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Handy ASCII Codes for symbols

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ASCII CODES

 

I've searched all over the internet looking for a list like this of these codes (ASCII codes), but couldn't find them anywhere. Now, I've made a list of them myself as I found them out. Remember that in different programs, different characters may or may not appear. For example, in notepad, the ← appears to be a - with no arrowhead. In internet browsers, especially IE, the special characters should show up accurately.

To create these characters yourself, hold "alt" down and type the numbers in on the right side of the keyboard (num pad) then let go of the buttons and the character will appear. This is a great way to experiment with new symbols, signs and characters, and it's also good if a button or letter on your keyboard stops working, because you can still type it using the num pad. Just look down the list to find your letter.

You may also be interested in a much smaller, but more rare list of special ascii characters for text art.

Some of the symbols have been listed in bold to separate them clearly from their descriptions.

  1. ☺ White Smiley

  2. ☻ Black Smiley

  3. ♥ Black heart

  4. ♦ Diamond

  5. ♣ Clove (Clover/Puppyfeet)

  6. ♠ Spade

  7. • Black dot

  8. ◘ Black square with circle cutout

  9. ○ White circle

  10. ◙ Black square with black circle

  11. ♂ Male Symbol

  12. ♀ Female Symbol

  13. ♪ Eighth Note (Eigth)

  14. ♫ Musical Double Eighth Note

  15. ☼ Sun

  16. ► Play (Forward) or Solid right arrow

  17. ◄ Rewind (Backward) or Solid left arrow

  18. ↕ Up and down arrows

  19. ‼ Double Exclamation Mark

  20. ¶ Pilcrow (Paragraph Sign)

  21. § The section sign

  22. ▬ Long and Thick Minus Sign

  23. ↨ Up & down arrows

  24. ↑ Up arrow

  25. ↓ Down arrow

  26. → Right arro

  27. ← Left arrow

  28. ∟ 90º degree angle

  29. ↔ Left and right arrow

  30. ▲ Solid up arrow

  31. ▼ Solid down arrow

  32. Just a space

  33. ! Exclamation mark (bang)

  34. " Quote Quote

  35. # Pound sign

  36. $ Dollar sign

  37. % Percentage sign

  38. & "And" sign aka ampersand

  39. ' Apostrophe Apostrophe

  40. ( Left parenthesis

  41. ) Right parenthesis

  42. * Asterisk/Asterix/astrix (Or star)

  43. + Plus sign

  44. , Comma

  45. - Minus Sign

  46. . Period

  47. / Forward slash

  48. 0 0

  49. 1 1

  50. 2 2

  51. 3 3

  52. 4 4

  53. 5 5

  54. 6 6

  55. 7 7

  56. 8 8

  57. 9 9

  58. : Colon (colons)

  59. ; Semicolon

  60. < Left arrow (Big fish) Less than

  61. = Equals sign Equals sign

  62. > Right arrows (Small fish) Greater than

  63. ? Question mark

  64. @ At symbol

  65. A

  66. B

  67. C

  68. D

  69. E

  70. F

  71. G

  72. H

  73. I

  74. J

  75. K

  76. L

  77. M

  78. N

  79. O

  80. P

  81. Q

  82. R

  83. S

  84. T

  85. U

  86. V

  87. W

  88. X

  89. Y

  90. Z

  91. [

  92. \

  93. ]

  94. ^

  95. _

  96. ` A grave accent

  97. a

  98. b

  99. c

  100. d

  101. e

  102. f

  103. g

  104. h

  105. i

  106. j

  107. k

  108. l

  109. m

  110. n

  111. o

  112. p

  113. q

  114. r

  115. s

  116. t

  117. u

  118. v

  119. w

  120. x

  121. y

  122. z

  123. {

  124. |

  125. }

  126. ~

  127. ⌂ A house shaped pentagon

  128. Ç A "C" with a cedilla

  129. ü A u with a umlaut (or diaeresis) over it

  130. é Acute accent over e

  131. â "a" with a circumflex over it

  132. ä An "a" with a umlaut (or diaeresis) over it

  133. à An "a" with a grave accent over it

  134. å An a with a circle or dot over it

  135. ç A "c" with a circumflex

  136. ê "e" with a circumflex on it

  137. ë An "e" with a umlaut (or diaeresis) over it

  138. è An "e" with a grave accent over it

  139. ï An "i" with a umlaut (or diaeresis) over it

  140. î An i with a circumflex over it

  141. ì An "i" with a grave accent

  142. Ä An "A" with a umlaut (or diaeresis) over it

  143. Å A capitol "A" with a circle or dot over it (Angstrom)

  144. É A capitol "E" with an acute accent over it

  145. æ The lower case vowel (grapheme) of the a and e squished together

  146. Æ Capitol AE combined into one letter

  147. ô A "o" with a circumflex over it

  148. ö An "o" with a umlaut (or diaeresis) over it

  149. ò An "o" with a mark over it called a grave mark

  150. û A u with a circumflex over it

  151. ù A u with a grave accent over it

  152. ÿ A "y" with a umlaut (or diaeresis) over it

  153. Ö A "O" with a umlaut (or diaeresis) over it

  154. Ü A "U" with a umlaut (or diaeresis) over it

  155. ¢ The "cents" or "cent" sign for currency

  156. £ The "pound sign" for currency

  157. ¥ The "Yen" sign for currency (Japanese/Chinese) Written in Japanese as 円

  158. ₧ Pts Points of Pints sign

  159. ƒ Forte: A curvy or italic F (italicized)

  160. á An a with a acute accent

  161. í An i with a acute accent

  162. ó An o with a acute accent

  163. ú A u with an acute accent over it

  164. ñ A n with a tilde ~ over it to make the Spanish enye

  165. Ñ A capital n with a tilde ~ over it to make the Spanish enye

  166. ª The feminine superscript A

  167. º The degrees or degree symbol

  168. ¿ Upside down question mark used in Spanish

  169. ⌐ Negation / Logical Complement / Looks like start "quote" in Japanese / Chinese

  170. ¬ Negation / Logical Complement / Looks like end "quote" in Japanese / Chinese

  171. ½ One half symbol

  172. ¼ One quarter symbol O

  173. ¡ An upside down exclamation mark (looks like an "i" that sits lower than usual)

  174. « Double arrow pointing left

  175. » Double arrow pointing right

  176. ░ Light shaded block

  177. ▒ Medium shaded block

  178. ▓ Dark shaded block

  179. │ Line

  180. ┤Shape

  181. ╡Special Line

  182. ╢ You can make words with these

  183. ╖ Or shapes

  184. ╕ Or Mazes!

  185. ╣ANSI border characters

  186. ║

  187. ╗

  188. ╝

  189. ╜

  190. ╛

  191. ┐

  192. └

  193. ┴

  194. ┬

  195. ├

  196. ─

  197. ┼

  198. ╞

  199. ╟

  200. ╚

  201. ╔

  202. ╩

  203. ╦

  204. ╠

  205. ═

  206. ╬

  207. ╧

  208. ╨

  209. ╤

  210. ╥ (Could also be Pi, see 227)

  211. ╙

  212. ╘

  213. ╒

  214. ╓

  215. ╫

  216. ╪

  217. ┘

  218. ┌

  219. █ ANSI art pseudographics

  220. ▄ ANSI blocks / box drawing characters

  221. ▌

  222. ▐

  223. ▀

  224. α The Greek letter "Alpha"

  225. ß A German letter, Eszett, scharfes S, sharp S

  226. Γ Greek uppercase "Gamma." Also, Greek number 3.

  227. π The symbol for the mathematical Pi in ascii

  228. Σ Greek mathematical symbol for sum

  229. σ Symbol for sum Symbol for sum

  230. µ Mu

  231. τ Tau

  232. Φ Phi a variation of Phi

  233. Θ Theta, the 8th letter of Greek alphabet

  234. Ω Omega (24th letter of Greek alphabet)

  235. δ The symbol for delta

  236. ∞ The symbol or character for infinity (Infiniti)

  237. φ Phi (21st letter of Greek alphabet)

  238. ε Epsilon (5th letter of Greek Alphabet) / backwards 3 or curved E

  239. ∩ Intersection / Upside down U

  240. ≡ Equivalent symbol / Equal sign with 3 lines

  241. ± Plus and minus (Plus or minus) sign, Plus-minus Symbol

  242. ≥ Greater than or equal to symbol

  243. ≤ Less than or equal to sign

  244. ⌠ Ceil (mathematical symbol)

  245. ⌡ Floor (mathematical symbol)

  246. ÷ Divide or Division Symbol

  247. ≈ Symbol for approximate / Curvy or wavy equal sign =

  248. ° Degree or degrees code

  249. ∙ Medium height period Medium height period

  250. · Dot higher than usual

  251. √ Square Root Symbol (A check mark)

  252. ⁿ Superscript N

  253. ² Squared symbol, superscript 2 via ascii

  254. ■ Black box or square

  255. (Yup, just a space via ascii)