Please do not ouse in place for regular text as it makes things harder to read.
Many of you know about the "cool little keyboard symbols" you can make on various computers. Usually, in these how-to guides, they say to hold the Alt key and press a number combination.
This means that those of you without desktops or Macs are often out of luck.
Or so you think. There is a way to do these on ANY computer while using the internet, regardless of brand, model, or operating system.
All you have to do is use HTML character entities.
What are these? All of them are simply the & (ampersand) sign, a number code or keyword, and then the ; (semicolon) sign.
For example, you can make ♥ on any computer by typing ♥. You can make † by typing †. It's really easy.
For the ones that don't have easy keywords, you'll have to remember or look up a number code. For example, that same ♥ symbol can be made by ♥.
For a good reference of nearly all of the symbols, I have decided to list a few common ones that you guys like to use. Google "HTML character entities" to find some compilations of more. :3
IF ALL YOU SEE IS A WHITE-OUTLINED BOX WHEN USING THESE, THE SYMBOL DOESN'T WORK FOR YOUR COMPUTER/BROWSER'S CURRENT CHARSET. Sorry. :/
I'm currently in the process of trying to figure out how to configure your browser to render them better. In the meantime... use Firefox? xD
These are all CASE SENSITIVE. This means that DAGGER doesn't mean the same as dagger to the computer, and Hearts and hearts are different. If it's typed in lowercase, it's supposed to be that way. If it's capitalized, it is for a reason.
♥ ♠ ♦ ♣ ★
♥ Misc "Fun" Symbols and Geometric Shapes ♥
♥ : ♥ (Hearts)
♡ : ♡ (Heart outline)
♠ : ♠ (Spades)
♤ : ♤ (Spade outline)
♦ : ♦ (Diamonds)
♢ : ♢ (Diamond outline)
♣ : ♣ (Clubs)
♧ : ♧ (Clubs outline)
• : • (Bullet)
† : † (Dagger)
‡ : ‡ (Double dagger)
ℑ : ℑ
ℜ : ℜ
ℵ : ℵ
◊ : ◊ (Lozenge)
℠ : ℠
℃ : ℃ (Celsius)
℉ : ℉ (Fahrenheit)
℅ : ℅
№ : №
℗ : ℗ (Protected)
℞ : ℞ (Prescription Rx)
☀ : ☀ (Sunshine)
☁ : ☁ (Cloudy)
☂ : ☂ (Rain)
☃ : ☃ (Snow)
☄ : ☄ (Comet)
★ : ★ (Star, solid)
☆ : ☆ (Star, outline)
☇ : ☇ (Lightning)
☈ : ☈ (Thunderstorm)
☉ : ☉ (Sun)
☊ : ☊ (Ascending node)
☋ : ☋ (Descending node)
☌ : ☌ (Conjunction)
☍ : ☍ (Opposition)
☎ : ☎ (Telephone)
☏ : ☏ (Telephone outline)
☐ : ☐ (Check box- empty. It IS supposed to be a block.)
☑ : ☑ (Check box- checked)
☒ : ☒ (Check box- X'ed)
☓ : ☓ (St. Andrew's Cross)
☠ : ☠ (Skull and crossbones)
☡ : ☡ (Caution sign)
☢ : ☢ (Radioactive sign)
☣ : ☣ (Biohazard sign)
☤ : ☤ (Caduceus)
☥ : ☥ (Ankh)
☦ : ☦ (Eastern Christian Cross)
☧ : ☧ (Chi Rho Cross)
☨ : ☨ (Patriarchal Cross)
☩ : ☩ (Greek Cross)
☪ : ☪ (Crescent Moon and Star)
☫ : ☫ (Farsi symbol)
☬ : ☬ (Adi Shakti)
☭ : ☭ (Hammer and sickle)
☮ : ☮ (Peace sign)
☯ : ☯ (Yin and Yang)
☰ : ☰ (Trigram Heaven)
☱ : ☱ (Trigram Lake)
☲ : ☲ (Trigram Fire)
☳ : ☳ (Trigram Thunder)
☴ : ☴ (Trigram Wind)
☵ : ☵ (Trigram Water)
☶ : ☶ (Trigram Mountain)
☷ : ☷ (Trigram Heaven)
☸ : ☸ (Dharma Wheel)
☹ : ☹ (Frowning face)
☺ : ☺ (Smiling face)
☻ : ☻ (Filled smiling face)
☽ : ☽ (Waxing crescent moon)
☾ : ☾ (Waning crescent moon)
☿ : ☿ (Mercury)
♀ : ♀ (Venus/Female symbol)
♁ : ♁ (Earth)
♂ : ♂ (Mars/Male symbol)
♃ : ♃ (Jupiter)
♄ : ♄ (Saturn)
♅ : ♅ (Uranus)
♆ : ♆ (Neptune)
♇ : ♇ (Pluto)
♈ : ♈ (Aries)
♉ : ♉ (Taurus)
♊ : ♊ (Gemini)
♋ : ♋ (Cancer)
♌ : ♌ (Leo)
♍ : ♍ (Virgo)
♎ : ♎ (Libra)
♏ : ♏ (Scorpio)
♐ : ♐ (Sagittarius)
♑ : ♑ (Capricorn)
♒ : ♒ (Aquarius)
♓ : ♓ (Pisces)
♔ : ♔ (White King)
♕ : ♕ (White Queen)
♖ : ♖ (White Rook)
♗ : ♗ (White Bishop)
♘ : ♘ (White Knight)
♙ : ♙ (White Pawn)
♚ : ♚ (Black King)
♛ : ♛ (Black Queen)
♜ : ♜ (Black Rook)
♝ : ♝ (Black Bishop)
♞ : ♞ (Black Knight)
♟ : ♟ (Black Pawn)
♨ : ♨ (Hot Springs)
✁ : ✁ (Cut above)
✂ : ✂ (Cut here)
✃ : ✃ (Cut below)
✄ : ✄ (Scissors)
✆ : ✆ (Public pay phone)
✇ : ✇ (Film reel/tape spool)
✈ : ✈ (Airport/jet/airplane)
✉ : ✉ (Envelope/mail)
✌ : ✌ (Victory sign/peace)
✍ : ✍ (Signature/sign here)
✎ : ✎ (Pencil- diagonal)
✏ : ✏ (Pencil)
✓ : ✓ (Check mark)
✔ : ✔ (Heavy check mark)
✖ : ✖ (Heavy multiplication sign)
✗ : ✗ (Ballot X)
✘ : ✘ (Heavy ballot X)
✝ : ✝ (Latin Roman Cross)
✞ : ✞ (Latin Cross- 3D)
✠ : ✠ (Maltese Cross)
✡ : ✡ (Star of David)
™ : ™ (Trademark/TM)
© : © (Copyright)
® : ® (Registered trademark)
… : … (Horizontal ellipsis)
‾ : ‾ (Overline)
˜ : ˜ (Small tilde)
ˆ : ˆ (Modifier circumflex accent)
– : – (En dash)
— : — (Em dash)
Ω : Ω (Ohm)
℧ : ℧ (Inverted Ohm)
¡ : ¡ (Inverted exclamation point)
¿ : ¿ (Inverted question mark)
¦ : ¦ (Broken vertical bar)
§ : § (Section)
¬ : ¬ (Negation)
¶ : ¶ (Paragraph)
· : · (Middle dot)
µ : µ (Micro)
♪ Musical Notes ♫
♩ : ♩ (Musical quarter note)
♪ : ♪ (Musical eighth note)
♫ : ♫ (Musical single bar note)
♬ : ♬ (Musical double bar note)
♭ : ♭ (Flat note)
♮ : ♮ (Natural note)
♮ : ♯ (Sharp note)
Æ Letter variations Ñ
À : À (Capital A, grave accent)
Á : Á (Capital A, acute accent)
 :  (Capital A, circumflex accent)
à : à (Capital A with a tilde)
Ä : Ä (Capital A, umlaut mark)
Å : Å (Capital A, ring)
Æ : Æ (Capital Æ )
Ç : Ç (Capital C, cedilla)
È : È (Capital E, grave accent)
É : É (Capital E, acute accent)
Ê : Ê (Capital E, circumflex accent)
Ë : Ë (Capital E, umlaut mark)
Ì : Ì (Capital I, grave accent)
Í : Í (Capital I, acute accent)
Î : Î (Capital I, circumflex accent)
Ï : Ï (Capital I, umlaut mark)
Ð : Ð (Capital ETH, Icelandic)
Ñ : Ñ (Capital N, tilde)
Ò : Ò (Capital O, grave accent)
Ó : Ó (Capital O, acute accent)
Ô : Ô (Capital O, circumflex accent)
Õ : Õ (Capital O, tilde)
Ö : Ö (Capital O, umlaut mark)
Ø : Ø (Capital O, slash)
Ù : Ù (Capital U, grave accent)
Ú : Ú (Capital U, acute accent)
Û : Û (Capital U, circumflex accent)
Ü : Ü (Capital U, umlaut mark)
Ý : Ý (Capital Y, acute accent)
Þ : Þ (Capital THORN, Icelandic)
Π: Π(Capital ligerature OE)
Š : Š (Capital S with caron)
ƒ : ƒ (F with hook)
Ÿ : Ÿ (Capital Y with diaeresis)
ß : ß (Small sharp s, German)
à : à (Small A, grave accent)
á : á (Small A, acute accent)
â : Â (Small A, circumflex accent)
ã : ã (Small A with a tilde)
ä : ä (Small A, umlaut mark)
å : å (Small A, ring)
æ : æ (Small æ )
ç : ç (Small C, cedilla)
è : è (Small E, grave accent)
é : é (Small E, acute accent)
ê : ê (Small E, circumflex accent)
ë : ë (Small E, umlaut mark)
ì : ì (Small I, grave accent)
í : í (Small I, acute accent)
î : î (Small I, circumflex accent)
ï : ï (Small I, umlaut mark)
ð : ð (Small ETH, Icelandic)
ñ : ñ (Small N, tilde)
ò : ò (Small O, grave accent)
ó : ó (Small O, acute accent)
ô : ô (Small O, circumflex accent)
õ : õ (Small O, tilde)
ö : ö (Small O, umlaut mark)
ø : ø (Small O, slash)
ù : ù (Small U, grave accent)
ú : ú (Small U, acute accent)
û : û (Small U, circumflex accent)
ü : ü (Small U, umlaut mark)
ý : ý (Small Y, acute accent)
þ : þ (Small THORN, Icelandic)
ÿ : ÿ (Small Y, umlaut mark)
œ : œ (Small ligature with OE)
š : š (Small s with caron)
¥ Currency ¥
¥ : ¥ (Yen)
€ : € (Euro)
¢ : ¢ (Cent)
£ : £ (Pound)
¤ : ¤ (Currency)
Θ Greek Letters Δ
Α : Α (Alpha)
Β : Β (Beta)
Γ : Γ (Gamma)
Δ : Δ (Delta)
Ε : Ε (Epsilon)
Ζ : Ζ (Zeta)
Η : Η (Eta)
Θ : Θ (Theta)
Ι : Ι (Iota)
Κ : Κ (Kappa)
Λ : Λ (Lambda)
Μ : Μ (Mu)
Ν : Ν (Nu)
Ξ : Ξ (Xi)
Ο : Ο (Omicron)
Π : Π (Pi)
Ρ : Ρ (Rho)
Σ : Σ (Sigma)
Τ : Τ (Tau)
Υ : Υ (Upsilon)
Φ : Φ (Phi)
Χ : Χ (Chi)
Ψ : Ψ (Psi)
Ω : Ω (Omega)
α : α (alpha)
β : β (beta)
γ : γ (gamma)
δ : δ (delta)
ε : ε (epsilon)
ζ : ζ (zeta)
η : η (eta)
θ : θ (theta)
ι : ι (iota)
κ : κ (kappa)
λ : λ (lambda)
μ : μ (mu)
ν : ν (nu)
ξ : ξ (xi)
ο : ο (omicron)
π : π (pi)
ρ : ρ (rho)
σ : σ (sigma)
τ : τ (tau)
υ : υ (upsilon)
φ : φ (phi)
χ : χ (chi)
ψ : ψ (psi)
ω : ω (omega)
← Arrows →
← : ← (Leftwards arrow)
→ : → (Rightwards arrow)
↑ : ↑ (Upwards arrow)
↓ : ↓ (Downwards arrow)
↔ : ↔ (Left-right arrow)
↵ : ↵ (Carriage return)
⇐ : ⇐ (Leftwards double arrow)
⇑ : ⇑ (Upwards double arrow)
⇒ : ⇒ (Rightwards double arrow)
⇓ : ⇓ (Downwards double arrow)
⇔ : ⇔ (Double left-right arrow)
☚ : ☚ (Left-pointing index finger)
☛ : ☛ (Right-pointing index finger)
☝ : ☝ (Upwards-pointing index finger)
☟ : ☟ (Downwards-pointing index finger)
∞ Math Symbols ∞
√ : √ (Square root/radical)
∴ : ∴ (Therefore)
∞ : ∞ (Infinity)
∑ : ∑ (N-ary sumation)
∇ : ∇ (Nabla)
∀ : ∀ (For all)
∅ : ∅ (Empty set = null set = diameter)
∠ : ∠ (Angle)
∪ : ∪ (Union = cup)
∩ : ∩ (Intersection = cap)
∨ : ∨ (Logical and = vee)
∝ : ∝ (Proportional to)
∏ : ∏ (N-ary product = product sign)
∋ : ∋ (Contains as member)
∉ : ∉ (Not an element of)
∈ : ∈ (Element of)
∃ : ∃ (There exists)
∂ : ∂ (Partial differential)
− : − (Minus sign)
∗ : ∗ (Asterik operator)
∼ : ∼ (Tilde operator = varies with = similar to)
≈ : ≈ (Almost equal to = asyptotic to)
≠ : ≠ (Not equal to)
≡ : ≡ (Identical to)
≤ : ≤ (Less-than or equal to)
≥ : ≥ (Greater-than or equal to)
⊂ : ⊂ (Subset of)
⊃ : ⊃ (Superset of)
⊄ : ⊄ (Not a subset of)
⊆ : ⊆ (Subset of or equal to)
⊇ : ⊇ (Superset of or equal to)
⊕ : ⊕ (Circled plus = direct sum)
⊗ : ⊗ (Circled times = vector product)
⊥ : ⊥ (Up tack = orthagonal to = perpendicular)
⋅ : ⋅ (Dot operator)
° : ° (Degree)
± : ± (Plus or minus)
× : × (Multiplication)
÷ : ÷ (Division)
∧ : ∧ (Logical and, wedge)
∫ : ∫ (Integral)
≅ : ≅ (Approximately equal to)
¹ : ¹ (Superscript 1)
² : ² (Superscript 2)
³ : ³ (Superscript 3)
⌈ Technical ⌉
⌈ : ⌈ (Left ceiling)
⌉ : ⌉ (Right ceiling)
⌊ : ⌊ (Left floor)
⌋ : ⌋ (Right floor)
〈 : ⟨ (Left pointing angle bracket = bra)
〉 : ⟩ (Right pointing angle bracket = ket)
< Other >
& : & (Ampersand)
< : < (Less-than, opening bracket)
> : > (Greater-than, closing bracket)
& Notes &
An easy way to show others how to do this, if you don't want your explanation accidentally putting the symbols (like ♥ for your explanation of ♥ ), then a good way to put it is this-
& for the & symbol, then the character code, then the ; semicolon. The full code for ♥ in this post is
&hearts; . Make sense at all?
Also, when you put a bunch of spaces, normally HTML (including the forums) just squishes it together like one space. To add a lot of spaces like this, put . :3 One counts as one blank space each.
♥ ♠ ♦ ♣ ★
I did not type all this up so do not give me credit please give all credit to the original fourm maker at: http://forums.warriorcats.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/855107/m/4041021124/p/1
