ASCII Characters

In Windows programs the individual characters of the ASCII character set can be inserted using the Alt key plus a number pad combination or Alt Code.

The procedure is to hold down the Alt key, tap out the appropriate number (the number in the left column below) on the number pad, then release the Alt key.

Note that some Alt Codes produce a different character when a leading zero is omitted from the number. That is: from number 127 upwards, "Alt+0127" and "Alt + 127" for example, will produce different characters:

Alt + 189 gives: ¢

but Alt + 0189 gives: ½

Hex codes and HTML entities are included in the table for completeness, but a more extensive and useful listing of the HTML entities is found on this MistyWindow page: HTML Character Set.

Not all of these characters are useable in all fonts. If a character shows up as a square, try changing the font to Arial or Times.

ASCII character table

Use this
Number		 Symbol without
leading zero
Alt+xxx		 Symbol with
leading zero
Alt+0xxx		 Alternative
Hex
number		 HTML
code
32 space space 20  
33 ! ! 21 !
34 " " 22 "
35 # # 23 #
36 $ $ 24 $
37 % % 25 %
38 & & 26 &
39 ' ' 27 '
40 ( ( 28 (
41 ) ) 29 )
42 * * 2A *
43 + + 2B +
44 , , 2C ,
45 - - 2D -
46 . . 2E .
47 / / 2F /
48 0 0 30 0
49 1 1 31 1
50 2 2 32 2
51 3 3 33 3
52 4 4 34 4
53 5 5 35 5
54 6 6 36 6
55 7 7 37 7
56 8 8 38 8
57 9 9 39 9
58 : : 3A :
59 ; ; 3B &#59;
60 < < 3C &#60;
61 = = 3D &#61;
62 > > 3E &#62;
63 ? ? 3F &#63;
64 @ @ 40 &#64;
65 A A 41 &#65;
66 B B 42 &#66;
67 C C 43 &#67;
68 D D 44 &#68;
69 E E 45 &#69;
70 F F 46 &#70;
71 G G 47 &#71;
72 H H 48 &#72;
73 I I 49 &#73;
74 J J 4A &#74;
75 K K 4B &#75;
76 L L 4C &#76;
77 M M 4D &#77;
78 N N 4E &#78;
79 O O 4F &#79;
80 P P 50 &#80;
81 Q Q 51 &#81;
82 R R 52 &#82;
83 S S 53 &#83;
84 T T 54 &#84;
85 U U 55 &#85;
86 V V 56 &#86;
87 W W 57 &#87;
88 X X 58 &#88;
89 Y Y 59 &#89;
90 Z Z 5A &#90;
91 [ [ 5B &#91;
92 \ \ 5C &#92;
93 ] ] 5D &#93;
94 ^ ^ 5E &#94;
95 _ _ 5F &#95;
96 ` ` 60 &#96;
97 a a 61 &#97;
98 b b 62 &#98;
99 c c 63 &#99;
100 d d 64 &#100;
101 e e 65 &#101;
102 f f 66 &#102;
103 g g 67 &#103;
104 h h 68 &#104;
105 i i 69 &#105;
106 j j 6A &#106;
107 k k 6B &
108 l l 6C &#108;
109 m m 6D &#109;
110 n n 6E &#110;
111 o o 6F &#111;
112 p p 70 &#112;
113 q q 71 &#113;
114 r r 72 &#114;
115 s s 73 &#115;
116 t t 74 &#116;
117 u u 75 &#117;
118 v v 76 &#118;
119 w w 77 &#119;
120 x x 78 &#120;
121 y y 79 &#121;
122 z z 7A &#122;
123 { { 7B &#123;
124 | | 7C &#124;
125 } } 7D &#125;
126 ~ ~ 7E &#126;
127 ⌂ nothing 7F
128 Ç € 80
129 ü � 81
130 é ‚ 82
131 â ƒ 83
132 ä „ 84
133 à … 85
134 å † 86
135 ç ‡ 87
136 ê ˆ 88
137 ë ‰ 89
138 è Š 8A
139 ï ‹ 8B
140 î Œ 8C
141 ì � 8D
142 Ä Ž 8E
143 Å Ž 8F
144 É � 90
145 æ ‘ 91
146 Æ ’ 92
147 ô “ 93
148 ö ” 94
149 ò • 95
150 û – 96
151 ù — 97
152 ÿ ˜ 98
153 Ö ™ 99
154 Ü š 9A
155 ø › 9B
156 £ œ 9C
157 Ø � 9D
158 × (or ₧) ž 9E
159 ƒ Ÿ 9F
160 á non-
breaking
space		 A0 &#160;
161 í ¡ A1 &#161;
162 ó ¢ A2 &#162;
163 ú £ A3 &#163;
164 ñ ¤ A4 &#164;
165 Ñ ¥ A5 &#165;
166 ª ¦ A6 &#166;
167 º § A7 &#167;
168 ¿ ¨ A8 &#168;
169 ⌐ © A9 &#169;
170 ¬ ª AA &#170;
171 ½ « AB &#171;
172 ¼ ¬ AC &#172;
173 ¡ ­­invisible
dash		 AD &#173;
174 « ® AE &#174;
175 » ¯ AF &#175;
176 ░ ° B0 &#176;
177 ▒ ± B1 &#177;
178 ▓ ² B2 &#178;
179 │ ³ B3 &#179;
180 ┤ ´ B4 &#180;
181 Á µ B5 &#181;
182 Â B6 &#182;
183 ║ · B7 &#183;
184 ╕ ¸ B8 &#184;
185 ╣ ¹ B9 &#185;
186 ║ º BA &#186;
187 ╗ » BB &#187;
188 ╝ ¼ BC &#188;
189 ¢ ½ BD &#189;
190 ¥ ¾ BE &#190;
191 ┐ ¿ BF &#191;
192 └ À C0 &#192;
193 ┴ Á C1 &#193;
194 ┬ Â C2 &#194;
195 ├ Ã C3 &#195;
196 ─ Ä C4 &#196;
197 ┼ Å C5 &#197;
198 ã Æ C6 &#198;
199 Ã Ç C7 &#199;
200 ╚ È C8 &#200;
201 ╔ É C9 &#201;
202 ╩ Ê CA &#202;
203 ╦ Ë CB &#203;
204 ╠ Ì CC &#204;
205 ═ Í CD &#205;
206 ╬ Î CE &#206;
207 ¤ Ï CF &#207;
208 ð Ð D0 &#208;
209 Ð Ñ D1 &#209;
210 Ê Ò D2 &#210;
211 Ë Ó D3 &#211;
212 È Ô D4 &#212;
213 I Õ D5 &#213;
214 Í Ö D6 &#214;
215 Î × D7 &#215;
216 Ï Ø D8 &#216;
217 ┘ Ù D9 &#217;
218 ┌ Ú DA &#218;
219 █ Û DB &#219;
220 ▄ Ü DC &#220;
221 ¦ Ý DD &#220;
222 Ì Þ DE &#222;
223 ▀ ß DF &#223;
224 Ó à E0 &#224;
225 ß á E1 &#225;
226 Ô â E2 &#226;
227 Ò ã E3 &#227;
228 õ ä E4 &#228;
229 ↔ å E5 &#229;
230 µ æ E6 &#230;
231 þ ç E7 &#231;
232 Þ è E8 &#232;
233 Ú é E9 &#233;
234 Û ê EA &#234;
235 Ù ë EB &#235;
236 ý ì EC &#236;
237 Ý í ED &#237;
238 ¯ î EE &#238;
239 ´ ï EF &#239;
240 ­­­dash ð F0 &#240;
241 ± ñ F1 &#241;
242 ‗ ò F2 &#242;
243 ¾ ó F3 &#243;
244 ô F4 &#244;
245 § õ F5 &#245;
246 ÷ ö F6 &#246;
247 ¸ ÷ F7 &#247;
248 ° ø F8 &#248;
249 ¨ ù F9 &#249;
250 · ú FA &#250;
251 ¹ û FB &#251;
252 ³ ü FC &#252;
253 ² ý FD &#253;
254 ■ þ FE &#254;
255 nothing ÿ FF &#255;

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