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NOTE: This is more than a matter of taste/convenience. The codes below are not ASCII; several will not work on many machines (particulary the ones listed as 158, 159, 169, 228, 229, 231, 232, 247), and don't even exist at the codes claimed. For example, if you type Alt-151 on a Windows machine, you are actually entering code 249, because that's the "new" Windows code page 1252 code for what used to be at position 151 in the now-obsolete pre-Windows code page 437. The use of the table below is dangerous and misleading. The codes listed on Wiki special characters are correct. Larry seems to want to keep this page around for historical reasons, but I disagree. This page is simply in error, and should be removed or redirected. --Lee Daniel Crocker




ASCII character codes that I think will work for everybody. On many systems you can make these by holding down alt and then, using the number pad, typing the number of the character in question.

128 Ç 136 ê 144 É 152 ÿ 160 á 168 ¿ 184 © 208 ð 216 Ï 224 Ó 232 Þ 248 °
129 ü 137 ë 145 æ 153 Ö 161 í 169 ® 209 Ð 225 ß 233 Ú 241 ± 249 ¨
130 é 138 è 146 Æ 154 Ü 162 ó 170 ¬ 210 Ê 226 Ô 234 Û 250 ·
131 â 139 ï 147 ô 155 ø 163 ú 211 Ë 227 Ò 235 Ù
132 ä 140 î 148 ö 156 £ 164 ñ 212 È 228 õ 236 ý 244 ¶
133 à 141 ì 149 ò 157 Ø 165 Ñ 173 ¡ 181 Á 189 ¢ 229 Õ 237 Ý 245 §
134 å 142 Ä 150 û 158 × 166 ª 174 « 182 Â 190 ¥ 198 ã 214 Í 230 µ 238 ¯ 246 ÷
135 ç 143 Å 151 ù 159 ƒ 175 » 183 À 199 Ã 215 Î 231 þ 247 ¸

If anything on this table shows up as a normal symbol, like a question mark or underscore, it isn't working and you should erase it so the rest of us know not to use it. On some computers these don't show up properly, but at least default to something similar: 158 (times sign -> x), 167 (underlined ° -> °), 213 (undotted i -> i).

One can also enter ANSI characters by holding down alt and typing in a number prefixed with a zero. However, one probably shouldn't, since they don't show up on some machines.



These are delightful. However, I'd like to remind everyone not to use these in page names (i.e. in URLs that you create), because it is my understanding that they will not generally work.
However, if I'm totally wrong, I hope someone will correct me.
--Jimbo Wales



Is anyone taking into consideration that "not everyone" keeps their character map (charmap) set to the default? I for one, don't even remember what the default was/is.

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