Some Special Characters

Back in 2000, I did not have the Internet. But I had a computer and a deep interest in learning new things.

Back then, out of curiosity, I opened up a JPEG file on my Notepad (text editor), and with surprise, I saw that it was full of alpha-scramble characters that had no semantic meaning. However, I found a treasure trove there. I have noticed some characters that could be reused in my writing and note-taking to decorate the text and add semantic meaning to the content.

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I then put each of the characters out of such files and kept them secure in another .txt file organized, so that I could reuse them. I know there are plenty of blogs and sites out there that combine the ASCII and HTML special characters, but I did not find some of the symbols in them. Hence I’m presenting my note here for you…

Bullets

¤     ·     §     ¦     ¶

Signs

™  trademark        example: Windows™
©  copyright        example: © copyright, all rights reserved
®  registered       example: microsoft® windows ME
«  arrows           left
»  arrows           right
¯  underline
¸  cedilla

Out of Focus

¿    upside down question
¡    upside down exclamation

Math Symbols

¹    power 1          example: 2¹ (2 to the power 1)
²    square           example: 2² (2 square)
³    cube             example: 2³ (2 cube)
×    multiply         example: 2×3 (2*3)
÷    divide           example: 2÷3 (2/3)
±    plus or minus    example: ±2 (plus-minus 2)
°    degree           example: 2° (2 degree)
´    bar              example: 2´ (2 bar)
¨    inch             example: 2¨ (2 inch)
½    1 second [half]  example: 2½ (2 and a half)
¼    1 fourth         example: 2¼ (2 and one fourth)
¾    3 fourth         example: 2¾ (2 and three fourth)

Commas/Quotes

’  single quote [end]/apostrophe  example: Abirvab Soft is Mayeen’s company
‘  single quote [start]           example: In Arabic the eighteenth letter is ‘Aiyn.

Money Symbols

£ 
¢ 
¥  Yen   example: I want ¥5000

Greek Alphabets

A     alpha
B ß   beta
      gama
      delta
E     epsilon
Z     zeta
H     eta
ø Ø   theta
I ¿   iota
K     kappa
      lambda
M µ   mu
N     nu
      xi
O o   omicron
      pi
P p   rho
      sigma
T     tau
      upsilon
      phi
X x   chi
      psi
 w    omega

Unknown Characters

Ä Á Ä Å Â Ã ã â ã å à á
ç Ç
Ð
ê è ë É È Ë
Ï Î Ì Í ï î ì í
Ñ ñ
Ö Ô Ò Ó Õ ð ò ó ö ô
þ Þ
Ü Ú Û ü ù ú û
ý ÿ Ý
Æ æ ª ¬ 

It was just my note when I did not have the Internet. With the Internet available, you might not need them at all. But still, there are some symbols, that you might not find in other blogs or sites. Hope the list helps.

I’m Mayeenul Islam — a UI/UX Designer and Full-Stack PHP Developer. If you like the write-up, don’t forget to hit the 👏 Clap button to encourage me to write more, and don’t forget to hit the 🔔 Subscribe button to get future updates.