Punctuation Alt Codes

Punctuation
Alt Codes for Interrogetary and Exclamatory
Alt Code	Symbol	Description
Alt 33	!	Exclamation Mark
Alt 19	‼	Double Exclamation
Alt 173	¡	Inverted exclamation mark
Alt 63	?	Question Mark
Alt 168	¿	inverted question mark
Alt Codes for Parenthesis
Alt Code	Symbol	Description
Alt 40	(	Open Bracket
Alt 41	)	Close Bracked
Alt 91	[	Open Square Bracket
Alt 93	]	Close Square Bracket
Alt 123	{{ '{' }}	Open curley bracket
Alt 125	{{ '}' }}	Close curley bracket
Alt Codes for Editing
Alt Code	Symbol	Description
Alt 28	∟	Tab Marker
Alt 21	§	Paragraph
Alt 20	¶	Carriage Return
Alt 0134	†	dagger / obelos
Alt 0135	‡	double dagger / diesis
Alt Codes for Reported Speech / Quotation
Alt Code	Symbol	Description
Alt 34	"	Quotation Mark
Alt 0139	‹	quotation mark
Alt 0155	›	quotation mark
Alt 0145	‘	curly single open quote
Alt 0146	’	curly single close quote
Alt 0147	“	curly double open quote
Alt 0148	”	curly double close quote
Alt 174	«	Quotation Mark
Alt 175	»	Quotation Mark
Alt 0130	‘	curly single quote
Alt 0132	„	low curly doublequote
Alt Codes for Abbreviation
Alt Code	Symbol	Description
Alt 39	'	Apostraphe
Alt 96	`	Angled Apostraphe
Alt 38	&	Ampersand
Alt 64	@	At Symbol
Alt Codes for General Punctuation
Alt 58	:	Colon
Alt 59	;	Semi-Colon
Alt 44	,	Comma
Alt 46	.	Full Stop / Period
Alt 32		Space
Alt 255		Alternative Space
Alt 0133	…	dot dot dot / ellipsis
Alt 95	_	Underscore
Alt 0175	¯	overscore
Alt 124	|	Bar
Alt 126	~	Tilda/Squiggle
Alt 0168	¨	diaresis
Alt 45	-	Dash or Hyphen
Alt 0151	—	Longer Dash or Hyphen
Alt 22	▬	Long Hyphon
Alt 42	*	Asterisk
Alt 47	/	Slash
Alt 92	\	Back Slash
1º and 1ª mean 1st in some languages
Alt 166	ª	a superscript
Alt 167	º	o superscript
Alt Codes for Archaic Punctuation
Alt 0183	·	interpunct

About Alt Codes:

International Business Machines (IBM) developed a method to place characters that were previously impossible to type with a traditional QWERTY keyboard on the screen. By holding down the ALT key, developers and end users could define the intended character by way of the numeric keypad. The computer system's Basic Internal Operating System (BIOS) subsequently interprets the action and placing the correct corresponding symbol at the location of the cursor.

Such codes became so incredibly popular that although Microsoft decided upon developing additional sets of codes, they also decided to keep the existing Alt codes. The new set designed to coexist with also codes was originally named ANSI, with the old version redesignated as Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM). Codes written in OEM are represented in 3 digits while codes written in ANSI codes begin with a preceding 0.

For the past 20 years, Unicode has seen major adoption by a growing number of systems. The entry of all Unicode characters by the same method of Windows was achieved by many applications yet still couldn't spread to every system. Issues of compatibility with old ANSI codes prevented the entry of every single character.

Alt Code Tips:

• Depending on the setting of the OEM Code Page, different characters may be produced with the same code.
• It is critical to have the system's NUM LOCK enabled when typing a character's alt code value.
• Though it is present on some models, the right-most numeric keypad does NOT exist on most laptops. To still make sufficient use of the functionality, most laptop users are required to use press and hold down the Fn key.

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