Special Characters

Special Characters in Email, GEDCOMs and IRC

Hold down the Alt key, and use the numeric keypad to enter the number. NumLock should be on.
* Special note for laptop users: if you have no numeric keypad to the right of your keyboard, one will be built in with the regular keyboard. The NumLock key triggers the keypad replacement keys.

ASCII Codes
� = alt 142
� = alt 132
� = alt 143
� = alt 134
� = alt 144
� = alt 130
� = alt 146
� = alt 145
� = alt 153
� = alt 148
� = alt 154
� = alt 129
 
� = alt 225
 � = alt 133
� = alt 160
� = alt 131
� = alt 136
� = alt 137
� = alt 138
� = alt 161
� = alt 139
� = alt 140
� = alt 141
� = alt 147
� = alt 149
� = alt 155
� = alt 162
 � = alt 150
� = alt 151
� = alt 163
� = alt 152
� = alt 128
� = alt 135
� - alt 165
� = alt 164
� = alt 156
� = alt 166
� = alt 167
� = alt 168
� = alt 174
� = alt 175

ANSI Codes
� = alt 0192
� = alt 0193
� = alt 0194
� = alt 0195
� = alt 0196
� = alt 0197
� = alt 0198
� = alt 0200
� = alt 0201
� = alt 0202
� = alt 0203
� = alt 0204
� = alt 0205
� = alt 0206
� = alt 0207
� = alt 0210
� = alt 0211
� = alt 0212
� = alt 0213
� = alt 0214
� = alt 0216
� = alt 0217
� = alt 0218
� = alt 0219
� = alt 0220
� = alt 0221
� = alt 0159
 � = alt 0224
� = alt 0225
� = alt 0226
� = alt 0227
� = alt 0228
� = alt 0229
� = alt 0230
� = alt 0232
� = alt 0233
� = alt 0234
� = alt 0235
� = alt 0236
� = alt 0237
� = alt 0238
� = alt 0239
� = alt 0242
� = alt 0243
� = alt 0244
� = alt 0245
� = alt 0246
� = alt 0248
� = alt 0249
� = alt 0250
� = alt 0251
� = alt 0252
� = alt 0253
� = alt 0255
 � = alt 0199
� = alt 0231
� = alt 0208
� = alt 0240
� = alt 0209
� = alt 0241
� = alt 0222
� = alt 0254
� = alt 0138
� = alt 0154
� = alt 0223 (German double-ess)
� = alt 0128 (Euro)
� = alt 0165 (Japanese Yen)
� = alt 0163 (English Pound)
� = alt 0162 (cent)
� = alt 0188
� = alt 0189
� = alt 0190
� = alt 0215 (multiply)
� = alt 0247 (divide)
� =alt 0177 (plus or minus)
� = alt 0176 (degree)
� = alt 0169 (copyright)
� = alt 0174 (registered)
� = alt 0153 (trademark)
� = alt 0167 (section or clause)
� = alt 0182 (paragraph)

These codes may not work in all fonts. Here's another, with the ANSI (4-digit) system: Codes for all accented letters or commonly used characters for Windows 95, MS Word, and Notepad.

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