More silly little alt code symbols for Twitter

OK, I finally found a website that listed some of the more elusive alt codes that can be used in your Twitter posts. The way I entered the keystrokes were like this - take the top one for example, the Service Mark symbol. I held down my Alt key, and held down my & key (without shift), and entered the number sequence of 8480 on the number keypad, then took my fingers off all the keys, and voila!

A special thanks to this site where I found them, http://www.mistywindow.com/reference/html-characters.htm

OK, I’m done wasting time on this now… back to work.

There was a # sign in front of all the numbers, but they all converted to the symbol once I saved the post. In order for you to see the number sequence, I removed it. You can always check out the originating page from the link above, but if you follow my keystroke sequence it should all work for you ∟

Disclosure: I’ve only tested a handful of these myself, on a Windows XP PC. Also tested in Outlook 2007 emails. Apologies up front if they don’t work in the environment you are in.

• Expanded Character Entity List: Miscellaneous Symbols

  • • [ ℠ ] Service Mark [number: &8480]
    • [ ℃ ] Celsius [number: &8451;]
    • [ ℅ ] care of [number: &8453;]
    • [ ℉ ] Fahrenheit [number: &8457;]
    • [ № ] numero symbol - number sign [number: &8470;]
    • [ ℗ ] Sound Recording Copyright [number: &8471;]
    • [ ℞ ] Prescription Take pharmaceutical symbol [number: &8478;]
    • [ Ω ] Ohm [number: &8486;]
    • [ ℧ ] Inverted Ohm [number: &8487;]
    • [ ☀ ] sunshine - sun [ number: &9728;]
    • [ ☁ ] cloudy - cloud [ number: &9729;]
    • [ ☂ ] raining - rain [ number: &9730;]
    • [ ☃ ] snow - snowman [ number: &9731;]
    • [ ☄ ] comet [ number: &9732;]
    • [ ★ ] star solid [ number: &9733;]
    • [ ☆ ] star outline [ number: &9734;]
    • [ ☇ ] lightning [ number: &9735;]
    • [ ☈ ] thunderstorm [ number: &9736;]
    • [ ☉ ] sun [ number: &9737;]
    • [ ☊ ] ascending node [ number: &9738;]
    • [ ☋ ] descending node [ number: &9739;]
    • [ ☌ ] conjunction [ number: &9740;]
    • [ ☍ ] opposition [ number: &9741;]
    • [ ☎ ] phone number - phone service [ number: &9742;]
    • [ ☏ ] phone symbol outline [ number: &9743;]
    • [ ☐ ] check box - ballot box [ number: &9744;]
    • [ ☑ ] ballot box check mark [ number: &9745;]
    • [ ☒ ] ballot box with X [ number: &9746;]
    • [ ☓ ] Saltire - St. Andrew’s Cross [ number: &9747;]
    • [ ☚ ] left-pointing index finger [number: &9754;]
    • [ ☛ ] right-pointing index finger [number: &9755;]
    • [ ☜ ] left-pointing index finger [number: &9756;]
    • [ ☝ ] upwards pointing index finger [number: &9757;]
    • [ ☞ ] right pointing index finger [number: &9758;]
    • [ ☟ ] downwards pointing index finger [number: &9759;]
    • [ ☠ ] skull & crossbones [number: &9760;]
    • [ ☡ ] caution sign [ number: &9761;]
    • [ ☢ ] radioactive sign [number: &9762;]
    • [ ☣ ] biohazard sign [number: &9763;]
    • [ ☤ ] Caduceus or “Kerykeion” [number: &9764;]
    • [ ☥ ] Ankh [number: &9765;]
    • [ ☦ ] Eastern Christian Cross [number: &9766;]
    • [ ☧ ] Chi Rho Cross [number: &9767;]
    • [ ☨ ] Patriarchal Cross [number: &9768;]
    • [ ☩ ] Greek Cross [number: &9769;]
    • [ ☪ ] Crescent Moon & Star [ number: &9770;]
    • [ ☫ ] Farsi symbol [ number: &9771;]
    • [ ☬ ] Adi Shakti [ number: &9772;]
    • [ ☭ ] hammer & sickle [ number: &9773;]
    • [ ☮ ] peace sign [ number: &9774;]
    • [ ☯ ] yin & yang [ number: &9775;]
    • [ ☰ ] trigram Heaven [ number: &9776;]
    • [ ☱ ] trigram Lake [ number: &9777;]
    • [ ☲ ] trigram Fire [ number: &9778;]
    • [ ☳ ] trigram Thunder [ number: &9779;]
    • [ ☴ ] trigram Wind [ number: &9780;]
    • [ ☵ ] trigram Water [ number: &9781;]
    • [ ☶ ] trigram Mountain [ number: &9782;]
    • [ ☷ ] trigram Heaven [ number: &9783;]
    • [ ☸ ] Dharma Wheel [number: &9784;]
    • [ ☹ ] frowning face [number: &9785;]
    • [ ☺ ] smiley face [number: &9786;]
    • [ ☻ ] black smiley face [number: &9787;]
    • [ ☽ ] waxing crescent moon [number: &9789;]
    • [ ☾ ] waning crescent moon [number: &9790;]
    • [ ☿ ] Mercury [number: &9791;]
    • [ ♀ ] Venus - Female symbol [number: &9792;]
    • [ ♁ ] Earth symbol [number: &9793;]
    • [ ♂ ] Mars - Male symbol [number: &9794;]
    • [ ♃ ] Jupiter [number: &9795;]
    • [ ♄ ] Saturn [number: &9796;]
    • [ ♅ ] Uranus [number: &9797;]
    • [ ♆ ] Neptune [number: &9798;]
    • [ ♇ ] Pluto [number: &9799;]
    • [ ♈ ] Aries [number: &9800;]
    • [ ♉ ] Taurus [number: &9801;]
    • [ ♊ ] Gemini [number: &9802;]
    • [ ♋ ] Cancer [number: &9803;]
    • [ ♌ ] Leo [number: &9804;]
    • [ ♍ ] Virgo [number: &9805;]
    • [ ♎ ] Libra [number: &9806;]
    • [ ♏ ] Scorpio [number: &9807;]
    • [ ♐ ] Sagittarius [number: &9808;]
    • [ ♑ ] Capricorn [number: &9809;]
    • [ ♒ ] Aquarius [number: &9810;]
    • [ ♓ ] Pisces [number: &9811;]
    • [ ♔ ] White King [number: &9812;]
    • [ ♕ ] White Queen [number: &9813;]
    • [ ♖ ] White Rook [number: &9814;]
    • [ ♗ ] White Bishop [number: &9815;]
    • [ ♘ ] White Knight [number: &9816;]
    • [ ♙ ] White Pawn [number: &9817;]
    • [ ♚ ] Black King [number: &9818;]
    • [ ♛ ] Black Queen [number: &9819;]
    • [ ♜ ] Black Rook [number: &9820;]
    • [ ♝ ] Black Bishop [number: &9821;]
    • [ ♞ ] Black Knight [number: &9822;]
    • [ ♟ ] Black Pawn [number: &9823;]
    • [ ♠ ] black spade suit [name: ♠] [number: &9824;]
    • [ ♡ ] red heart suit [number: &9825;]
    • [ ♢ ] red diamond suit [number: &9826;]
    • [ ♣ ] black club suit = shamrock [name: ♣] [number: &9827;]
    • [ ♤ ] red spade suit [number: &9828;]
    • [ ♥ ] black heart suit = valentine [name: ♥] [number: &9829;]
    • [ ♦ ] black diamond suit [name: ♦] [number: &9830;]
    • [ ♧ ] red club suit [number: &9831;]
    • [ ♨ ] hot springs [number: &9832;]
    • [ ♩ ] musical quarter note [number: &9833;]
    • [ ♪ ] musical eighth note [number: &9834;]
    • [ ♫ ] musical single bar note [number: &9835;]
    • [ ♬ ] musical double bar note [number: &9836;]
    • [ ♭ ] flat note [number: &9837;]
    • [ ♮ ] natural note [number: &9838;]
    • [ ♯ ] sharp note [number: &9839;]
    • [ ✁ ] cut above [number: &9985;]
    • [ ✂ ] cut here [number: &9986;]
    • [ ✃ ] cut below [number: &9987;]
    • [ ✄ ] scissors [number: &9988;]
    • [ ✆ ] public pay phone [number: &9990;]
    • [ ✇ ] film reel - tape spool [number: &9991;]
    • [ ✈ ] airport jet airplane [number: &9992;]
    • [ ✉ ] envelope mail email [number: &9993;]
    • [ ✌ ] victory sign [number: &9996;]
    • [ ✍ ] signature - sign here [number: &9997;]
    • [ ✎ ] pencil diagonal down [number: &9998;]
    • [ ✏ ] pencil [number: &9999;]
    • [ ✐ ] pencil diagonal up [number: &1000;]
    • [ ✓ ] check mark [number: &10003;]
    • [ ✔ ] heavy check mark [number: &10004;]
    • [ ✕ ] multiplication sign X [number: &100005;]
    • [ ✖ ] heavy multiplication sign X [number: &10006;]
    • [ ✗ ] ballot X [number: &10007;]
    • [ ✘ ] heavy ballot X [number: &10008;]
    • [ ✝ ] Latin Roman Cross [number: &10013;]
    • [ ✞ ] Latin Cross 3D shadow [number: &10014;]
    • [ ✟ ] Latin Cross outline [number: &10015;]
    • [ ✠ ] Maltese Cross [number: &10016;]
    • [ ✡ ] Star of David [number: &10017;]
    • [ ❛ ] quotation mark single turned comma [number: &10075;]
    • [ ❜ ] quotation mark single comma [number: &10076;]
    • [ ❝ ] quotation mark double turned comma [number: &10077;]
    • [ ❞ ] quotation mark double comma [number: &10078;]
  • ~

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