How to Create Miscellaneous Accented Characters on a Mac

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.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderate

Things You’ll Need:

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

Accented Characters

1. For å, press Option + a (for upper case: Option + Shift + a).
2. For æ, press Option + " (for upper case: Option + Shift + ") - but make sure "smart quotes" is turned off!
3. For ç, press Option + c (for upper case: Option + Shift + c).
4. For ? (dotless i), press Option + Shift + b.
5. For ', press Option + q (for upper case: Option + Shift + q).
6. For ø, press Option + o (for upper case: Option + Shift + o).
7. For ß, press Option + s

Punctuation

8. For « (French double open-quote), press Option + \ (backslash).
9. For » (French double close-quote), press Option + Shift + \ (backslash).
10. For ', press Option + Shift + /.
11. For ¡, press Option + 1 (number 1).
12. For ' (French single open-quote), press Option + Shift + 3.
13. For ' (French single close-quote), press Option + Shift + 4.
14. For ' (low single close-quote), press Option + Shift + 0 (zero).
15. For ' (low double close-quote), press Option + Shift + w.

Tips & Warnings

• Many of these accented ("high ASCII") characters are not compatible with e-mail.

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