# Testing odds and ends

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**Created:** [November 26, 2003, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-odds-and-ends/215461 "2003-11-26T22:14:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-odds-and-ends/215461/1 "2003-11-26T22:14:53Z")

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Trying to get the font to do that trademarkTM thingie. I’m part of the way there - how do I raise the type up a little bit to “float” it?

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**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-odds-and-ends/215461/2 "2003-11-26T22:57:52Z")

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Two ways to do that. One, general to any character is the SUP code, for a SUPerscript (similarly, SUB for a SUBscript, below the baseline). Code it just like other VB pseudo-HTML codes:

[**sup]SUPerscript[/sup**]normal[sub\*\*\*\*]SUBscript[/sub\*\*\*\*]

…will look like this: [sup]SUPerscript[/sup]normal[sub]SUBscript[/sub]

Or use the ALT code for ™ only. (Just for PCs, dunno how to do it on Macs.) Hold down the ALT key, type 0153 on the keypad ( **must** be the keypad) then release the ALT key. You should then see:

™

[A reference for other codes](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=26695)

Have fun!

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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-odds-and-ends/215461/3 "2003-11-28T19:00:20Z")

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This thread™

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**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-odds-and-ends/215461/4 "2003-11-28T21:25:53Z")

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The third way, as Lobsang demonstrated, is to use the HTML sequence &amptrade; - ™

&amp#153 works, too: &#153

A list of these is at [http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/reference/special\_characters/](http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/reference/special_characters/) .

The following is from my saved copy of a list Arnold Winkelried originally generated (with a little reformatting by me).

```auto

**Named special characters: 

Name Number Glyph Description
Code Code**
&ampamp; &amp#38; { &amp } ampersand 
&amplt; &amp#60; { < } less-than sign 
&ampgt; &amp#62; { > } greater-than sign 
&ampOElig; &amp#140; { Π} capital OE ligature 
&ampoelig; &amp#156; { œ } small oe ligature 
&ampYuml; &amp#159; { Ÿ } capital Y umlaut 
&ampnbsp; &amp#160; { } nonbreaking space 
&ampcopy; &amp#169; { © } copyright 
&ampreg; &amp#174; { ® } registered trademark 
&ampAgrave; &amp#192; { À } uppercase A, grave accent 
&ampAacute; &amp#193; { Á } uppercase A, acute accent 
&ampAcirc; &amp#194; { Â } uppercase A, circumflex accent 
&ampAtilde; &amp#195; { Ã } uppercase A, tilde 
&ampAuml; &amp#196; { Ä } uppercase A, umlaut 
&ampAring; &amp#197; { Å } uppercase A, ring 
&ampAElig; &amp#198; { Æ } uppercase AE 
&ampCcedil; &amp#199; { Ç } uppercase C, cedilla 
&ampEgrave; &amp#200; { È } uppercase E, grave accent 
&ampEacute; &amp#201; { É } uppercase E, acute accent 
&ampEcirc; &amp#202; { Ê } uppercase E, circumflex accent 
&ampEuml; &amp#203; { Ë } uppercase E, umlaut 
&ampIgrave; &amp#204; { Ì } uppercase I, grave accent 
&ampIacute; &amp#205; { Í } uppercase I, acute accent 
&ampIcirc; &amp#206; { Î } uppercase I, circumflex accent 
&ampIuml; &amp#207; { Ï } uppercase I, umlaut 
&ampETH; &amp#208; { Ð } uppercase Eth, Icelandic 
&ampNtilde; &amp#209; { Ñ } uppercase N, tilde 
&ampOgrave; &amp#210; { Ò } uppercase O, grave accent 
&ampOacute; &amp#211; { Ó } uppercase O, acute accent 
&ampOcirc; &amp#212; { Ô } uppercase O, circumflex accent 
&ampOtilde; &amp#213; { Õ } uppercase O, tilde 
&ampOuml; &amp#214; { Ö } uppercase O, umlaut 
&ampOslash; &amp#216; { Ø } uppercase O, slash 
&ampUgrave; &amp#217; { Ù } uppercase U, grave accent 
&ampUacute; &amp#218; { Ú } uppercase U, acute accent 
&ampUcirc; &amp#219; { Û } uppercase U, circumflex accent 
&ampUuml; &amp#220; { Ü } uppercase U, umlaut 
&ampYacute; &amp#221; { Ý } uppercase Y, acute accent 
&ampTHORN; &amp#222; { Þ } uppercase THORN, Icelandic 
&ampszlig; &amp#223; { ß } lowercase sharps, German 
&ampagrave; &amp#224; { à } lowercase a, grave accent 
&ampaacute; &amp#225; { á } lowercase a, acute accent 
&ampacirc; &amp#226; { â } lowercase a, circumflex accent 
&ampatilde; &amp#227; { ã } lowercase a, tilde 
&ampauml; &amp#228; { ä } lowercase a, umlaut 
&amparing; &amp#229; { å } lowercase a, ring 
&ampaelig; &amp#230; { æ } lowercase ae 
&ampccedil; &amp#231; { ç } lowercase c, cedilla 
&ampegrave; &amp#232; { è } lowercase e, grave accent 
&ampeacute; &amp#233; { é } lowercase e, acute accent 
&ampecirc; &amp#234; { ê } lowercase e, circumflex accent 
&ampeuml; &amp#235; { ë } lowercase e, umlaut 
&ampigrave; &amp#236; { ì } lowercase i, grave accent 
&ampiacute; &amp#237; { í } lowercase i, acute accent 
&ampicirc; &amp#238; { î } lowercase i, circumflex accent 
&ampiuml; &amp#239; { ï } lowercase i, umlaut 
&ampeth; &amp#240; { ð } lowercase eth, Icelandic 
&ampntilde; &amp#241; { ñ } lowercase n, tilde 
&ampograve; &amp#242; { ò } lowercase o, grave accent 
&ampoacute; &amp#243; { ó } lowercase o, acute accent 
&ampocirc; &amp#244; { ô } lowercase o, circumflex accent 
&ampotilde; &amp#245; { õ } lowercase o, tilde 
&ampouml; &amp#246; { ö } lowercase o, umlaut 
&amposlash; &amp#248; { ø } lowercase o, slash 
&ampugrave; &amp#249; { ù } lowercase u, grave accent 
&ampuacute; &amp#250; { ú } lowercase u, acute accent 
&ampucirc; &amp#251; { û } lowercase u, circumflex accent 
&ampuuml; &amp#252; { ü } lowercase u, umlaut 
&ampyacute; &amp#253; { ý } lowercase y, acute accent 
&ampthorn; &amp#254; { þ } lowercase thorn, Icelandic 
&ampyuml; &amp#255; { ÿ } lowercase y, umlaut 
&ampeuro; &amp#8364; { € } Euro symbol*
**Unnamed special characters: 

Number Glyph Description 
Code **
&amp#91; { [ } left square bracket 
&amp#93; { ] } right square bracket 
&amp#127; {  } square 
&amp#131; { ƒ } function 
&amp#132; { „ } low left rising double quote 
&amp#133; { ... } ellipsis 
&amp#134; { † } dagger mark 
&amp#135; { ‡ } double dagger 
&amp#136; { ˆ } letter modifying circumflex 
&amp#137; { ‰ } per thousand sign 
&amp#138; { Š } capital S caron or haceck 
&amp#139; { ‹ } left single angle quote 
&amp#145; { ' } left single quotation mark 
&amp#146; { ' } right single quoatation mark 
&amp#147; { " } left double quotation mark 
&amp#148; { " } right double quotation mark 
&amp#149; { • } round solid bullet 
&amp#150; { - } en dash 
&amp#151; { - } em dash 
&amp#152; { ˜ } small tilde 
&amp#153; { ™ } trademark 
&amp#154; { š } s caron or hacek 
&amp#155; { › } right single angle quotation mark 
&amp#161; { ¡ } inverted exclamation 
&amp#162; { ¢ } cent sign 
&amp#163; { £ } pound sterling 
&amp#164; { ¤ } general currency sign 
&amp#165; { ¥ } yen sign 
&amp#166; { ¦ } broken vertical bar 
&amp#167; { § } section sign 
&amp#168; { ¨ } umlaut 
&amp#170; { ª } feminine ordinal 
&amp#171; { « } left angle quote 
&amp#175; { ¯ } macron accent 
&amp#176; { ° } degree sign 
&amp#177; { ± } plus or minus 
&amp#178; { ² } superscript two 
&amp#179; { ³ } superscript three 
&amp#180; { ´ } acute accent 
&amp#181; { µ } micro sign 
&amp#183; { · } middle dot 
&amp#184; { ¸ } cedilla 
&amp#185; { ¹ } superscript one 
&amp#186; { º } masculine ordinal 
&amp#187; { » } right angle quote 
&amp#188; { ¼ } one-fourth 
&amp#189; { ½ } one-half 
&amp#190; { ¾ } three-fourths 
&amp#191; { ¿ } inverted question mark 
&amp#215; { × } multiplication sign 
&amp#247; { ÷ } division sign 
&amp#8217; { ' } curly apostrophe* 
&amp#8220; { " } open quotation mark* 
&amp#8221; { " } close quotation mark*

```

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**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-odds-and-ends/215461/5 "2003-11-29T00:26:38Z")

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Sorry, I screwed that up. The glyphs were translated into single characters and I forgot to re-substitute the HTML sequences. :smack: :smack: :smack: :smack: :smack:

```auto

**Named special characters: 

Name Number Glyph Description
Code Code**
&ampamp; &amp#38; { & } ampersand 
&amplt; &amp#60; { &lt } less-than sign 
&ampgt; &amp#62; { &gt } greater-than sign 
&ampOElig; &amp#140; { Π} capital OE ligature 
&ampoelig; &amp#156; { œ } small oe ligature 
&ampYuml; &amp#159; { Ÿ } capital Y umlaut 
&ampnbsp; &amp#160; {   } nonbreaking space 
&ampcopy; &amp#169; { © } copyright 
&ampreg; &amp#174; { ® } registered trademark 
&ampAgrave; &amp#192; { À } uppercase A, grave accent 
&ampAacute; &amp#193; { Á } uppercase A, acute accent 
&ampAcirc; &amp#194; { Â } uppercase A, circumflex accent 
&ampAtilde; &amp#195; { Ã } uppercase A, tilde 
&ampAuml; &amp#196; { Ä } uppercase A, umlaut 
&ampAring; &amp#197; { Å } uppercase A, ring 
&ampAElig; &amp#198; { Æ } uppercase AE 
&ampCcedil; &amp#199; { Ç } uppercase C, cedilla 
&ampEgrave; &amp#200; { È } uppercase E, grave accent 
&ampEacute; &amp#201; { É } uppercase E, acute accent 
&ampEcirc; &amp#202; { Ê } uppercase E, circumflex accent 
&ampEuml; &amp#203; { Ë } uppercase E, umlaut 
&ampIgrave; &amp#204; { Ì } uppercase I, grave accent 
&ampIacute; &amp#205; { Í } uppercase I, acute accent 
&ampIcirc; &amp#206; { Î } uppercase I, circumflex accent 
&ampIuml; &amp#207; { Ï } uppercase I, umlaut 
&ampETH; &amp#208; { Ð } uppercase Eth, Icelandic 
&ampNtilde; &amp#209; { Ñ } uppercase N, tilde 
&ampOgrave; &amp#210; { Ò } uppercase O, grave accent 
&ampOacute; &amp#211; { Ó } uppercase O, acute accent 
&ampOcirc; &amp#212; { Ô } uppercase O, circumflex accent 
&ampOtilde; &amp#213; { Õ } uppercase O, tilde 
&ampOuml; &amp#214; { Ö } uppercase O, umlaut 
&ampOslash; &amp#216; { Ø } uppercase O, slash 
&ampUgrave; &amp#217; { Ù } uppercase U, grave accent 
&ampUacute; &amp#218; { Ú } uppercase U, acute accent 
&ampUcirc; &amp#219; { Û } uppercase U, circumflex accent 
&ampUuml; &amp#220; { Ü } uppercase U, umlaut 
&ampYacute; &amp#221; { Ý } uppercase Y, acute accent 
&ampTHORN; &amp#222; { Þ } uppercase THORN, Icelandic 
&ampszlig; &amp#223; { ß } lowercase sharps, German 
&ampagrave; &amp#224; { à } lowercase a, grave accent 
&ampaacute; &amp#225; { á } lowercase a, acute accent 
&ampacirc; &amp#226; { â } lowercase a, circumflex accent 
&ampatilde; &amp#227; { ã } lowercase a, tilde 
&ampauml; &amp#228; { ä } lowercase a, umlaut 
&amparing; &amp#229; { å } lowercase a, ring 
&ampaelig; &amp#230; { æ } lowercase ae 
&ampccedil; &amp#231; { ç } lowercase c, cedilla 
&ampegrave; &amp#232; { è } lowercase e, grave accent 
&ampeacute; &amp#233; { é } lowercase e, acute accent 
&ampecirc; &amp#234; { ê } lowercase e, circumflex accent 
&ampeuml; &amp#235; { ë } lowercase e, umlaut 
&ampigrave; &amp#236; { ì } lowercase i, grave accent 
&ampiacute; &amp#237; { í } lowercase i, acute accent 
&ampicirc; &amp#238; { î } lowercase i, circumflex accent 
&ampiuml; &amp#239; { ï } lowercase i, umlaut 
&ampeth; &amp#240; { ð } lowercase eth, Icelandic 
&ampntilde; &amp#241; { ñ } lowercase n, tilde 
&ampograve; &amp#242; { ò } lowercase o, grave accent 
&ampoacute; &amp#243; { ó } lowercase o, acute accent 
&ampocirc; &amp#244; { ô } lowercase o, circumflex accent 
&ampotilde; &amp#245; { õ } lowercase o, tilde 
&ampouml; &amp#246; { ö } lowercase o, umlaut 
&amposlash; &amp#248; { ø } lowercase o, slash 
&ampugrave; &amp#249; { ù } lowercase u, grave accent 
&ampuacute; &amp#250; { ú } lowercase u, acute accent 
&ampucirc; &amp#251; { û } lowercase u, circumflex accent 
&ampuuml; &amp#252; { ü } lowercase u, umlaut 
&ampyacute; &amp#253; { ý } lowercase y, acute accent 
&ampthorn; &amp#254; { þ } lowercase thorn, Icelandic 
&ampyuml; &amp#255; { ÿ } lowercase y, umlaut 
    
**Unnamed special characters: 

Number Glyph Description 
Code **
&amp#91; { [ } left square bracket 
&amp#93; { ] } right square bracket 
&amp#127; {  } square 
&amp#131; { ƒ } function 
&amp#132; { „ } low left rising double quote 
&amp#133; { … } ellipsis 
&amp#134; { † } dagger mark 
&amp#135; { ‡ } double dagger 
&amp#136; { ˆ } letter modifying circumflex 
&amp#137; { ‰ } per thousand sign 
&amp#138; { Š } capital S caron or haceck 
&amp#139; { ‹ } left single angle quote 
&amp#145; { ‘ } left single quotation mark 
&amp#146; { ’ } right single quoatation mark 
&amp#147; { “ } left double quotation mark 
&amp#148; { ” } right double quotation mark 
&amp#149; { • } round solid bullet 
&amp#150; { – } en dash 
&amp#151; { — } em dash 
&amp#152; { ˜ } small tilde 
&amp#153; { ™ } trademark 
&amp#154; { š } s caron or hacek 
&amp#155; { › } right single angle quotation mark 
&amp#161; { ¡ } inverted exclamation 
&amp#162; { ¢ } cent sign 
&amp#163; { £ } pound sterling 
&amp#164; { ¤ } general currency sign 
&amp#165; { ¥ } yen sign 
&amp#166; { ¦ } broken vertical bar 
&amp#167; { § } section sign 
&amp#168; { ¨ } umlaut 
&amp#170; { ª } feminine ordinal 
&amp#171; { « } left angle quote 
&amp#175; { ¯ } macron accent 
&amp#176; { ° } degree sign 
&amp#177; { ± } plus or minus 
&amp#178; { ² } superscript two 
&amp#179; { ³ } superscript three 
&amp#180; { ´ } acute accent 
&amp#181; { µ } micro sign 
&amp#183; { · } middle dot 
&amp#184; { ¸ } cedilla 
&amp#185; { ¹ } superscript one 
&amp#186; { º } masculine ordinal 
&amp#187; { » } right angle quote 
&amp#188; { ¼ } one-fourth 
&amp#189; { ½ } one-half 
&amp#190; { ¾ } three-fourths 
&amp#191; { ¿ } inverted question mark 
&amp#215; { × } multiplication sign 
&amp#247; { ÷ } division sign 
&amp#8217; { ’ } curly apostrophe* 
&amp#8220; { “ } open quotation mark* 
&amp#8221; { ” } close quotation mark*

```

and the euro (which on my machine displayed as a square within the code block):

&ampeuro; &amp#8364; { € } Euro symbol\*

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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-odds-and-ends/215461/6 "2003-11-29T16:34:58Z")

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[Here’s where I got/get my special characters from](http://home.earthlink.net/~awinkelried/keyboard_shortcuts.html)

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**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-odds-and-ends/215461/7 "2003-11-29T22:01:44Z")

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I’ll take the _Odds_™ by 10 over the _Ends_™  
What was the spread anyways?