How to Create Miscellaneous Accented Characters on a Mac

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Half of the Mac's character set can't be found on the keyboard. Here's how to create miscellaneous accented characters and punctuation used in many Latin-based languages.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

Fontographer (Macromedia)
PopChar Pro (Uni Software Plus)
Computer Fonts Software

Accented Characters

Step 1

For å, press Option + a (for upper case: Option + Shift + a).
Step 2

For æ, press Option + " (for upper case: Option + Shift + ") - but make sure "smart quotes" is turned off!
Step 3

For ç, press Option + c (for upper case: Option + Shift + c).
Step 4

For ? (dotless i), press Option + Shift + b.
Step 5

For ', press Option + q (for upper case: Option + Shift + q).
Step 6

For ø, press Option + o (for upper case: Option + Shift + o).
Step 7

For ß, press Option + s

Punctuation

Step 1

For « (French double open-quote), press Option + \ (backslash).
Step 2

For » (French double close-quote), press Option + Shift + \ (backslash).
Step 3

For ', press Option + Shift + /.
Step 4

For ¡, press Option + 1 (number 1).
Step 5

For ' (French single open-quote), press Option + Shift + 3.
Step 6

For ' (French single close-quote), press Option + Shift + 4.
Step 7

For ' (low single close-quote), press Option + Shift + 0 (zero).
Step 8

For ' (low double close-quote), press Option + Shift + w.

How to Create Miscellaneous Accented Characters on a Mac

Things You'll Need:

Accented Characters

Punctuation

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