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Typography symbols for Linux using AltGr & Compose keys

Alt Graph

Keys     Char   Desc
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v         “   Open double curly quotes
b         ”   Close double curly quotes
Shift v   ‘   Open single curly quote
Shift b   ’   Open single curly quote
,         ─   Minus
Shift ,   ×   Multiplication
.         ·   Middle dot
Shift .   ÷   Division
Shift c   ©   Copyright
y         ←   Left arrow
i         →   Right arrow
u         ↓   Down arrow
Shift u   ↑   Up arrow
5         ½   Half
6         ¾   Three quarters
Shift 2   ⅛   One eigth
1         ¹   Superscript 1
2         ²   Superscript 2
3         ³   Superscript 3
Shift [   °   Degree  
; + e     é   e acute
# + e     è   e grave
' + e     ê   e circumflex

Compose

Keys  Keys longform       Char  Desc
-------------------------------------
–.    dash-dash-dot         –   en-dash
—     dash-dash-dash        —   em-dash
..    dot-dot               …   ellipsis
.-    dot-dash              ·   middle dot
.=    dot-equals            •   filled bullet
oc    o-c                   ©   copyright
tm    t-m                   ™   trademark
c=    c-equals              €   Euro
c/    c–forward slash       ¢   Cent
l-    l-dash                £   Pound
->    dash–greater than     →   Right arrow
-<    less than-dash        ←   Left Arrow
xx    x-x                   ×   Multiplication
-:    dash-colon            ÷   Division
=/    equals–forward slash  ≠   Not equal to
12    one-two               ½   Half
34    three-four            ¾   Three quarters
^0    caret-zero            ⁰   Superscript zero
^9    caret-nine            ⁹   Superscript nine
0*    zero-asterisk         °   Degree
e'    e-apostrophe          é   e acute
12    one-two               ½   Half
14    one-four              ¼   Quarter
34    three-four            ¾   Three quarters
13    one-three             ⅓   One third
23    two-three             ⅔   Two thirds

Thank you Aral

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