More silly little alt code symbols for Twitter
ByOK, 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 entered the number sequence of 8480 on the number keypad, 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.
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Expanded Character Entity List: Miscellaneous Symbols
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- [ ℠ ] 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;]
- [ ℠ ] Service Mark [number:
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19 Comments
October 16th, 2008 at 6:36 pm
Those don’t work. They give you something else. I’m sorry.
January 28th, 2009 at 8:04 am
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February 4th, 2009 at 1:47 am
Thanks, dude! I’ve been looking for an Alt# Code for a check-mark, but my explorations into them haven’t progressed past 2600, (it’s a slow work in progress to find them all).
February 13th, 2009 at 11:55 am
these arent working for me, do you not have a mac?
February 13th, 2009 at 12:02 pm
I do not have a Mac. Bummer that these don’t work for you.
March 4th, 2009 at 7:28 pm
this is soooooooooooooo cool!**
March 15th, 2009 at 7:40 pm
These are awesome I use them all the time,and I had a really hard time finding all the diffrent symbols I was looking for until I found this site.
April 8th, 2009 at 4:33 pm
some of these aren’t working for me. they just show up as a box with numbers in them. do you know why/how to make them work?
April 8th, 2009 at 4:54 pm
I noticed they don’t all seem to work in Twitter, plus some work when posting via the Twitter website but not when using a 3rd party app to post. I guess you’ll just need to figure out which ones of these work in Twitter and which ones don’t. Sorry I can’t be of more help than that. Bummer….
April 12th, 2009 at 3:58 pm
i just copied the symbol if it helps the numbers don’t work
June 7th, 2009 at 4:47 am
OMG they don’t work neither on Skype neither on Call of Duty 2…..I need them only for that
((
Anyway how to press & without shift?
September 3rd, 2009 at 4:31 pm
they dont work on halo either alexander D= ☯
September 9th, 2009 at 8:21 am
bummer…
September 15th, 2009 at 7:46 am
these need updating wheres the pics. u cant c them
September 15th, 2009 at 1:50 pm
Sorry you are unable to see them. I can see them fine on my computer, but did you happen to use the link to go to the website where I got these from?
“A special thanks to this site where I found them, http://www.mistywindow.com/reference/html-characters.htm”
Andrea
November 11th, 2009 at 2:06 pm
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January 7th, 2010 at 12:15 am
[ number: &9733;]
January 14th, 2010 at 5:10 am
they do work on cod2 you just need the keyboard where they simbols are were the letters whould be
February 1st, 2010 at 11:30 am
These aren’t working for me.. when ever I type in the code (yes with alt) then some other symbol shows up and not the one I wanted!