Help:Special symbols

Template:TOCright Help:Special symbols — there are some characters that can not be accessed by all keyboards. Some of them have may have shortcuts generated by basic HTML coding. This can be useful to know when editing foreign-language wikis that are written using non-roman script alphabets. The following tables on this 'help' page list the HTML keyboard commands required to generate the display of these special symbols and / or characters.

Latin

latin character letters

character(s)	shortcut(s)	origin / usage
á  à  ä  â  ã  å	á à ä â ã å	from the roman English letter a
é  è  ë  ê	é è ë ê	from the roman English letter e
í  ì  ï  î	í ì ï î	from the roman English letter i
ñ	ñ	from the roman English letter n
ó  ò  ö  ô  õ  ø	ó ò ö ô õ ø	from the roman English letter o
ú  ù  ü  û	ú ù ü û	from the roman English letter u
ý  ÿ	ý ÿ	from the roman English letter y
æ  œ	æ œ	used in words such as 'encyclopædia'

The above latin character letters can be changed to upper-case 'capital' by changing the first letter of the HTML code to upper-case. Thus, Ò would make Ò.

Quotes

quotation marks and characters

character(s)	shortcut(s)	description	comments / usage
'	'	single apostrophe	used to highlight an 'emphasised' word or phrase
"	"	double quotation mark	used to enclose sections of quoted text or speech
‘  ’	‘ ’	angled single apostrophe	as single above, but 'fancy' stylised
“  ”	“ ”	angled double quotation mark	as double above, but 'fancy' stylised
„  ‚	„ ‚	lower quotation mark / apostrophe	typically used in Spanish

Other

other special characters

character	shortcut	comments / usage
–	–	'ndash' - 1.5 times the length of a standard hyphen
—	—	'mdash' - 2 times the length of a standard hyphen
·	·	'mid-dot' - located mid-height in the row of text
•	•	'bullet-point' - located mid-height in the row of text
→	→	'right arrow'
←	←	'left arrow'
↑	↑	'up arrow'
↓	↓	'down arrow'

For a non-breaking space (usually used between numbers and their descriptors or units of measurement, or dates), use  .