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Using special characters and symbols in documentation
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Symbols.md

How to write special characters in a variety of documentation forms.
Examples are Arrow keys, copyright, trademark, degrees (temperature or latitude/longitude)

  • MarkDown
  • GitHub
  • Microsoft Word
  • HTML
  • Unicode
  • Fonts

Windows Fonts

Limiting focus to only True Type fonts (TTF)

  • SYMBOLS
  • WingDings
  • WingDings 2
  • WingDings 3

Windows includes a tool named CharMap

Press and hold ALT and enter 168 on the number pad to enter an upside-down question mark. ¿
Requirements: keyboard must have a number pad on the right. The 1-0 row at the top will not work.

Alt+24 ↑ uparrow

Alt+25 ↓

Alt+26 →

Alt+27 ←

GitHub MarkDown <kbd> to look like keyboard keys

<kbd>Shift</kbd> + <kbd>A</kbd> will look like

Shift + A

(https://gist.github.com/rxaviers/7360908)

(https://stackoverflow.com/questions/54954544/how-do-i-show-the-up-and-down-arrow-keyboard-key-in-github-markdown)

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