Whether you are using a physical keyboard or a touch screen, most characters you can type do not appear on your keyboard. Here’s how you can quickly type special characters from Keyboard into your computer.

You could always do an online search to find the symbol and also copy-paste it into the software you are using. Finding special characters is slow, but it works to insert the occasional dark symbol quickly.

Type Special Characters from Keyboard using ALT Keys combination

Special characters can be inserted quickly on Windows using Alt key codes. Those require a separate numeric keypad on the right side of your keyboard so that most laptops won’t be working. These will only function on desktop PCs if you have that pad number on the right-hand side of your Enter key.

Make sure the “Num Lock” is on for using Alt key codes — you may need to tap the Num Lock key to turn it on. Next, tap and hold the Alt key. Click the correct numbers on the right side of your keyboard using the number pad, and then release the Alt key.

To type a special character using an Alt keyboard sequence:

  1. Ensure that the Num Lock key has been pressed, to activate the numeric key section of the keyboard.
  2. Press the Alt key, and hold it down.
  3. While the Alt key is pressed, type the sequence of numbers (on the numeric keypad) from the Alt code in the above table.
  4. Release the Alt key, and the character will appear.

Special Characters – Alt Keyboard Sequences

Character Sequence
backspace Alt 8
tab Alt 9
line break Alt 10
¤ Alt 15
Alt 20
§ Alt 21
paste Alt 22
space Alt 32
! Alt 33
Alt 34
# Alt 35
$ Alt 36
% Alt 37
& Alt 38
Alt 39
( Alt 40
) Alt 41
* Alt 42
+ Alt 43
, Alt 44
Alt 45
. Alt 46
/ Alt 47
0 Alt 48
1 Alt 49
2 Alt 50
3 Alt 51
4 Alt 52
5 Alt 53
6 Alt 54
7 Alt 55
8 Alt 56
9 Alt 57
: Alt 58
; Alt 59
< Alt 60
= Alt 61
> Alt 62
? Alt 63
@ Alt 64
A Alt 65
B Alt 66
C Alt 67
D Alt 68
Character Sequence
E Alt 69
F Alt 70
G Alt 71
H Alt 72
I Alt 73
J Alt 74
K Alt 75
L Alt 76
M Alt 77
N Alt 78
O Alt 79
P Alt 80
Q Alt 81
R Alt 82
S Alt 83
T Alt 84
U Alt 85
V Alt 86
W Alt 87
X Alt 88
Y Alt 89
Z Alt 90
[ Alt 91
\ Alt 92
] Alt 93
^ Alt 94
_ Alt 95
` Alt 96
a Alt 97
b Alt 98
c Alt 99
d Alt 100
e Alt 101
f Alt 102
g Alt 103
h Alt 104
i Alt 105
j Alt 106
k Alt 107
l Alt 108
m Alt 109
n Alt 110
o Alt 111
p Alt 112
Character Sequence
q Alt 113
r Alt 114
s Alt 115
t Alt 116
u Alt 117
v Alt 118
w Alt 119
x Alt 120
y Alt 121
z Alt 122
{ Alt 123
| Alt 124
} Alt 125
~ Alt 126
 Alt 127
Ç Alt 128
ü Alt 129
é Alt 130
â Alt 131
ä Alt 132
à Alt 133
å Alt 134
ç Alt 135
ê Alt 136
ë Alt 137
è Alt 138
ï Alt 139
î Alt 140
ì Alt 141
æ Alt 145
Æ Alt 146
ô Alt 147
ö Alt 148
ò Alt 149
û Alt 150
ù Alt 151
ÿ Alt 152
¢ Alt 155
£ Alt 156
¥ Alt 157
P Alt 158
ƒ Alt 159
á Alt 160
í Alt 161
Character Sequence
ó Alt 162
ú Alt 163
ñ Alt 164
Ñ Alt 165
Alt 166
Alt 167
¿ Alt 168
¬ Alt 170
½ Alt 171
¼ Alt 172
¡ Alt 173
« Alt 174
» Alt 175
¦ Alt 179
ß Alt 225
µ Alt 230
± Alt 241
° Alt 248
Alt 249
· Alt 250
² Alt 253
Alt 0128
Alt 0132
Alt 0133
Alt 0134
Alt 0135
ˆ Alt 0136
Alt 0137
Š Alt 0138
Alt 0139
ΠAlt 0140
Alt 0145
Alt 0146
Alt 0147
Alt 0148
Alt 0150
Alt 0151
˜ Alt 0152
Alt 0153
š Alt 0154
Alt 0155
œ Alt 0156
Ÿ Alt 0159
¨ Alt 0168
Character Sequence
© Alt 0169
® Alt 0174
¯ Alt 0175
³ Alt 0179
´ Alt 0180
¸ Alt 0184
¹ Alt 0185
¾ Alt 0190
À Alt 0192
Á Alt 0193
 Alt 0194
à Alt 0195
Ä Alt 0196
Å Alt 0197
È Alt 0200
É Alt 0201
Ê Alt 0202
Ë Alt 0203
Ì Alt 0204
Í Alt 0205
Î Alt 0206
Ï Alt 0207
Ð Alt 0208
Ò Alt 0210
Ó Alt 0211
Ô Alt 0212
Õ Alt 0213
Ö Alt 0214
× Alt 0215
Ø Alt 0216
Ù Alt 0217
Ú Alt 0218
Û Alt 0219
Ü Alt 0220
Ý Alt 0221
Þ Alt 0222
ã Alt 0227
ð Alt 0240
õ Alt 0245
÷ Alt 0247
ø Alt 0248
ü Alt 0252
ý Alt 0253
þ Alt 0254