Help:Special symbols

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There are some characters that can't be accessed by all keyboards. Some of them have shortcuts. This can be useful to know when editing foreign wikis.

Latin

Character Shortcut(s)
á, à, ä, â, ã, å á à ä â ã å
é, è, ë, ê é è ë ê
í, ì, ï, î í ì ï î
ó, ò, ö, ô, õ, ⊝ ó ò ö ô õ ⊝

Quotes

Character Shortcut Example
“ ” “

”

“Shooow time!”
‘ ’ ‘

’

‘Shooow Time!’
" " "Shooow Time!"
' ' 'Shooow Time!'

Other

Character Shortcut Example
– For use in signatures
— For use in signatures
· · For use in templates
• For use in templates