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Extended ASCII Display Characters
American PC Keyboard – Windows 98 and Greater
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Here is a sample of some of the extended ASCII character that can be displayed. It is not intended to be a complete list, but can be expanded on if requested. These codes should work for most American PC keyboards running Windows 98 and higher. While online, these codes should also work in most browsers, and bulletin boards. These codes may not work with instant messaging, or on social networking sites like Facebook. Offline these codes should work in most programs. If all the characters do not work in the program you are using; sometimes changing your font works.

To make these special ASCII characters, hold down either ALT key and type the numbers on the numbers pad on the right side of the keyboard (not the numbers on the top row of your keyboard).


Hold down Alt and type in (ASCII Value); release Alt key.
(Or copy the symbol and paste it into your application.)

Fractions & Math Characters<table border=1 cellPadding=6><TR align=center><td>ASCII Value</td><td>Character/Symbol</td><td>Common Name</td></tr><tr><td>239</td><td>∩</td><td> Intersection or Inverted "U"</td></tr><tr><td>241</td><td>±</td><td>Plus or Minus</td></tr><tr><td>242</td><td>≥</td><td>Greater Than or Equal To</td></tr><tr><td>243</td><td>≤</td><td>Less Than or Equal To</td></tr><tr><td>246</td><td>÷</td><td>Divide</td></tr><tr><td>247</td><td>≈</td><td>Approximate</td></tr><tr><td>248 or 0176</td><td>°</td><td>Degree</td></tr><tr><td>250</td><td>·</td><td>Multiply</td></tr><tr><td>251</td><td>√</td><td>Square Root</td></tr><tr><td>253</td><td>²</td><td>Square</td></tr><tr><td>0188</td><td>¼</td><td>One Quarter</td></tr><tr><td>0189</td><td>½</td><td>One Half</td></tr><tr><td>0190</td><td>¾</td><td>Three Quarters</td></tr></table>

Money & Business Symbols<table border=1 cellPadding=6><TR align=center><td>ASCII Value</td><td>Character/Symbol</td><td>Common Name</td><tr><td>155 or 0162</td><td>¢</td><td>Cent</td></tr><tr><td>156 or 0163</td><td>£</td><td>Pound Sterling</td></tr><tr><td>157 or 0165</td><td>¥</td><td>Yen</td></tr><tr><td>0128</td><td>€</td><td>Euro</td></tr><tr><td>0153</td><td>™</td><td>Trademark</td></tr><tr><td>0169</td><td>©</td><td>Copyright</td></tr><tr><td>0174</td><td>®</td><td>Registered Trademark</td></tr></table>


Miscellaneous Symbols<table border=1 cellPadding=6><TR align=center><td>ASCII Value</td><td>Character/Symbol</td><td>Common Name</td><tr><td>1</td><td>☺</td><td>White Smiley</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>☻</td><td>Black Smiley</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>♥</td><td>Heart</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>♦</td><td>Diamond</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>♣</td><td>Club, Clover</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>♠</td><td>Spade</td></tr><tr><td>7 or 0149</td><td>•</td><td>Small Bullet</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>◘</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>○</td><td>Circle Bullet</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>◙</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>11</td>
<td>♂</td><td>Male</td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td>♀</td><td>Female</td></tr><tr><td>13</td><td>♪</td><td>Quarter Note</td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td>♫</td><td>Beamed Quarter Note</td></tr><tr><td>15</td><td>☼</td><td>Sun</td></tr><tr><td>16</td><td>►</td><td>Solid Forward Arrow</td></tr><tr><td>17</td><td>◄</td><td>Solid Back Arrow</td></tr><tr><td>18 or 23</td><td>↕</td><td>Up/Down Arrow</td></tr><tr><td>24</td><td>↑</td><td>Up Arrow</td></tr><tr><td>25</td><td>↓</td><td>Down Arrow</td></tr><tr><td>26</td><td>→</td><td>Right Arrow</td></tr><tr><td>27</td><td>←</td><td>Left Arrow</td></tr><tr><td>29</td><td>↔</td><td>Left/Right Arrow</td></tr><tr><td>30</td><td>▲</td><td>Solid Up Arrow</td></tr><tr><td>31</td><td>▼</td><td>Solid Down Arrow</td></tr><tr><tr><td>167 or 0186
*see note</td><td>º</td><td>Masculine Ordinal Number</td></tr></table>
*Note: Ordinal number refers to rank, not quantity. Use in Spanish/Italian/Portuguese languages; often confuse with the degree sign.