ALT Codes

There are some characters that are not present on the keyboard, so to be able to 'type' them isn't straight forward. Here are your options:

Windows Character Map

Press the Windows key and type Character Map - here you can find all the characters visually if you know the Character Set they belong to.

Use Alt Codes - Keyboard Shortcuts

Use numeric shortcuts known as ALT Codes - Simply:
  • Make sure Num Lock is ON
  • Hold down the ALT Key
  • Type the relevant number on the numeric keypad
  • Release the ALT key

    • * These should work if your system locale is set to English (United States).

     

    ALT Code Char Description
    ALT 1☺White Smiley Face
    ALT 2☻Black Smiley Face
    ALT 3♥Black Heart Suit
    ALT 4♦Black Diamond Suit
    ALT 5♣Black Club Suit
    ALT 6♠Black Spade Suit
    ALT 7•Bullet
    ALT 8◘Inverse Bullet
    ALT 9○White Circle
    ALT 10◙Inverse White Circle
    ALT 11♂Male Sign, Mars
    ALT 12♀Female Sign, Venus
    ALT 13♪Eighth Note, Quaver
    ALT 14♫Beamed Eighth Notes, Barred Eighth Notes, Beamed Quavers
    ALT 15☼White Sun With Rays
    ALT 16►Black Right-Pointing Pointer
    ALT 17◄Black Left-Pointing Pointer
    ALT 18↕Up Down Arrow
    ALT 19‼Double Exclamation Mark
    ALT 20Pilcrow Sign, Paragraph Sign
    ALT 21§Section Sign
    ALT 22▬Black Rectangle
    ALT 23↨Up Down Arrow With Base
    ALT 24↑Upwards Arrow
    ALT 25↓Downwards Arrow
    ALT 26→Rightwards Arrow, Z Notation Total Function
    ALT 27←Leftwards Arrow
    ALT 28∟Right Angle
    ALT 29↔Left Right Arrow, Z Notation Relation
    ALT 30▲Black Up-Pointing Triangle
    ALT 31▼Black Down-Pointing Triangle
    ALT 32Space
    ALT 33!Exclamation Mark, Factorial
    ALT 34“Quotation Mark
    ALT 35#Number Sign, Pound Sign, Hash, Crosshatch, Octothorpe
    ALT 36$Dollar Sign, Milréis, Escudo
    ALT 37%Percent Sign
    ALT 38&Ampersand
    ALT 39‘Apostrophe
    ALT 40(Left Parenthesis, Opening Parenthesis
    ALT 41)Right Parenthesis, Closing Parenthesis
    ALT 42*Asterisk, Star
    ALT 43+Plus Sign
    ALT 44,Comma, Decimal Separator
    ALT 45–Hyphen, Minus Sign
    ALT 46.Full Stop, Period, Dot, Decimal Point
    ALT 47/Solidus, Slash, Forward Slash, Virgule
    ALT 480Digit Zero
    ALT 491Digit One
    ALT 502Digit Two
    ALT 513Digit Three
    ALT 524Digit Four
    ALT 535Digit Five
    ALT 546Digit Six
    ALT 557Digit Seven
    ALT 568Digit Eight
    ALT 579Digit Nine
    ALT 58:Colon
    ALT 59;Semicolon
    ALT 60<Less-Than Sign
    ALT 61=Equals Sign
    ALT 62>Greater-Than Sign
    ALT 63?Question Mark
    ALT 64@Commercial At, At Sign
    ALT 65ALatin Capital Letter A
    ALT 66BLatin Capital Letter B
    ALT 67CLatin Capital Letter C
    ALT 68DLatin Capital Letter D
    ALT 69ELatin Capital Letter E
    ALT 70FLatin Capital Letter F
    ALT 71GLatin Capital Letter G
    ALT 72HLatin Capital Letter H
    ALT 73ILatin Capital Letter I
    ALT 74JLatin Capital Letter J
    ALT 75KLatin Capital Letter K
    ALT 76LLatin Capital Letter L
    ALT 77MLatin Capital Letter M
    ALT 78NLatin Capital Letter N
    ALT 79OLatin Capital Letter O
    ALT 80PLatin Capital Letter P
    ALT 81QLatin Capital Letter Q
    ALT 82RLatin Capital Letter R
    ALT 83SLatin Capital Letter S
    ALT 84TLatin Capital Letter T
    ALT 85ULatin Capital Letter U
    ALT 86VLatin Capital Letter V
    ALT 87WLatin Capital Letter W
    ALT 88XLatin Capital Letter X
    ALT 89YLatin Capital Letter Y
    ALT 90ZLatin Capital Letter Z
    ALT 91[Left Square Bracket, Opening Square Bracket
    ALT 92\Reverse Solidus, Back Slash
    ALT 93]Right Square Bracket, Closing Square Bracket
    ALT 94^Circumflex Accent
    ALT 95_Low Line, Underscore
    ALT 96`Grave Accent
    ALT 97aLatin Small Letter A
    ALT 98bLatin Small Letter B
    ALT 99cLatin Small Letter C
    ALT 100dLatin Small Letter D
    ALT 101eLatin Small Letter E
    ALT 102fLatin Small Letter F
    ALT 103gLatin Small Letter G
    ALT 104hLatin Small Letter H
    ALT 105iLatin Small Letter I
    ALT 106jLatin Small Letter J
    ALT 107kLatin Small Letter K
    ALT 108lLatin Small Letter L
    ALT 109mLatin Small Letter M
    ALT 110nLatin Small Letter N
    ALT 111oLatin Small Letter O
    ALT 112pLatin Small Letter P
    ALT 113qLatin Small Letter Q
    ALT 114rLatin Small Letter R
    ALT 115sLatin Small Letter S
    ALT 116tLatin Small Letter T
    ALT 117uLatin Small Letter U
    ALT 118vLatin Small Letter V
    ALT 119wLatin Small Letter W
    ALT 120xLatin Small Letter X
    ALT 121yLatin Small Letter Y
    ALT 122zLatin Small Letter Z
    ALT 123{Left Curly Bracket, Opening Curly Bracket, Left Brace
    ALT 124|Vertical Line, Vertical Bar
    ALT 125}Right Curly Bracket, Closing Curly Bracket, Right Brace
    ALT 126~Tilde
    ALT 127⌂House
    ALT 128ÇLatin Capital Letter C With Cedilla
    ALT 129üLatin Small Letter U With Diaeresis
    ALT 130éLatin Small Letter E With Acute
    ALT 131âLatin Small Letter A With Circumflex
    ALT 132äLatin Small Letter A With Diaeresis
    ALT 133àLatin Small Letter A With Grave
    ALT 134åLatin Small Letter A With Ring Above
    ALT 135çLatin Small Letter C With Cedilla
    ALT 136êLatin Small Letter E With Circumflex
    ALT 137ëLatin Small Letter E With Diaeresis
    ALT 138èLatin Small Letter E With Grave
    ALT 139ïLatin Small Letter I With Diaeresis
    ALT 140îLatin Small Letter I With Circumflex
    ALT 141ìLatin Small Letter I With Grave
    ALT 142ÄLatin Capital Letter A With Diaeresis
    ALT 143ÅLatin Capital Letter A With Ring Above
    ALT 144ÉLatin Capital Letter E With Acute
    ALT 145§Latin Small Letter Ae
    ALT 146ÆLatin Capital Letter Ae
    ALT 147ôLatin Small Letter O With Circumflex
    ALT 148öLatin Small Letter O With Diaeresis
    ALT 149òLatin Small Letter O With Grave
    ALT 150ûLatin Small Letter U With Circumflex
    ALT 151ùLatin Small Letter U With Grave
    ALT 152ÿLatin Small Letter Y With Diaeresis
    ALT 153ÖLatin Capital Letter O With Diaeresis
    ALT 154ÜLatin Capital Letter U With Diaeresis
    ALT 155¢Cent Sign
    ALT 156£Pound Sign, Pound Sterling, Irish Punt, Lira Sign
    ALT 157¥Yen Sign, Yuan Sign
    ALT 158₧Peseta Sign
    ALT 159ƒLatin Small Letter F With Hook, Florin Currency Symbol, Function Symbol
    ALT 160áLatin Small Letter A With Acute
    ALT 161íLatin Small Letter I With Acute
    ALT 162óLatin Small Letter O With Acute
    ALT 163úLatin Small Letter U With Acute
    ALT 164ñLatin Small Letter N With Tilde, Small Letter Enye
    ALT 165ÑLatin Capital Letter N With Tilde, Capital Letter Enye
    ALT 166ªFeminine Ordinal Indicator
    ALT 167ºMasculine Ordinal Indicator
    ALT 168¿Inverted Question Mark, Turned Question Mark
    ALT 169⌐Reversed Not Sign, Beginning Of Line
    ALT 170¬Not Sign, Angled Dash
    ALT 171½Vulgar Fraction One Half
    ALT 172¼Vulgar Fraction One Quarter
    ALT 173¡Inverted Exclamation Mark
    ALT 174«Left-Pointing Double Angle Quotation Mark, Left Guillemet, Chevrons
    ALT 175»Right-Pointing Double Angle Quotation Mark, Right Guillemet
    ALT 176░Light Shade
    ALT 177▒Medium Shade, Speckles Fill, Dotted Fill
    ALT 178▓Dark Shade
    ALT 179│Box Drawings Light Vertical
    ALT 180┤Box Drawings Light Vertical And Left
    ALT 181╡Box Drawings Vertical Single And Left Double
    ALT 182╢Box Drawings Vertical Double And Left Single
    ALT 183╖Box Drawings Down Double And Left Single
    ALT 184╕Box Drawings Down Single And Left Double
    ALT 185╣Box Drawings Double Vertical And Left
    ALT 186║Box Drawings Double Vertical
    ALT 187╗Box Drawings Double Down And Left
    ALT 188╝Box Drawings Double Up And Left
    ALT 189╜Box Drawings Up Double And Left Single
    ALT 190╛Box Drawings Up Single And Left Double
    ALT 191┐Box Drawings Light Down And Left
    ALT 192└Box Drawings Light Up And Right
    ALT 193┴Box Drawings Light Up And Horizontal
    ALT 194├Box Drawings Light Down And Horizontal
    ALT 195├Box Drawings Light Vertical And Right
    ALT 196─Box Drawings Light Horizontal
    ALT 197┼Box Drawings Light Vertical And Horizontal
    ALT 198╞Box Drawings Vertical Single And Right Double
    ALT 199╟Box Drawings Vertical Double And Right Single
    ALT 200╚Box Drawings Double Up And Right
    ALT 201╔Box Drawings Double Down And Right
    ALT 202╩Box Drawings Double Up And Horizontal
    ALT 203╦Box Drawings Double Down And Horizontal
    ALT 204╠Box Drawings Double Vertical And Right
    ALT 205═Box Drawings Double Horizontal
    ALT 206╬Box Drawings Double Vertical And Horizontal
    ALT 207╧Box Drawings Up Single And Horizontal Double
    ALT 208╨Box Drawings Up Double And Horizontal Single
    ALT 209╤Box Drawings Down Single And Horizontal Double
    ALT 210╥Box Drawings Down Double And Horizontal Single
    ALT 211╙Box Drawings Up Double And Right Single
    ALT 212╘Box Drawings Up Single And Right Double
    ALT 213╒Box Drawings Down Single And Right Double
    ALT 214╓Box Drawings Down Double And Right Single
    ALT 215╫Box Drawings Vertical Double And Horizontal Single
    ALT 216╪Box Drawings Vertical Single And Horizontal Double
    ALT 217┘Box Drawings Light Up And Left
    ALT 218┌Box Drawings Light Down And Right
    ALT 219█Full Block, Solid Block
    ALT 220▄Lower Half Block
    ALT 221▌Left Half Block
    ALT 222▐Right Half Block
    ALT 223▀Upper Half Block
    ALT 224αGreek Small Letter Alpha
    ALT 225ßLatin Small Letter Sharp S, Eszett
    ALT 226ΓGreek Capital Letter Gamma
    ALT 227πGreek Small Letter Pi
    ALT 228ΣGreek Capital Letter Sigma
    ALT 229σGreek Small Letter Sigma
    ALT 230µMicro Sign
    ALT 231τGreek Capital Letter Tau
    ALT 232ΦGreek Capital Letter Phi
    ALT 233ΘGreek Capital Letter Theta
    ALT 234ΩGreek Capital Letter Omega
    ALT 235δGreek Small Letter Delta
    ALT 236∞Infinity
    ALT 237φGreek Small Letter Phi
    ALT 238εGreek Small Letter Epsilon
    ALT 239∩Intersection
    ALT 240≡Identical To
    ALT 241±Plus-Minus Sign
    ALT 242≥Greater-Than Or Equal To
    ALT 243≤Less-Than Or Equal To
    ALT 244⌠Top Half Integral
    ALT 245⌡Bottom Half Integral
    ALT 246÷Division Sign, Obelus
    ALT 247≈Almost Equal To, Asymptotic To
    ALT 248°Degree Sign
    ALT 249∙Bullet Operator
    ALT 250·Middle Dot, Interpunct
    ALT 251√Square Root, Radical Sign
    ALT 252ⁿSuperscript Latin Small Letter N
    ALT 253²Superscript Two, Squared
    ALT 254■Black Square
    ALT 255Non-Breaking Space, NBSP
    ALT 0128€Euro Sign
    ALT 0130‚Single Low-9 Quotation Mark
    ALT 0131ƒLatin Small Letter F With Hook, Florin Currency Symbol, Function
    ALT 0132„Double Low-9 Quotation Mark
    ALT 0133…Horizontal Ellipsis, Three Dot Leader
    ALT 0134†Dagger, Obelisk, Cross
    ALT 0135‡Double Dagger, Double Obelisk, Diesis
    ALT 0136ˆModifier Letter Circumflex Accent
    ALT 0137‰Per Mille Sign, Per Thousand
    ALT 0138ŠLatin Capital Letter S With Caron, S Hacek
    ALT 0139‹Single Left-Pointing Angle Quotation Mark, Left Guillemet
    ALT 0140ŒLatin Capital Ligature Oe
    ALT 0142ŽLatin Capital Letter Z With Caron, Z Hacek
    ALT 0145‘Left Single Quotation Mark
    ALT 0146’Right Single Quotation Mark
    ALT 0147“Left Double Quotation Mark
    ALT 0148”Right Double Quotation Mark
    ALT 0149•Bullet
    ALT 0150–En Dash
    ALT 0151—Em Dash
    ALT 0152˜Small Tilde
    ALT 0153™Trade Mark Sign
    ALT 0154šLatin Small Letter S With Caron, S Hacek
    ALT 0155›Single Right-Pointing Angle Quotation Mark, Right Guillemet
    ALT 0156œLatin Small Ligature Oe
    ALT 0158žLatin Small Letter Z With Caron, Z Hacek
    ALT 0159ŸLatin Capital Letter Y With Diaeresis
    ALT 0160No-Break Space, Non-Breaking Space, Nbsp
    ALT 0161¡Inverted Exclamation Mark
    ALT 0162¢Cent Sign
    ALT 0163¥Pound Sign, Pound Sterling, Irish Punt, Lira Sign
    ALT 0164¤Currency Sign
    ALT 0165¥Yen Sign, Yuan Sign
    ALT 0166¦Broken Bar, Parted Rule
    ALT 0167§Section Sign
    ALT 0168¨Diaeresis
    ALT 0169©Copyright Sign
    ALT 0170ªFeminine Ordinal Indicator
    ALT 0171«Left-Pointing Double Angle Quotation Mark, Left Guillemet, Chevrons
    ALT 0172¬Not Sign, Angled Dash
    ALT 0173­Soft Hyphen, Discretionary Hyphen
    ALT 0174®Registered Sign
    ALT 0175¯Macron, Overline, Overbar
    ALT 0176°Degree Sign
    ALT 0177±Plus-Minus Sign
    ALT 0178²Superscript Two, Squared
    ALT 0179³Superscript Three, Cubed
    ALT 0180´Acute Accent
    ALT 0181µMicro Sign
    ALT 0182Pilcrow Sign, Paragraph Sign
    ALT 0183·Middle Dot, Midpoint, Georgian Comma, Greek Ano Teleia
    ALT 0184¸Cedilla
    ALT 0185¹Superscript One
    ALT 0186ºMasculine Ordinal Indicator
    ALT 0187»Right-Pointing Double Angle Quotation Mark, Right Guillemet
    ALT 0188¼Vulgar Fraction One Quarter
    ALT 0189½Vulgar Fraction One Half
    ALT 0190¾Vulgar Fraction Three Quarters
    ALT 0191¿Inverted Question Mark, Turned Question Mark
    ALT 0192ÀLatin Capital Letter A With Grave
    ALT 0193ÁLatin Capital Letter A With Acute
    ALT 0194ÂLatin Capital Letter A With Circumflex
    ALT 0195ÃLatin Capital Letter A With Tilde
    ALT 0196ÄLatin Capital Letter A With Diaeresis
    ALT 0197ÅLatin Capital Letter A With Ring Above
    ALT 0198ÆLatin Capital Letter Ae
    ALT 0199ÇLatin Capital Letter C With Cedilla
    ALT 0200ÈLatin Capital Letter E With Grave
    ALT 0201ÉLatin Capital Letter E With Acute
    ALT 0202ÊLatin Capital Letter E With Circumflex
    ALT 0203ËLatin Capital Letter E With Diaeresis
    ALT 0204ÌLatin Capital Letter I With Grave
    ALT 0205ÍLatin Capital Letter I With Acute
    ALT 0206ÎLatin Capital Letter I With Circumflex
    ALT 0207ÏLatin Capital Letter I With Diaeresis
    ALT 0208ÐLatin Capital Letter Eth
    ALT 0209ÑLatin Capital Letter N With Tilde, Capital Letter Enye
    ALT 0210ÒLatin Capital Letter O With Grave
    ALT 0211ÓLatin Capital Letter O With Acute
    ALT 0212ÔLatin Capital Letter O With Circumflex
    ALT 0213ÕLatin Capital Letter O With Tilde
    ALT 0214ÖLatin Capital Letter O With Diaeresis
    ALT 0215×Multiplication Sign, Cartesian Product
    ALT 0216ØLatin Capital Letter O With Stroke
    ALT 0217ÙLatin Capital Letter U With Grave
    ALT 0218ÚLatin Capital Letter U With Acute
    ALT 0219ÛLatin Capital Letter U With Circumflex
    ALT 0220ÜLatin Capital Letter U With Diaeresis
    ALT 0221ÝLatin Capital Letter Y With Acute
    ALT 0222ÞLatin Capital Letter Thorn
    ALT 0223ßLatin Small Letter Sharp S, Eszett
    ALT 0224àLatin Small Letter A With Grave
    ALT 0225áLatin Small Letter A With Acute
    ALT 0226âLatin Small Letter A With Circumflex
    ALT 0227ãLatin Small Letter A With Tilde
    ALT 0228äLatin Small Letter A With Diaeresis
    ALT 0229åLatin Small Letter A With Ring Above
    ALT 0230æLatin Small Letter Ae, Ash
    ALT 0231çLatin Small Letter C With Cedilla
    ALT 0232èLatin Small Letter E With Grave
    ALT 0233éLatin Small Letter E With Acute
    ALT 0234êLatin Small Letter E With Circumflex
    ALT 0235ëLatin Small Letter E With Diaeresis
    ALT 0236ìLatin Small Letter I With Grave
    ALT 0237íLatin Small Letter I With Acute
    ALT 0238îLatin Small Letter I With Circumflex
    ALT 0239ïLatin Small Letter I With Diaeresis
    ALT 0240ðLatin Small Letter Eth
    ALT 0241ñLatin Small Letter N With Tilde, Small Letter Enye
    ALT 0242òLatin Small Letter O With Grave
    ALT 0243óLatin Small Letter O With Acute
    ALT 0244ôLatin Small Letter O With Circumflex
    ALT 0245õLatin Small Letter O With Tilde
    ALT 0246öLatin Small Letter O With Diaeresis
    ALT 0247÷Division Sign, Obelus
    ALT 0248øLatin Small Letter O With Stroke
    ALT 0249ùLatin Small Letter U With Grave
    ALT 0250úLatin Small Letter U With Acute
    ALT 0251ûLatin Small Letter U With Circumflex
    ALT 0252üLatin Small Letter U With Diaeresis
    ALT 0253ýLatin Small Letter Y With Acute
    ALT 0254þLatin Small Letter Thorn
    ALT 0255ÿLatin Small Letter Y With Diaeresis

     

    Alt Codes - A Brief History

    Most people won't need to know or care about the technicalities or history of why these work, but here is a very brief summary.

    Different usage requirements and languages need to use different sets of characters. A Code Page defines which characters represent the numbers the computer understands.

    The ultimate set of characters recognised globally now is Unicode however not all systems and applications have been updated to use it.

    The legacy character sets are still embedded in systems, and also in people's mental muscle memory as ALT Codes.

    The set of characters listed in the table above will work as ALT Codes if your system locale is set to English (United States).

    The list is a combination of characters from:

  • Code Page 437 - The codes with no leading zero. Used on the original IBM PC and DOS.
    Also known as CP437, OEM-US, OEM 437, PC-8, or DOS Latin US, OEM Encoded.

  • Code Page 1252 - The codes with a leading zero. Built into early Windows based on a draft version of ANSI ISO 8859-1.
    Also known as Windows Code Page 1252, CP-1252, Windows-1252 or Windows Encoded.

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