sign © © G Alt 0169
® registered trademark sign ® ® R Alt 0174
unregistered trademark sign ™ ™ D Alt 0153
< less than ("opening bracket") &lt; &#x003C; Alt 0060
> greater than ("closing bracket") &gt; &#x003E; Alt 0062
& ampersand &amp; &#x0026; Alt 0038
| pipe sign &#x007C; 7 Alt 0124
¦ broken bar &brvbar; &#x00A6; Alt 0166
\ backslash &#x005C; 7 Alt 0092

Punctuation marks

Character Description HTML entity Unicode Mac shortcut Windows shortcut
non-breaking hyphen &#x2011; - (*) Strg - (*)
- soft hyphen (dis­cre­tion­ar­y hy­phen) &shy; &#x00AD; - (*) Strg -
en-dash ("UK-dash – use with spaces before and after") &ndash; &#x2013; - Alt 0150
em-dash ("US-dash—use without spaces") &mdash; &#x2014; - Alt 0151
ellipsis &hellip; &#x2026; .
¡ inverted exclamation mark &iexcl; &#x00A1; 1 Alt 0161
¿ inverted question mark &iquest; &#x00BF; ? Alt 0191
pilcrow / paragraph mark &para; &#x00B6; 3 Alt 0182
· middle dot &middot; &#x00B7; 9 Alt 0183
bullet point &bull; &#x2022; Ü Alt 0149
left-to-right mark &lrm; &#x200E;
right-to-left mark &rlm; &#x200F;
* software-specific, not available everywhere

Space characters

Character Description HTML entity Unicode Mac shortcut Windows shortcut
▕‍▏ zero width joiner ("invisible non-breaking space") &zwj; &#x200D;
▕‌▏ zero width non-joiner ("invisible space") &zwnj; &#x200C;
▕ ▏ thin space (half-width space) &thinsp; &#x2009;
▕ ▏ En space / En quad &ensp; &#x2002;
▕ ▏ double or Em space / Em quad &emsp; &#x2003;
▕ ▏ non-breaking space &nbsp; &#x00A0; space Alt 0160

Superscript

Character Description HTML entity Unicode Mac shortcut Windows shortcut
prime / minutes / feet &prime; &#x2032;
double prime / seconds / inches &Prime; &#x2033;
° degree &deg; &#x00B0; Ü Alt 0176
¹ superscript 1 &sup1; &#x00B9; Alt 9185
² superscript 2 / squared &sup2; &#x00B2; Alt 0178
³ superscript 3 / cubed &sup3; &#x00B3; Alt 0179
ª feminine ordinal indicator &ordf; &#x00AA; H Alt 0170
º masculine ordinal indicator &ordm; &#x00BA; J Alt 0186

Arrows

Character Description HTML entity Unicode Mac shortcut Windows shortcut
leftwards arrow &larr; &#x2190;
upwards arrow &uarr; &#x2191;
rightwards arrow &rarr; &#x2192;
downwards arrow &darr; &#x2193;
left right arrow &harr; &#x2194;
downwards arrow with left corner / carriage return &crarr; &#x21B5;
leftwards double arrow &lArr; &#x21D0;
upwards double arrow &uArr; &#x21D1;
rightwards double arrow &rArr; &#x21D2;
downwards double arrow &dArr; &#x21D3;
left right double arrow &hArr; &#x21D4;

Symbols, Dingbats

Character Description HTML entity Unicode Mac shortcut Windows shortcut
spade suit &spades; &#x2660;
club suit &clubs; &#x2663;
heart suit &hearts; &#x2665;
diamond suit &diams; &#x2666;
dagger &dagger; &#x2020; T Alt 0134
double dagger &Dagger; &#x2021; Y Alt 0135
lozenge &loz; &#x25CA; V
left ceiling &lceil; &#x2308;
right ceiling &rceil; &#x2309;
left floor &lfloor; &#x230A;
right floor &rfloor; &#x230B;