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hair space
thin space
en space
em space
figure space
punctuation space
MAC
COMMAND 6|\z
n/a*|\{
MAC
MAC
COMMAND 7|\[
MAC
OPTION SPACE 7|\e
MAC
COMMAND 6|\m
n/a*|\8
MAC
MAC
SHIFT SPACE|\. [period]
WINDOWS
WINDOWS
CNTRL SHIFT 8|\[
WINDOWS
CNTRL SHIFT 6|\e
WINDOWS
CNTRL SHIFT 7|\m
WINDOWS
WINDOWS
SHIFT SPACE|\. [period]
WINDOWS
COMMAND 6|\z
n/a*|\{
n/a*|\8
HTML
HTML
HTML
HTML
HTML
HTML
HTML
unavailable
unavailable
  or  
  or  
  or  
unavailable
unavailable
oo
word joiner
(non-breaking
zero width space)
non-breaking
hair space
non-breaking
thin space
non-breaking
en space
non-breaking
em space
non-breaking
figure space
non-breaking
punctuation space
MAC
COMMAND SPACE|\j
n/a*|\{
MAC
MAC
CMD OPTION 7|\[
MAC
CMD OPTION SPACE|\e
MAC
CMD OPTION 6|\m
n/a*|\8
MAC
MAC
CMD SHIFT SPACE|\. [period]
WINDOWS
WINDOWS
CNTRL ALT SHIFT 8|\[
WINDOWS
CNTRL ALT SHIFT 6|\e
WINDOWS
CNTRL ALT SHIFT 7|\m
WINDOWS
WINDOWS
CTRL SHIFT SPACE|\. [period]
WINDOWS
CNTRL 5|\z
n/a*|\{
n/a*|\8
HTML
HTML
HTML
HTML
HTML
HTML
HTML
unavailable
unavailable
  or  
  or  
  or  
unavailable
unavailable
< NOTE
flexible space
3 per em space
MAC
SPACE
MAC
OPT SHIFT SPACE|\f or \F
n/a*|\5
n/a*|\$
n/a*|\^
MAC
MAC
COMMAND \|\i
WINDOWS
SPACE
WINDOWS
CTRL SHIFT 5|\f or \F
WINDOWS
WINDOWS
WINDOWS
WINDOWS
CTRL \|\i
HTML
SPACE
HTML
HTML
HTML
HTML
HTML
unavailable
unavailable
unavailable
unavailable
 
non-breaking
space
non-breaking
flexible space
non-breaking
3 per em space
non-breaking
4 per em space
non-breaking
6 per em space
paragraph
MAC
CMD SPACE|n/a*
MAC
CMD OPT SHIFT SPACE|\f or \F
n/a*|\5
n/a*|\$
n/a*|\^
MAC
MAC
OPTION TAB|\i\t
MAC
RETURN|\p
WINDOWS
CTRL 5|n/a*
WINDOWS
CTRL ALT SHIFT 5|\f or \F
WINDOWS
WINDOWS
WINDOWS
WINDOWS
SHIFT TAB|\i\t
WINDOWS
ENTER|\p
n/a*|\5
MAC
n/a*|\5
MAC
n/a*|\$
MAC
n/a*|\$
6 per em space
indent here
(hanging indent)
space
MAC
4 per em space
Copy on lines
below aligns at
insertion point of
indent hereuntil
new paragraph
is encountered.
n/a*|\^
n/a*|\^
HTML
HTML
HTML
HTML
HTML
HTML
HTML
or  
unavailable
unavailable
unavailable
unavailable
unavailable
¶ or ¶
discretionary
hyphen
non-breaking
hyphen
tab
next box
next column
discretionary
new line
new line
MAC
COMMAND - [hyphen]|\h
MAC
COMMAND =|\h
MAC
TAB|\t
MAC
SHIFT ENTER|\b
MAC
ENTER|\c
MAC
OPTION RETURN|\n
MAC
SHIFT |\n
WINDOWS
CTRL - [hyphen]|\h
WINDOWS
CTRL =|\h
WINDOWS
TAB|\t
WINDOWS
SHIFT keypad ENTER|\b
WINDOWS
SHIFT ENTER|\c
WINDOWS
CTRL ENTER|\n
WINDOWS
SHIFT ENTER|\n
HTML
HTML
HTML
HTML
HTML
HTML
HTML
­ or  
unavailable
	
unavailable
unavailable
unavailable
n/a* = not accessible. Use top menu, Utilities > Insert Character > Special
non-breaking
hyphen
non-breaking
en dash
non-breaking
em dash
MAC
OPTION =|-
MAC
CMD OPTION - [hyphen]|
MAC
CMD OPTION =|
WINDOWS
CTRL =|-
WINDOWS
CTRL ALT SHIFT - [hyphen]|
WINDOWS
CTRL ALT SHIFT =|
HTML
HTML
HTML
unavailable
unavailable
unavailable
<#>
Current page
number placeholder
< NOTE
For
automatical
insertion of page
numbers.
< NOTE
Hyphens are
used for
compound words.
En dashes are used
for compound
phrases, such as:
Dec.19Mar.19
Em dashes are
used as separators
in copy.
<None> <None>
Previous box page
number placeholder
MAC
COMMAND 3
MAC
COMMAND 2
MAC
COMMAND 4
WINDOWS
CTRL 3
WINDOWS
CTRL 2
WINDOWS
CTRL 4
< NOTE
For
continued from
orcontined to
referral lines
to linked boxes.
TheNoneor#
are placeholders
replaced with actual
page numbers in
actual use.
< NOTE
wild card
(Find only)
insert symbol
font character
MAC
OPTION /|\?
MAC
CMD OPTION q [any]*
WINDOWS
CTRL /|\?
WINDOWS
CTRL ALT q [any]*
HTML
HTML
unavailable
unavailable
n/a* = not accessible. Use top menu, Utilities > Insert Character > Special
CMD = COMMAND
OPT= OPTION
CTRL = CONTROL
Accents
Self-centering floating & fixed accents|lowercase composites
a acute
a grave
a circumflex
a umlaut
a tilde
a ring
MAC
OPTION e a
MAC
OPTION`a
MAC
OPTION i a
MAC
OPTION u a
MAC
OPTION n a
MAC
OPTION a
WINDOWS
ALT 0225
WINDOWS
ALT 0224
WINDOWS
ALT 0226
WINDOWS
ALT 0228
WINDOWS
WINDOWS
ALT 0229
HTML
HTML
HTML
HTML
á or á
à or à
â or â
ä or ä
ALT 0227
HTML
ã or ã
c cedilla
MAC
OPTION c
WINDOWS
ALT 0231
HTML
ç or ç
e acute
e grave
e circumflex
e umlaut
MAC
OPTION e e
MAC
OPTION`e
MAC
OPTION i e
MAC
OPTION u e
WINDOWS
ALT 0233
WINDOWS
ALT 0232
WINDOWS
ALT 0234
WINDOWS
HTML
HTML
HTML
é or é
è or è
ê or ê
ALT 0235
HTML
ë or ë
i acute
i grave
i circumflex
i umlaut
dotless i
MAC
OPTION e i
MAC
OPTION`i
MAC
OPTION i i
MAC
OPTION u i
MAC
SHIFT OPTION b
WINDOWS
ALT 0237
WINDOWS
ALT 0236
WINDOWS
ALT 0238
WINDOWS
ALT 0239
WINDOWS
inaccessible
HTML
HTML
HTML
HTML
HTML
í or í
ì or ì
î or î
ï or ï
n tilde
MAC
OPTION n n
WINDOWS
ALT 0241
HTML
ñ or ñ
ı or ı
HTML
å or å
Accents
Self-centering floating & fixed accents|lowercase composites
o acute
o grave
o circumflex
o umlaut
o tilde
o slash
MAC
OPTION e o
MAC
OPTION`o
MAC
OPTION i o
MAC
OPTION u o
MAC
OPTION n o
MAC
OPTION o
WINDOWS
ALT 0243
WINDOWS
ALT 0242
WINDOWS
ALT 0244
WINDOWS
ALT 0246 or 0148
WINDOWS
WINDOWS
ALT 0248
HTML
HTML
HTML
HTML
ó or ó
ò or ò
ô or ô
ö or ö
s caron (esh)
MAC
inaccessible
WINDOWS
ALT 0154
HTML
š or š
u acute
u grave
u circumflex
u umlaut
MAC
OPTION e a
MAC
OPTION`a
MAC
OPTION i a
MAC
OPTION u a
WINDOWS
ALT 0250
WINDOWS
ALT 0249
WINDOWS
ALT 0251
WINDOWS
ALT 0252
HTML
HTML
HTML
HTML
ú or ú
ù or ù
û or û
ü or ü
y acute
u umlaut
MAC
MAC
inaccessible
inaccessible
WINDOWS
ALT 0253
WINDOWS
ALT 0255
HTML
HTML
ý or ý
ÿ or ÿ
z caron
MAC
inaccessible
WINDOWS
inaccessible
HTML
ž
ALT 0245
HTML
õ or õ
HTML
ø or ø
Accents
Self-centering floating & fixed accents|Uppercase composites
A acute
A grave
A circumflex
A umlaut
A tilde
A ring
MAC
OPTION e A
MAC
OPTION`A
MAC
OPTION i A
MAC
OPTION u A
MAC
OPTION n A
MAC
OPTION A
WINDOWS
ALT 0193
WINDOWS
ALT 0192
WINDOWS
ALT 0194
WINDOWS
ALT 0196
WINDOWS
WINDOWS
ALT 0197
HTML
HTML
HTML
HTML
Á or Á
À or À
 or Â
Ä or Ä
ALT 0195
HTML
HTML
à or Ã
Å or Å
C cedilla
MAC
SHIFT OPTION C
WINDOWS
ALT 0199
HTML
Ç or Ç
A acute
A grave
A circumflex
A umlaut
MAC
OPTION e I
MAC
OPTION`I
MAC
OPTION i I
MAC
OPTION u I
WINDOWS
ALT 0205
WINDOWS
ALT 0204
WINDOWS
ALT 0206
WINDOWS
ALT 0207
HTML
HTML
HTML
HTML
É or É
È or È
Ê or Ê
Ë or Ë
N tilde
MAC
OPTION e N
WINDOWS
ALT 0209
HTML
É or Ñ
O acute
O grave
O circumflex
O umlaut
O tilde
O slash
MAC
OPTION e E
MAC
OPTION`E
MAC
OPTION i E
MAC
OPTION u E
MAC
OPTION n O
MAC
SHIFT OPTION O
WINDOWS
ALT 0211
WINDOWS
ALT 0210
WINDOWS
ALT 0212
WINDOWS
ALT 0214
WINDOWS
ALT 0213
WINDOWS
ALT 0216
HTML
HTML
HTML
HTML
HTML
HTML
Ó or Ó
Ò or Ò
Ô or Ô
Ö or Ö
Ö or Õ
Ø or Ø
Accents
Self-centering floating & fixed accents|Uppercase composites
S caron (Esh)
MAC
inaccessible
WINDOWS
ALT 0138
HTML
Š or Š
A acute
A grave
A circumflex
A umlaut
MAC
OPTION e A
MAC
OPTION`A
MAC
OPTION i A
MAC
OPTION u A
WINDOWS
ALT 0218
WINDOWS
ALT 0217
WINDOWS
ALT 0219
WINDOWS
ALT 0220
HTML
HTML
HTML
HTML
Á or Á
À or À
 or Â
Ä or Ä
Y acute
Y umlaut
MAC
inaccessible
MAC
OPTION u Y
WINDOWS
ALT 0221
WINDOWS
ALT 0159
HTML
HTML
Ý or Ý
Ÿ or Ÿ
Z caron
MAC
inaccessible
WINDOWS
inaccessible
HTML
&142;
Accents
Self-contained fixed accents|Uppercase composites
eth (Icelandic)
Eth (Icelandic)
MAC
MAC
inaccessible
inaccessible
WINDOWS
ALT 0240
WINDOWS
ALT 0208
HTML
HTML
ð or Á
Ð or Ð
l slash
L slash
MAC
MAC
inaccessible
inaccessible
WINDOWS
WINDOWS
inaccessible
inaccessible
HTML
HTML
&lslash; or ł
&Lslash; or Ł
MAC
MAC
inaccessible
inaccessible
WINDOWS
ALT 0254
WINDOWS
ALT 0222
HTML
HTML
þ; or þ
Þ; or Þ
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Isolated accents
Separated accents|spacing & non-spacing
acute
grave
mlaut
(diaeresis)
circumflex
tilde
macron
breve
MAC
SHIFT OPTION e
MAC
SHIFT OPTION u
MAC
SHIFT OPTION u
MAC
SHIFT OPTION i
MAC
SHIFT OPTION n
MAC
SHIFT OPTION ,
MAC
SHIFT OPTION . [period]
WINDOWS
ALT 0180
WINDOWS
ALT 0168
WINDOWS
ALT 0168
WINDOWS
ALT 0136
WINDOWS
ALT 0152
WINDOWS
ALT 0175
WINDOWS
HTML
HTML
HTML
HTML
HTML
HTML
HTML
´ or ´
` or <
¨ or ¨
ˆ or ˆ
˜ or ~
¯ or ¯
˘ or ˘
dot accent
ring
(angstrom)
cedilla
(cedille)
hungarumlaut
ogonek
caron
MAC
OPTION h
MAC
OPTION k
MAC
SHIFT OPTION z
MAC
SHIFT OPTION g
MAC
SHIFT OPTION x
MAC
SHIFT OPTION t
WINDOWS
WINDOWS
WINDOWS
WINDOWS
inaccessible
WINDOWS
ALT 0184
WINDOWS
inaccessible
inaccessible
inaccessible
inaccessible
HTML
HTML
HTML
HTML
HTML
HTML
˙ or ÿ
š
¸ or ¸
˝ or ˝
˛ or ²
ˇ or ·
inaccessible
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Ligatures
Combined characters
fi
fl
fi ligature
fl ligature
MAC
SHIFT OPTION 5
MAC
SHIFT OPTION 6
WINDOWS
WINDOWS
inaccessible
inaccessible
HTML
HTML
unavailable
unavailable
ae ligature
AE ligature
MAC
OPTION [quote key]
MAC
SHIFT OPTION [quote key]
WINDOWS
ALT 0230
WINDOWS
ALT 0198
HTML
HTML
æ or æ
Æ or Æ
oe ligature
OE ligature
MAC
OPTION q
MAC
SHIFT OPTION q
WINDOWS
ALT 0156
WINDOWS
ALT 0140
HTML
HTML
œ or œ
Œ or Œ
German double s
(sz ligature)
MAC
OPTION s
WINDOWS
ALT 0223
The un ligature
Disassembled character
HTML
ß or ß
dotless i
MAC
SHIFT OPTION b
WINDOWS
inaccessible
HTML
ı or ı
< NOTE
On PostScript &
TrueType fonts,the
only glyph with
part of its outline
removed. Used for
accenting and to
eliminate overlap
with line above
in tight leading.
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Punctuation
Quote marks|dashes & rules|other symbols
MAC
OPTION ]
MAC
SHIFT OPTION ]
MAC
OPTION [
MAC
SHIFT OPTION [
WINDOWS
ALT 0145
WINDOWS
ALT 0146
WINDOWS
ALT 0147
WINDOWS
ALT 0148
HTML
HTML
HTML
’ or ’
“ or “
” or ”
guillemet left
guillemet right
MAC
OPTION \
MAC
SHIFT OPTION \
MAC
SHIFT OPTION 3
MAC
SHIFT OPTION 4
WINDOWS
ALT 0171
WINDOWS
ALT 0187
WINDOWS
ALT 0139
WINDOWS
ALT 0155
< NOTE
MAC
SHIFT OPTION 0
MAC
SHIFT OPTION w
WINDOWS
ALT 0130
WINDOWS
ALT 0132
HTML
HTML
‚ or ‚
&dbquo; or „
NOTE
Primarily used
in Spanish,quotes
both precede and
follow intented
phrase.
'
"
HTML
HTML
HTML
HTML
» or »
‹ or ‹
› or ›
baseline rule
vertical bar
broken bar
emdash
French quote
marks,most
commonly with a
space between the
guillemet (or
guillemot) and
following or
preceding
character.
« or «
endash
<
HTML
‘ or ‘
< NOTE
In QuarkXPress,
standard English
curlyquotes
are selected with
the quote key by
default when the
Smart Quotes
preference is
turned on.
MAC
SHIFT CONTROL "
WINDOWS
CONTROL ALT '
MAC
OPTION - [hyphen]
MAC
SHIFT OPTION - [hyphen]
MAC
SHIFT - [hyphen]
MAC
SHIFT \ [backslash]
inaccessible
MAC
CONTROL '
WINDOWS
ALT 0150
WINDOWS
ALT 0151
WINDOWS
SHIFT - [hyphen]
WINDOWS
SHIFT \ [backslash]
WINDOWS
ALT 0166
WINDOWS
CONTROL '
HTML
HTML
HTML
SHIFT \ [backslash]
HTML
HTML
— or —
HTML
SHIFT - [hyphen]
HTML
– or –
¦ or ¦
' or '
" or "
MAC
foot (prime)
(key if smart quotesenabled)
ellipses
middle dot
bullet
inverted question
inverted exclam
paragraph (pilcrow)
section
MAC
OPTION ;
MAC
SHIFT OPTION 9
MAC
OPTION 8
MAC
SHIFT OPTION /
MAC
OPTION 1
MAC
OPTION 7
MAC
OPTION 6
WINDOWS
ALT 0133
WINDOWS
ALT 0183
WINDOWS
ALT 0149
WINDOWS
ALT 0191
WINDOWS
ALT 0161
WINDOWS
ALT 0182
WINDOWS
ALT 0167
HTML
HTML
HTML
HTML
HTML
HTML
HTML
… or …
· or ·
• or •
¿ or ¿
¡ or ¡
¶ or ¶
§ or §
dagger
double dagger
lozenge
ordinal indicator
feminine
ordinal indicator
masculine
Apple logo
MAC
OPTION t
MAC
SHIFT OPTION 7
MAC
SHIFT OPTION v
MAC
OPTION 9
MAC
OPTION 0
MAC
SHIFT OPTION k**
WINDOWS
ALT 0134
WINDOWS
ALT 0135
WINDOWS
WINDOWS
ALT 0170
WINDOWS
ALT 0186
WINDOWS
inaccessible
HTML
HTML
HTML
HTML
HTML
HTML
† or †
‡ or ‡
◊ or ◊
ª or ª
º or º

inaccessible
< NOTE
**Available only
on early generation
PostScript fonts.
Deleted for legal
branding reasons.
Outline later
updatednow
inaccurate.
Original logo created
by Rob Janoff.
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Currency|copyright symbols
Monetary units|legal marks
US cent
UK pound sterling
Japanese Yen
Dutch Florin
Euro
MAC
OPTION 4
MAC
OPTION 3
MAC
OPTION [
MAC
OPTION f
MAC
SHIFT OPTION 2
WINDOWS
ALT 0162
WINDOWS
ALT 0163
WINDOWS
ALT 0165
WINDOWS
ALT 0131
WINDOWS
ALT 0128
HTML
HTML
HTML
HTML
HTML
¢ or ¢
£ or £
¥ or ¥
ƒ or ƒ
€ or €
trademark
registered trademark
copyright
MAC
OPTION 2
MAC
OPTION r
MAC
OPTION g
WINDOWS
ALT 0153
WINDOWS
ALT 0174
WINDOWS
ALT 0169
HTML
HTML
HTML
™ or ™
® or ®
© or ©
< NOTE
A new symbol,
not available
on early versions
of PostScript or
TrueType fonts.
Most foundries
have updated older
generation
fonts to include.
generic currency
MAC
inaccessible
WINDOWS
ALT 0164
HTML
¤ or ¤
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divide
plus minus
not equal
approx equal
multiply
MAC
OPTION /
MAC
SHIFT OPTION =
MAC
OPTION =
MAC
OPTION ,
MAC
OPTION . [period]
MAC
OPTION x
inaccessible
WINDOWS
ALT 0247
WINDOWS
ALT 0177
WINDOWS
WINDOWS
WINDOWS
WINDOWS
inaccessible
inaccessible
inaccessible
inaccessible
MAC
WINDOWS
ALT 0215
HTML
HTML
HTML
HTML
HTML
HTML
HTML
÷ or ÷
± or ±
≠; or ≠
≤; or ≤
≥; or ≥
≈; or ≈
× or ×
minus
< NOTE
Hyphen
commonly used,
or coded as
endash.
(see page12
for endash.)
fraction slash
degree
MAC
SHIFT OPTION 1
MAC
SHIFT OPTION 8
MAC
SHIFT OPTION r
WINDOWS
WINDOWS
inaccessible
inaccessible
WINDOWS
ALT 0176
WINDOWS
ALT 0137
MAC
inaccessible
HTML
HTML
HTML
HTML
unavailable
⁄ or ⁄
° or °
‰ or ‰
infinity
partial derivative
integral
radical
(square root)
MAC
OPTION 5
MAC
OPTION d
MAC
OPTION b
MAC
OPTION v
MAC
SHIFT OPTION p
MAC
OPTION w
MAC
OPTION p
WINDOWS
WINDOWS
WINDOWS
WINDOWS
WINDOWS
WINDOWS
WINDOWS
inaccessible
inaccessible
inaccessible
inaccessible
inaccessible
inaccessible
inaccessible
HTML
HTML
HTML
HTML
HTML
HTML
HTML
∞ or ∞
∂ or 
∫ or ∫
√ or √
∏ or ½
∑ or Σ
π or π
omega
logical not
one half
one quarter
three quarters
broken bar
MAC
OPTION m
MAC
OPTION z
MAC
OPTION l [l.c. l]
MAC
OPTION v
MAC
SHIFT OPTION p
MAC
OPTION w
inaccessible
WINDOWS
ALT 0181
WINDOWS
WINDOWS
ALT 0172
WINDOWS
ALT 0189
WINDOWS
ALT 0188
WINDOWS
ALT 0190
WINDOWS
ALT 0166
mu (micro)
inaccessible
summation
pi
MAC
HTML
HTML
HTML
HTML
HTML
Ω or 
¬ or ¬
HTML
µ or µ
½ or ½
¼ or ¼
¾ or ¾
¦ or ¦
superscript one
superscript two
HTML
product
superscript three
empty set|null
MAC
OPTION j
MAC
MAC
MAC
inaccessible
inaccessible
inaccessible
WINDOWS
ALT 0185
WINDOWS
ALT 0178
WINDOWS
ALT 0179
HTML
HTML
HTML
HTML
¹ or ¹
² or ²
³ or ³
∅ or ∅
WINDOWS
inaccessible
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Glossary
Related terms
Diacritic|see accent.
Dingbat|see pi character.
Em space|see space, fixed.
En space|see see space, fixed.
Figure|A printing numeral, or number.
Figure space|see see space, fixed.
Fixed accent|An accent created as one character, not a referenced
combination of a letter and a floating accent within a font.
Symbol|see pi character.
Thin or thick space|see space, fixed.
Typeface|An individual set of characters, including letters, figures,
punctuation and its various symbols of a particular style. A font is one
weight with one inclination (roman (upright), italic (inclined or oblique)
and one style (or design). In current usage, differs from font,which is the
physical form (various digital formats and platforms, or metal,wood, etc.)
the alphabet for the common Western languages. Derived from Roman
stone-carved Capitals, later evolving through scribescalligraphic
handwriting to include the small (lowercase) letters.
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Contact
Only occasiona
l flash
of actual brilliances
e.
John S Brand
t
phone|773-52
5-0222
fax|773-5250224
email|johnsbra
ndt@ comcast.n
et
833 West Buen
a Ave 1507
Chicago IL 6061
3
or
johnbrandt@mac.com
Copyright 2006 John S Brandt. All rights reserved. This guide may be freely
distributed, but only in whole,without alteration. It may not be recompiled in any form
v1.2
without the express written consent of the author.