Greetings, dear readers! Today I will show you how to type special characters on the keyboard using the Alt key. If you didn’t quite understand what I was talking about from the title of the article, I’ll explain in more detail.

There are symbols that are simply not on the keyboard, but at the same time they can be used quite often (paragraph icon, arrow, suit, heart). The question immediately arises, how to write this or that character, which is not on the keyboard. How to do this will be discussed in this article.

Here are examples of such characters:

☻☺ ♣♠◘○♀♪♂☼ ↕☼↓→§

Naturally, these are not all symbols, there are many more. You can find the full table with these symbols below.

And now I will tell you how to print these characters.

So, already from the name it is clear that we will use the Alt key! But we need other keys too!

In the picture below you can see all the keys we need and where they are located:

So, in order to print a particular character, you need to hold down the Alt key and use the additional panel with numbers to type the code of the character we need (character codes can be taken from the table below). Moreover, it is important to follow the sequence, that is, if you first press 1, and then 2, then the symbol with the number 12 will pop up for you, and if you do the opposite: first 2, and then 1, then you will get a completely different symbol with the number 21.

For example, the emoticon code (☺) is 1. So, to print a smiley, you need to press the Alt key and, without releasing it, press "1" in the additional panel with numbers, then you need to release the Alt key and the character will be printed.

To print an arrow (→) with code 26, you need to hold down the Alt key, then alternately press first "2", then "6", and then release the Alt key. The character will be printed immediately.

Here is a table of the most common symbols with their numbers:

This was the easiest way to print these characters, but not the only one.

There is also such a thing as a symbol table. No, we are not talking about the yellow table above. Every Windows computer has such a "Character Map" application.

This application is located in this location:

This folder contains a lot of system files, among which "charmap". In order not to look for it in that giant list, use the hot combination Ctrl keys+ F and search for "charmap". After starting the application, the following table will open:

You need to find and select the symbol you need, then copy it from the bottom line and paste it in the place you need. Quite convenient too!

What is an alt code? Alt codes are the characters that are displayed when you press the key combination on the keyboard Alt + X, where X is a set of numbers (a specific number) on the NumPad "e. NumPAd is a block of numbers on the keyboard, usually located on the right. Alt characters on a PC with operating Windows systems are not available when using a regular keyboard.They can only be called using additional commands.Press the ALT button and type a number in decimal system reckoning. I hope everything is clear here. The table of Alt codes will help you navigate and find the desired symbol.

Attention! Type numbers on the side Num-pad keyboard.

Alt code Symbol Alt code Symbol Alt code Symbol Alt code Symbol Alt code Symbol Alt code Symbol Alt code Symbol
1 21 § 41 ) 61 = 81 Q 101 e 121 y
2 22 42 * 62 > 82 R 102 f 122 z
3 23 43 + 63 ? 83 S 103 g 123 {
4 24 44 , 64 @ 84 T 104 h 124 |
5 25 45 - 65 A 85 U 105 i 125 }
6 26 46 . 66 B 86 V 106 j 126 ~
7 . 27 47 / 67 C 87 W 107 k 127
8 28 48 0 68 D 88 X 108 l 128 A
9 29 49 1 69 E 89 Y 109 m 129 B
10 30 50 2 70 F 90 Z 110 n 130 AT
11 31 51 3 71 G 91 [ 111 o 131 G
12 32 <пробел> 52 4 72 H 92 \ 112 p 132 D
13 33 ! 53 5 73 I 93 ] 113 q 133 E
14 34 " 54 6 74 J 94 ^ 114 r 134 AND
15 35 # 55 7 75 K 95 _ 115 s 135 W
16 36 $ 56 8 76 L 96 ` 116 t 136 And
17 37 % 57 9 77 M 97 a 117 u 137 Y
18 38 & 58 : 78 N 98 b 118 v 138 To
19 39 " 59 ; 79 O 99 c 119 w 139 L
20 40 ( 60 < 80 P 100 d 120 x 140 M
Alt code Symbol Alt code Symbol Alt code Symbol Alt code Symbol Alt code Symbol Alt code Symbol
141 H 161 b 181 201 221 241 yo
142 O 162 in 182 202 222 242 Є
143 P 163 G 183 203 223 243 є
144 R 164 d 184 204 224 R 244 Ї
145 FROM 165 e 185 205 225 With 245 ї
146 T 166 and 186 206 226 t 246 Ў
147 At 167 h 187 207 227 at 247 ў
148 F 168 and 188 208 228 f 248 °
149 X 169 th 189 209 229 X 249
150 C 170 to 190 210 230 c 250 ·
151 H 171 l 191 211 231 h 251
152 W 172 m 192 212 232 w 252
153 SCH 173 n 193 213 233 sch 253 ¤
154 Kommersant 174 about 194 214 234 b 254
155 S 175 P 195 215 235 s 255 <неразры
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156 b 176 196 216 236 b 256 Ā
157 E 177 197 217 237 uh 257
158 YU 178 198 218 238 Yu 258
159 I 179 199 219 239 I 259
160 a 180 200 220 240 Yo 260

English layout

Alt code Symbol Alt code Symbol Alt code Symbol Alt code Symbol Alt code Symbol Alt code Symbol Alt code Symbol Alt code Symbol
0127 "?" (empty character) 0144 ђ 0160 <неразры
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0176 ° 0192 À 0208 Ð 0224 à 0240 ð
0128 Ђ 0145 0161 ¡ 0177 ± 0193 Á 0209 Ñ 0225 á 0241 ñ
0129 Ѓ 0146 0162 ¢ 0178 ² 0194 Â 0210 Ò 0226 â 0242 ò
0130 0147 ” 0163 £ 0179 ³ 0195 à 0211 Ó 0227 ã 0243 ó
0131 ƒ 0148 0164 ¤ 0180 ´ 0196 Ä 0212 Ô 0228 ä 0244 ô
0132 0149 . 0165 ¥ 0181 µ 0197 Å 0213 Õ 0229 å 0245 õ
0133 0150 - 0166 ¦ 0182 0198 Æ 0214 Ö 0230 æ 0246 ö
0134 0151 0167 § 0183 · 0199 Ç 0215 × 0231 ç 0247 ÷
0135 0152 ˜ 0168 ¨ 0184 ¸ 0200 È 0216 Ø 0232 è 0248 ø
0136 ˆ 0153 0169 0185 ¹ 0201 É 0217 Ù 0233 é 0249 ù
0137 0154 š 0170 ª 0186 º 0202 Ê 0218 Ú 0234 ê 0250 ú
0138 Š 0155 0171 « 0187 » 0203 Ë 0219 Û 0235 ë 0251 û
0139 0156 œ 0172 ¬ 0188 ¼ 0204 Ì 0220 Ü 0236 ì 0252 ü
0140 Œ 0157 ќ 0173 --n------- 0189 ½ 0205 Í 0221 Ý 0237 í 0253 ý
0142 Ž 0158 ž 0174 ® 0190 ¾ 0206 Î 0222 Þ 0238 î 0254 þ
0143 Џ 0159 Ÿ 0175 ¯ 0191 ¿ 0207 Ï 0223 ß 0239 ï 0255 ÿ

Russian layout

Alt code Symbol Alt code Symbol Alt code Symbol Alt code Symbol Alt code Symbol Alt code Symbol Alt code Symbol Alt code Symbol
0127 ? 0144 ђ 0161 Ў 0178 І 0195 G 0212 F 0229 e 0246 c
0128 Ђ 0145 0162 ў 0179 і 0196 D 0213 X 0230 and 0247 h
0129 Ѓ 0146 0163 Ј 0180 ґ 0197 E 0214 C 0231 h 0248 w
0130 0147 “ 0164 ¤ 0181 µ 0198 AND 0215 H 0232 and 0249 sch
0131 ѓ 0148 0165 Ґ 0182 0199 W 0216 W 0233 th 0250 b
0132 0149 . 0166 ¦ 0183 · 0200 And 0217 SCH 0234 to 0251 s
0133 0150 - 0167 § 0184 yo 0201 Y 0218 Kommersant 0235 l 0252 b
0134 0151 0168 Yo 0185 0202 To 0219 S 0236 m 0253 uh
0135 0152 ˜ 0169 0186 є 0203 L 0220 b 0237 n 0254 Yu
0136 0153 0170 Є 0187 » 0204 M 0221 E 0238 about 0255 I
0137 0154 љ 0171 « 0188 ј 0205 H 0222 YU 0239 P
0138 Љ 0155 0172 ¬- 0189 Ѕ 0206 O 0223 I 0240 R
0139 0156 њ 0173 --- 0190 ѕ 0207 P 0224 a 0241 With
0140 Њ 0157 ќ 0174 ® 0191 ї 0208 R 0225 b 0242 t
0141 Ќ 0158 ћ 0175 Ї 0192 BUT 0209 FROM 0226 in 0243 at
0142 Ћ 0159 џ 0176 ° 0193 B 0210 T 0227 G 0244 f
0143 Џ 0160 <неразры
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0177 ± 0194 AT 0211 At 0228 d 0245 X

In the Windows family of operating systems, to enter a character that is not on the keyboard into a document, you need to press the left or right Alt key and, while holding it, type a certain number using additional numeric keypad, called Numpad; then release the key (Alt) ... Hence the name of such combinations follows: Alt codes or Alt sequences.

Try; for example, press the left Alt and the number 1 on Numpad "e - a smiley should appear (☺):

With the Russian keyboard layout, combinations work only with left Alt key; in English - with both: left and right.

Roughly speaking, there are two types Alt codes: WITHOUT leading zero and WITH leading zero...

Combinations without a leading zero range from 1 to 255, then repeat; i.e. Alt+257 is the same as Alt+1; Alt+258 - Alt+2 and so on (256 is a kind of border).

Basic combinations with a leading zero are in the range from 0128 to 0255 and differ mainly from combinations WITHOUT a leading zero in that in different keyboard layouts they may mean different characters.

The tables show all the symbols available in different systems. Therefore, if you really need Alt codes, look through all the tables to the end. You will definitely find what you are looking for.

Existing symbols - and these are not only letters, numbers, mathematical and punctuation signs, and many others - are much larger than the keys on a computer keyboard. Microsoft employees who developed Windows system, solved this problem by assigning each character a unique code, which is entered using the Alt key.

To get acquainted with the list of all existing symbols, you need to go to the "Start" menu and then:
All Programs -> Accessories -> System Tools -> Symbol Table
This will open the character table in Unicode.

For reference: Unicode is a character encoding standard that allows you to represent the characters of almost all written languages. Unicode was originally created to eliminate encoding errors.

To translate the table into an encoding convenient for you, you need to check the box next to " Additional options view" and use the drop-down menu to select the required character set ("Cyrillic" for the Russian language).

Alt codes
To dial the Alt code, you need to hold down the Alt key and press the indicated digits of the code one by one, after which the Alt key is released. The symbol will appear when the key is released.

HTML mnemonics
In addition to Alt codes, the table contains HTML mnemonics.

A mnemonic is the encoding of a character in HTML that begins with the ampersand "&" and ends with a semicolon ";".

Accordingly, in HTML, for example, the greater than symbol can be written in two ways:
> - as a regular character
> - as a mnemonic code;

A character can only be displayed if it is represented in the font being used. Otherwise, you'll see a rectangle, a question mark, and something else indicating no image for the specified character.
Now this problem successfully solved thanks to the included fonts.

Table special characters keyboards

Symbol Alt+ Mnemonics Name/purpose
Most Useful Symbols
- 151 em dash (m-dash), for Russian spelling is the only correct one
« 171 « opening quotation mark "Christmas tree"
» 187 » closing quotation mark "Christmas tree"
160 non-breaking space (words separated by such a space are always on the same line)
133 ellipsis
132 double bottom quote
147 double left quote
148 double right quote
130 single bottom quote
145 single left quote
146 single right quote
© 169 copyright (mark of copyright protection)
153 trademark
® 174 ® trademark protection mark
150 - middle dash (n-dash)
" 34 " programming double quote
< 60 < "less than" sign
> 62 > greater than sign
39 " regular single quote (located to the left of the Enter key)
& 38 & ampersand
° 248 (176) ° degree sign
252 (185) number sign (Shift+3 in Russian layout)
251 Square root
· 250 (183) · interpunct (point for word separation in Latin writing)
¤ 253 (164) ¤ currency sign
0136 (0128) Euro symbol
¥ 165 ¥ yen symbol
¢ 162 ¢ cent symbol (American)
£ 163 £ pound symbol (British)
× 215 × multiplication sign
÷ 247 ÷ division sign
- minus sign (correct, not the same as minus-hyphen)
+ 43 + plus sign
± 177 ± plus or minus
¹ 185 ¹ superscript "1"
² 178 ² superscript "2"
³ 179 ³ superscript "3"
137 ppm
173 - "soft" transfer (meaning that in this place the browser, at its discretion, can transfer part of the word)
Arrows
16 right
17 to the left
30 up
31 way down
18 up down
29 left-right
24 up
25 way down
26 right
27 to the left
20(182) paragraph character
§ 21(167) § paragraph symbol
` 96 - typewritten backtick (to the left of the 1 key, above Tab)
Other symbols
1 - smiley
2 - inverted emoticon
3 hearts (heart)
4 diamonds
5 clubs (crosses)
6 peaks
7(149) . list marker
11 - male gender designation (symbol of the planet Mars)
12 - female designation (mirror of Venus)
ƒ 131 ƒ latin f with "tail"
134 cross
135 double cross
¡ 161 ¡ flipped over Exclamation point
¦ 166 ¦ "torn" vertical bar
¬ 172 ¬ negation sign
µ 181 µ symbol "micro" (used in the SI system to indicate the corresponding prefix)
Greek lowercase letters
α - α alpha
β - β beta
γ - γ gamma
δ - δ delta
ε - ε epsilon
ζ - ζ zeta
η - η this
θ - θ theta
ι - ι iota
κ - κ kappa
λ - λ lambda
μ - μ mu
ν - ν nude
ξ - ξ xi
ο - ο omicron
π - π pi
ρ - ρ ro
σ - σ sigma
τ - τ tau
υ - υ upsilon
φ - φ fi
χ - χ hee
ψ - ψ psi
ω - ω omega
Greek capital letters
Α - Α alpha
Β - Β beta
Γ - Γ gamma
Δ - Δ delta
Ε - Ε epsilon
Ζ - Ζ zeta
Η - Η this
Θ - Θ theta
Ι - Ι iota
Κ - Κ kappa
Λ - Λ lambda
Μ - Μ mu
Ν - Ν nude
Ξ - Ξ xi
Ο - Ο omicron
Π - Π pi
Ρ - Ρ ro
Σ - Σ sigma
Τ - Τ tau
Υ - Υ upsilon
Φ - Φ fi
Χ - Χ hee
Ψ - Ψ psi
Ω - Ω omega
Fractions
½ 189 ½ fraction "one-half"
- fraction "one third"
¼ 188 ¼ fraction "one quarter"
fraction "one fifth"
- fraction "one sixth"
- fraction "one eighth"
- fraction "two thirds"
- fraction "two-fifths"
¾ 190 ¾ fraction "three-fourths"
- three-fifths fraction
- fraction "three eighths"
- fraction "four-fifths"
- fraction "five sixths"
- fraction "five-eighths"
- fraction "seven eighths"

For systems using English language, code page 437 is used. For most other systems using the Latin alphabet, code page  850 is used. Full list see the article “Code page”

These codes became so well known that Microsoft was forced into a new operating system Windows 95 use Windows-1252 and similar international sets in order to retain the ability to use Alt codes. Holding Alt and typing three digits (the first is not zero) can translate the character from CP437 into the corresponding character in the code windows pages. By typing a leading 0 (zero) first, and then a number, you can write a character from the Windows code page.

For example, the combination Alt + 161 produces "í" (the Latin letter i with an acute dot on top), which is in the 161st position in CP437 and CP850. Alt+0161 gives the character "¡" (inverted exclamation point) which is in the 161st position in Windows-1252.

At Windows transition Alt-characters remained in Unicode: 0-leading codes became even more popular. There is also another way: to enable it, the user must set or create the HKCU \ Control Panel \ Input Method \ EnableHexNumpad registry key with REG_SZ type and value 1 and restart the computer. After that, you can use the third method:

  • Hold down the Alt key. Press the "+" key on the numeric keypad.
  • While holding Alt, enter a hexadecimal number using the numeric keypad for the numbers 0-9 and the normal keys for the characters a-f.
For example, Alt + 11b will produce ě ("e" with "cap").

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List of codes

English layout

Alt code Symbol Alt code Symbol Alt code Symbol Alt code Symbol Alt code Symbol Alt code Symbol Alt code Symbol
1 21 § 41 ) 61 = 81 Q 101 e 121 y
2 22 42 * 62 > 82 R 102 f 122 z
3 23 43 + 63 ? 83 S 103 g 123 {
4 24 44 , 64 @ 84 T 104 h 124 |
5 25 45 - 65 A 85 U 105 i 125 }
6 26 46 . 66 B 86 V 106 j 126 ~
7 27 47 / 67 C 87 W 107 k 127
8 28 48 0 68 D 88 X 108 l 128 A
9 29 49 1 69 E 89 Y 109 m 129 B
10 30 50 2 70 F 90 Z 110 n 130 AT
11 31 51 3 71 G 91 [ 111 o 131 G
12 32 <пробел> 52 4 72 H 92 \ 112 p 132 D
13 33 ! 53 5 73 I 93 ] 113 q 133 E
14 34 " 54 6 74 J 94 ^ 114 r 134 AND
15 35 # 55 7 75 K 95 _ 115 s 135 W
16 36 $ 56 8 76 L 96 ` 116 t 136 And
17 37 % 57 9 77 M 97 a 117 u 137 Y
18 38 & 58 : 78 N 98 b 118 v 138 To
19 39 " 59 ; 79 O 99 c 119 w 139 L
20 40 ( 60 < 80 P 100 d 120 x 140 M
Alt code Symbol Alt code Symbol Alt code Symbol Alt code Symbol Alt code Symbol Alt code Symbol
141 H 161 b 181 201 221 241 yo
142 O 162 in 182 202 222 242 Є
143 P 163 G 183 203 223 243 є
144 R 164 d 184 204 224 R 244 Ї
145 FROM 165 e 185 205 225 With 245 ї
146 T 166 and 186 206 226 t 246 Ў
147 At 167 h 187 207 227 at 247 ў
148 F 168 and 188 208 228 f 248 °
149 X 169 th 189 209 229 X 249
150 C 170 to 190 210 230 c 250 ·
151 H 171 l 191 211 231 h 251
152 W 172 m 192 212 232 w 252
153 SCH 173 n 193 213 233 sch 253 ¤
154 Kommersant 174 about 194 214 234 b 254
155 S 175 P 195 215 235 s 255 <неразрывный пробел>
156 b 176 196 216 236 b 256 Ā
157 E 177 197 217 237 uh 257
158 YU 178 198 218 238 Yu 258
159 I 179 199 219 239 I 259
160 a 180 200 220 240 Yo 260
German layout
Alt code Symbol Alt code Symbol Alt code Symbol Alt code Symbol Alt code Symbol Alt code Symbol Alt code Symbol Alt code Symbol
0127 "?" (empty character) 0144 ђ 0160 <неразрывный пробел> 0176 ° 0192 À 0208 Ð 0224 à 0240 ð
0128 Ђ 0145 0161 ¡ 0177 ± 0193 Á 0209 Ñ 0225 á 0241 ñ
0129 Ѓ 0146 0162 ¢ 0178 ² 0194 Â 0210 Ò 0226 â 0242 ò
0130 0147 ” 0163 £ 0179 ³ 0195 à 0211 Ó 0227 ã 0243 ó
0131 ƒ 0148 0164 ¤ 0180 ´ 0196 Ä 0212 Ô 0228 ä 0244 ô
0132 0149 0165 ¥ 0181 µ 0197 Å 0213 Õ 0229 å 0245 õ
0133 0150 0166 ¦ 0182 0198 Æ 0214 Ö 0230 æ 0246 ö
0134 0151 - 0167 § 0183 · 0199 Ç 0215 × 0231 ç 0247 ÷
0135 0152 ˜ 0168 ¨ 0184 ¸ 0200 È 0216 Ø 0232 è 0248 ø
0136 ˆ 0153 0169 © 0185 ¹ 0201 É 0217 Ù 0233 é 0249 ù
0137 0154 š 0170 ª 0186 º 0202 Ê 0218 Ú 0234 ê 0250 ú
0138 Š 0155 0171 « 0187 » 0203 Ë 0219 Û 0235 ë 0251 û
0139 0156 œ 0172 ¬ 0188 ¼ 0204 Ì 0220 Ü 0236 ì 0252 ü
0140 Œ 0157 ќ 0173 n 0189 ½ 0205 Í 0221 Ý 0237 í 0253 ý
0142 Ž 0158 ž 0174 ® 0190 ¾ 0206 Î 0222 Þ 0238 î 0254 þ
0143 Џ 0159 Ÿ 0175 ¯ 0191 ¿ 0207 Ï 0223 ß 0239 ï 0255 ÿ
Russian layout
Alt code Symbol Alt code Symbol Alt code Symbol Alt code Symbol Alt code Symbol Alt code Symbol Alt code Symbol Alt code Symbol
0127 ? 0144 ђ 0161 Ў 0178 І 0195 G 0212 F 0229 e 0246 c
0128 Ђ 0145 0162 ў 0179 і 0196 D 0213 X 0230 and 0247 h
0129 Ѓ 0146 0163 Ј 0180 ґ 0197 E 0214 C 0231 h 0248 w
0130 0147 “ 0164 ¤ 0181 µ 0198 AND 0215 H 0232 and 0249 sch
0131 ѓ 0148 0165 Ґ 0182 0199 W 0216 W 0233 th 0250 b
0132 0149 0166 ¦ 0183 · 0200 And 0217 SCH 0234 to 0251 s
0133 0150 0167 § 0184 yo 0201 Y 0218 Kommersant 0235 l 0252 b
0134 0151 - 0168 Yo 0185 0202 To 0219 S 0236 m 0253 uh
0135 0152 ˜ 0169 © 0186 є 0203 L 0220 b 0237 n 0254 Yu
0136 0153 0170 Є 0187 » 0204 M 0221 E 0238 about 0255 I
0137 0154 љ 0171 « 0188 ј 0205 H 0222 YU 0239 P
0138 Љ 0155 0172 ¬­ 0189 Ѕ 0206 O 0223 I 0240 R
0139 0156 њ 0173 ­­- 0190 ѕ 0207 P 0224 a 0241 With
0140 Њ 0157 ќ 0174 ® 0191 ї 0208 R 0225 b 0242 t
0141 Ќ 0158 ћ 0175 Ї 0192 BUT 0209 FROM 0226 in 0243 at
0142 Ћ 0159 џ 0176 ° 0193 B 0210 T 0227 G 0244 f
0143 Џ 0160 <