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July 14, 2023 - BY Pat Kearns
The charts below show ALT and HTML codes for lowercase and uppercase letters, with diacritical marks, from languages such as French, German, and Spanish. Other language symbols display in the bottom chart.
To enter an ALT code, make sure Num Lock is on, press the ALT key, and type the number using the numeric keypad. ALT codes do not work in some applications.
Characters in the charts are displaying in the font your system finds first in this font stack: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif.
For Greek letters and symbols, please see Code Chart for Greek Letters.
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Lowercase Letters
| Char | ALT Code | HTML | MAC | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| For MAC, … means release keys before continuing | ||||
| á | ALT + 0225 | á | OPTION + E … A | lowercase a with acute accent |
| â | ALT + 0226 | â | OPTION + I … A | lowercase a with circumflex |
| à | ALT + 0224 | à | OPTION + ` … A | lowercase a with grave accent |
| å | ALT + 0229 | å | OPTION + SHIFT + A | lowercase a with ring / Nordic / Angstrom |
| ã | ALT + 0227 | ã | OPTION + N … A | lowercase a with tilde |
| ä | ALT + 0228 | ä | OPTION + U … A | lowercase a with umlaut/diaeresis |
| æ | ALT + 0230 | æ | OPTION + ' (single quote) | lowercase ae ligature |
| ç | ALT + 0231 | ç | OPTION + C | lowercase c with cedilla |
| é | ALT + 0233 | é | OPTION + E … E | lowercase e with acute accent |
| ê | ALT + 0234 | ê | OPTION + I … E | lowercase e with circumflex |
| è | ALT + 0232 | è | OPTION + ` … E | lowercase e with grave accent |
| ë | ALT + 0235 | ë | OPTION + U … E | lowercase e with umlaut/diaeresis |
| í | ALT + 0237 | í | OPTION + E … I | lowercase i with acute accent |
| î | ALT + 0238 | î | OPTION + I … I | lowercase i with circumflex |
| ì | ALT + 0236 | ì | lowercase i with grave accent | |
| ï | ALT + 0239 | ï | OPTION + U … I | lowercase i with umlaut/diaeresis |
| ñ | ALT + 0241 | ñ | OPTION + N … N | lowercase n with tilde |
| ó | ALT + 0243 | ó | OPTION + E … O | lowercase o with acute accent |
| ô | ALT + 0244 | ô | OPTION + I … O | lowercase o with circumflex |
| ò | ALT + 0242 | ò | lowercase o with grave accent | |
| ø | ALT + 0248 | ø | OPTION + O | lowercase o with slash |
| õ | ALT + 0245 | õ | OPTION + N … O | lowercase o with tilde |
| ö | ALT + 0246 | ö | OPTION + U … O | lowercase o with umlaut/diaeresis |
| ő | ALT + 0337 | ő | lowercase o with double acute accent | |
| œ | ALT + 0156 | œ | OPTION + Q | lowercase oe ligature |
| ú | ALT + 0250 | ú | OPTION + E … U | lowercase u with acute accent |
| û | ALT + 0251 | û | OPTION + I … U | lowercase u with circumflex |
| ù | ALT + 0249 | ù | OPTION + ` … U | lowercase u with grave accent |
| ü | ALT + 0252 | ü | OPTION + U … U | lowercase u with umlaut/diaeresis |
| ű | ALT + 0369 | ű | lowercase u with double acute accent | |
| ý | ALT + 0253 | ý | lowercase y with double acute accent | |
| ÿ | ALT + 0255 | ÿ | OPTION + U … Y | lowercase y with umlaut/diaeresis |
Uppercase Letters
| Char | ALT Code | HTML | MAC | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| For MAC, … means release keys before continuing | ||||
| Á | ALT + 0193 | Á | OPTION + E … SHIFT + A | uppercase A with acute accent |
| Â | ALT + 0194 | Â | OPTION + I … SHIFT + A | uppercase A with circumflex |
| À | ALT + 0192 | À | OPTION + ` … SHIFT + A | uppercase A with grave accent |
| Å | ALT + 0197 | Å | OPTION + SHIFT + A | "A" with ring / Nordic / Angstrom |
| Ã | ALT + 0195 | Ã | OPTION + N … SHIFT + A | uppercase A with tilde |
| Ä | ALT + 0196 | Ä | OPTION + U … SHIFT + A | uppercase A with umlaut/diaeresis |
| Æ | ALT + 0198 | Æ | OPTION + SHIFT + ' (single quote) | uppercase AE ligature |
| Ç | ALT + 0199 | Ç | OPTION + SHIFT + C | uppercase C with cedilla |
| É | ALT + 0201 | É | OPTION + E … SHIFT + E | uppercase E with acute accent |
| Ê | ALT + 0202 | Ê | OPTION + I … SHIFT + E | uppercase E with circumflex |
| È | ALT + 0200 | È | OPTION + ` … SHIFT + E | uppercase E with grave accent |
| Ë | ALT + 0203 | Ë | OPTION + U … SHIFT + E | uppercase E with umlaut/diaeresis |
| Í | ALT + 0205 | Í | OPTION + E … SHIFT + I | uppercase I with acute accent |
| Í | ALT + 0206 | Î | OPTION + I … SHIFT + I | uppercase I with circumflex |
| Ì | ALT + 0204 | Ì | uppercase I with grave accent | |
| Ï | ALT + 0207 | Ï | OPTION + U … SHIFT + I | uppercase I with umlaut/diaeresis |
| Ñ | ALT + 0209 | Ñ | OPTION + N … SHIFT + N | uppercase N with tilde |
| Ó | ALT + 0211 | Ó | OPTION + E … SHIFT + O | uppercase O with acute accent |
| Ô | ALT + 0212 | Ô | OPTION + I … SHIFT + O | uppercase O with circumflex |
| Ø | ALT + 0216 | Ø | OPTION + SHIFT + O | uppercase O with slash |
| Õ | ALT + 0213 | Õ | OPTION + N … SHIFT + O | uppercase O with tilde |
| Ö | ALT + 0214 | Ö | OPTION + U … SHIFT + O | uppercase O with umlaut/diaeresis |
| Ő | ALT + 0336 | Ő | uppercase O with double acute accent | |
| Π| ALT + 0140 | Π| OPTION + SHIFT + Q | uppercase OE ligature |
| ß | ALT + 0223 | ß | OPTION + S | eszett (sz), sharp / double "s" |
| Ú | ALT + 0218 | Ú | OPTION + E … SHIFT + U | uppercase U with acute accent |
| Û | ALT + 0219 | Û | OPTION + I … SHIFT + U | uppercase U with circumflex |
| Ù | ALT + 0217 | Ù | OPTION + ` … SHIFT + U | uppercase U with grave accent |
| Ü | ALT + 0220 | Ü | OPTION + U … SHIFT + U | uppercase U with umlaut/diaeresis |
| Ű | ALT + 0368 | Ű | uppercase U with double acute accent | |
| Ý | ALT + 0221 | Ý | uppercase Y with acute accent | |
| Ÿ | ALT + 0159 | Ÿ | OPTION + U … SHIFT + Y | uppercase Y with umlaut/diaeresis |
Other Language Symbols
| Char | ALT Code | HTML | MAC | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| For MAC, … means release keys before continuing | ||||
| ¿ | ALT + 0191 | ¿ | SHIFT + OPTION + ? | inverted question mark |
| ¡ | ALT + 0161 | ¡ | SHIFT + OPTION + 1 | inverted exclamation point |
| ‹ | ALT + 0139 (or 8249) | ‹ | left single angle quotation mark | |
| › | ALT + 0155 (or 8250) | › | right single angle quotation mark | |
| « | ALT + 0171 | « | left double angle quotation mark | |
| » | ALT + 0187 | » | right double angle quotation mark | |
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