Show_Biz, it’s true that you can use the Character Map in Windows, and keyboard shortcuts or Keycaps on the Macintosh. But what about people who don’t use Windows or Macintosh? (Probably a minority, I’ll admit.)
I also find it faster to type in, say é than go to the start menu, bring up the Character Map, and do a copy and paste when I’m using Windows. (On my trusty Macintosh at home, I have the keyboard shortcuts memorized, which is not too much of a chore because the keyboard shortcuts work across all programs, unlike Windows.)
DrMatrix, the list you used from my previous post was cut short (I guess when the threads where carried over from UBB to vBulletion.) Here’s a more complete list. As waterj2 and DrMatrix cleverly discovered, to use these codes you must preview your reply. (To see the preview post correctly you can preview twice, provided you are not doing something fancy like trying to show codes for the codes.)
For a complete list of characters, see Webmonkey Reference: Special Characters.
Some of these characters may not be displayed properly depending on your web browser (i.e. which web browser or what version of the browser.)
**Named special characters:
Name Number Glyph Description
Code Code**
& & { & } ampersand
< < { < } less-than sign
> > { > } greater-than sign
Π{ Π} capital OE ligature
œ { œ } small oe ligature
Ÿ { Ÿ } capital Y umlaut
{ } nonbreaking space
© © { © } copyright
® ® { ® } registered trademark
À À { À } uppercase A, grave accent
Á Á { Á } uppercase A, acute accent
  {  } uppercase A, circumflex accent
à à { à } uppercase A, tilde
Ä Ä { Ä } uppercase A, umlaut
Å Å { Å } uppercase A, ring
Æ Æ { Æ } uppercase AE
Ç Ç { Ç } uppercase C, cedilla
È È { È } uppercase E, grave accent
É É { É } uppercase E, acute accent
Ê Ê { Ê } uppercase E, circumflex accent
Ë Ë { Ë } uppercase E, umlaut
Ì Ì { Ì } uppercase I, grave accent
Í Í { Í } uppercase I, acute accent
Î Î { Î } uppercase I, circumflex accent
Ï Ï { Ï } uppercase I, umlaut
Ð Ð { Ð } uppercase Eth, Icelandic
Ñ Ñ { Ñ } uppercase N, tilde
Ò Ò { Ò } uppercase O, grave accent
Ó Ó { Ó } uppercase O, acute accent
Ô Ô { Ô } uppercase O, circumflex accent
Õ Õ { Õ } uppercase O, tilde
Ö Ö { Ö } uppercase O, umlaut
Ø Ø { Ø } uppercase O, slash
Ù Ù { Ù } uppercase U, grave accent
Ú Ú { Ú } uppercase U, acute accent
Û Û { Û } uppercase U, circumflex accent
Ü Ü { Ü } uppercase U, umlaut
Ý Ý { Ý } uppercase Y, acute accent
Þ Þ { Þ } uppercase THORN, Icelandic
ß ß { ß } lowercase sharps, German
à à { à } lowercase a, grave accent
á á { á } lowercase a, acute accent
â â { â } lowercase a, circumflex accent
ã ã { ã } lowercase a, tilde
ä ä { ä } lowercase a, umlaut
å å { å } lowercase a, ring
æ æ { æ } lowercase ae
ç ç { ç } lowercase c, cedilla
è è { è } lowercase e, grave accent
é é { é } lowercase e, acute accent
ê ê { ê } lowercase e, circumflex accent
ë ë { ë } lowercase e, umlaut
ì ì { ì } lowercase i, grave accent
í í { í } lowercase i, acute accent
î î { î } lowercase i, circumflex accent
ï ï { ï } lowercase i, umlaut
ð ð { ð } lowercase eth, Icelandic
ñ ñ { ñ } lowercase n, tilde
ò ò { ò } lowercase o, grave accent
ó ó { ó } lowercase o, acute accent
ô ô { ô } lowercase o, circumflex accent
õ õ { õ } lowercase o, tilde
ö ö { ö } lowercase o, umlaut
ø ø { ø } lowercase o, slash
ù ù { ù } lowercase u, grave accent
ú ú { ú } lowercase u, acute accent
û û { û } lowercase u, circumflex accent
ü ü { ü } lowercase u, umlaut
ý ý { ý } lowercase y, acute accent
þ þ { þ } lowercase thorn, Icelandic
ÿ ÿ { ÿ } lowercase y, umlaut
€ € { € } Euro symbol*
**Unnamed special characters:
Number Glyph Description
Code**
[ { [ } left square bracket
] { ] } right square bracket
{ } square
{ ƒ } function
{ „ } low left rising double quote
{ ... } ellipsis
{ † } dagger mark
{ ‡ } double dagger
{ ˆ } letter modifying circumflex
{ ‰ } per thousand sign
{ Š } capital S caron or haceck
{ ‹ } left single angle quote
{ ' } left single quotation mark
{ ' } right single quoatation mark
{ " } left double quotation mark
{ " } right double quotation mark
{ • } round solid bullet
{ - } en dash
{ - } em dash
{ ˜ } small tilde
{ ™ } trademark
{ š } s caron or hacek
{ › } right single angle quotation mark
¡ { ¡ } inverted exclamation
¢ { ¢ } cent sign
£ { £ } pound sterling
¤ { ¤ } general currency sign
¥ { ¥ } yen sign
¦ { ¦ } broken vertical bar
§ { § } section sign
¨ { ¨ } umlaut
ª { ª } feminine ordinal
« { « } left angle quote
¯ { ¯ } macron accent
° { ° } degree sign
± { ± } plus or minus
² { ² } superscript two
³ { ³ } superscript three
´ { ´ } acute accent
µ { µ } micro sign
· { · } middle dot
¸ { ¸ } cedilla
¹ { ¹ } superscript one
º { º } masculine ordinal
» { » } right angle quote
¼ { ¼ } one-fourth
½ { ½ } one-half
¾ { ¾ } three-fourths
¿ { ¿ } inverted question mark
× { × } multiplication sign
÷ { ÷ } division sign
’ { ' } curly apostrophe*
“ { " } open quotation mark*
” { " } close quotation mark*
