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Useful glyphs

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Useful glyphs

Letter-like
Punctuation
Numbers
Math
Symbols

Letter-like

Glyph	Linux	Windows	HTML entity	Instead of
`º`			º	`°` `o`
`ª`			ª	`ª` `a`
`©`			©	`(c)`
`®`			®	`(R)`
`™`			™	`TM` `(TM)` `[TM]`
`€`			€	`E` `EUR` `euro` `euros`
`¥`			¥	`Y` `JPY` `yen` `yens`
`円`				`Y` `JPY` `yen` `yens`
`£`			£	`GBP` `pound` `pounds` `sterling` `sterlings`
`æ`			æ	`ae`

Punctuation

Glyph	Linux	Windows	HTML entity	Instead of
`"`		Alt+34	"	`"` `'` ` `´`
`'`		Alt+39	'	`"` `'` ` `´`
`“`		Alt+0147	“	`"` `'` ` `´`
`”`		Alt+0148	”	`"` `'` ` `´`
`‘`		Alt+8216	‘	`"` `'` ` `´`
`’`		Alt+8217	’	`"` `'` ` `´`
`«`		Alt+174	«	`"` `'` ` `´`
`»`		Alt+175	»	`"` `'` ` `´`
`‹`		Alt+8249	&lsaquo;	`"` `'` ` `´`
`›`		Alt+8250	&rsaquo;	`"` `'` ` `´`
`–`		Alt+0150	–	`-` `--`
`—`		Alt+0151	—	`-` `--`
`•`			•	`*` `+` `-` `·` `.`
`◦`			◦	`*` `+` `-` `·` `.`
`〃`				`"` `ditto`
`…`		Alt+0133	…	`...` `..`
`⋯`			⋯	`...` `..`
`⋮`			⋮	`...` `..`

Numbers

Glyph	Linux	Windows	HTML entity	Instead of
`½`			½	`1/2`
`⅓`			⅓	`1/3`
`⅔`			⅔	`2/3`
`¼`			¼	`1/4`
`¾`			¾	`3/4`
`¹`			¹	`1`
`²`			²	`2`
`³`			³	`3`

Math

Glyph	Linux	Windows	HTML entity	Instead of
`∞`			∞
`∃`			∃	`exist` `exists`
`∄`			∄	`doesn't exist` `does not exist`
`∀`			∀	`for all` `for each` `for every`
`∈`			∈	`E` `is in` `belong` `belongs`
`∉`			∉	`not in` `is not in` `does not belong` `doesn't belong`
`≥`			≥	`>=`
`≤`			≤	`<=`
`≈`			≈	`=`, `~`
`≃`			≃	`=`, `~`
`≠`			≠	`!=`, `<>`
`≡`			&equiv;	`=`, `~`
`≢`			≢	`!=`, `<>`
`¬`
`′`		Alt+8245	′	`'` `m` `min`
`″`		Alt+8243	″	`"` `s` `sec`
`°`			°	`o` `º` `deg`
`×`		Alt+0215	×	`x` `·`
`∕`			∕	`/`

Symbols

Glyph	Linux	Windows	HTML entity	Instead of
`♀`			♀	`female` `woman` `women`
`♂`			♂	`male` `man` `men`
`→`			→	`-->` `->` `==>` `=>`
`←`			←	`<--` `<-` `<==` `<=`
`↓`			↓	`v` `vv`
`↑`			↑	`^` `^^`
`↔`			↔	`<->` `<-->` `<=>` `<==>`
`☞`			☞	`>` `-->` `->` `==>` `=>`
`👍`				`ok`
`✓`			✓	`x` `v` `*` `ok`
`✗`			✗	`x` `v` `*` `no`
`§`			§
`⎈`			⎈	`control` `ctr` `ctrl` `ctl`
`⌘`			⌘	`command` `apple`
`⎇`			⎇	`alternate` `alt`
`⌥`			⌥	`option` `alt`
`⇧`			⇧	`shift`
`⏎`				`enter` `intro`
`↵`				`enter` `intro`

JJ commented May 10, 2014

What? No smileys?

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tripu commented May 23, 2014

@teoruiz: French quotation marks were on the list since the very beginning, mate! They're two of the glyphs I most miss on keyboards…
@JJ :¬) ← here

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