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Useful glyphs

Useful glyphs

Letter-like

Glyph Linux Windows HTML entity Instead of
º º ° o
ª ª ª a
© © (c)
® ® (R)
™ TM (TM) [TM]
€ E EUR euro euros
¥ ¥ Y JPY yen yens
Y JPY yen yens
£ £ GBP pound pounds sterling sterlings
æ æ ae

Punctuation

Glyph Linux Windows HTML entity Instead of
" Alt+34 " " ' ` ´
' Alt+39 ' " ' ` ´
Alt+0147 “ " ' ` ´
Alt+0148 ” " ' ` ´
Alt+8216 ‘ " ' ` ´
Alt+8217 ’ " ' ` ´
« Alt+174 « " ' ` ´
» Alt+175 » " ' ` ´
Alt+8249 ‹ " ' ` ´
Alt+8250 › " ' ` ´
Alt+0150 – - --
Alt+0151 — - --
• * + - · .
◦ * + - · .
" ditto
Alt+0133 … ... ..
⋯ ... ..
⋮ ... ..

Numbers

Glyph Linux Windows HTML entity Instead of
½ ½ 1/2
⅓ 1/3
⅔ 2/3
¼ ¼ 1/4
¾ ¾ 3/4
¹ ¹ 1
² ² 2
³ ³ 3

Math

Glyph Linux Windows HTML entity Instead of
∞
∃ exist exists
∄ doesn't exist does not exist
∀ for all for each for every
∈ E is in belong belongs
∉ not in is not in does not belong doesn't belong
≥ >=
&le; <=
&#8776; =, ~
&#8771; =, ~
&ne; !=, <>
&equiv; =, ~
&#8802; !=, <>
¬
Alt+8245 &prime; ' m min
Alt+8243 &Prime; " s sec
° &deg; o º deg
× Alt+0215 &times; x ·
&#8725; /

Symbols

Glyph Linux Windows HTML entity Instead of
&#9792; female woman women
&#9794; male man men
&rarr; --> -> ==> =>
&larr; <-- <- <== <=
&darr; v vv
&uarr; ^ ^^
&harr; <-> <--> <=> <==>
&#9758; > --> -> ==> =>
👍 ok
&#10003; x v * ok
&#10007; x v * no
§ &sect;
&#9096; control ctr ctrl ctl
&#8984; command apple
&#9095; alternate alt
&#8997; option alt
&#8679; shift
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teoruiz commented May 10, 2014

« and » (Spanish quotes) would be a fine addition to this list, @tripu

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JJ commented May 10, 2014

What? No smileys?

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tripu commented May 23, 2014

@teoruiz: French quotation marks were on the list since the very beginning, mate! They're two of the glyphs I most miss on keyboards…
@JJ :¬) ← here

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