Jun
30

More silly little alt code symbols for Twitter

By AndreaKalli

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 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.

  • 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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19 Comments

1

Those don’t work. They give you something else. I’m sorry.

2

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3

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).

4

these arent working for me, do you not have a mac?

5

I do not have a Mac. Bummer that these don’t work for you.

6

this is soooooooooooooo cool!**

7

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.

8

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?

9

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….

10

i just copied the symbol if it helps the numbers don’t work

11

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?

12

they dont work on halo either alexander D= ☯

13

bummer…

14

these need updating wheres the pics. u cant c them

15

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

16

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17

[ number: &9733;]

18

they do work on cod2 you just need the keyboard where they simbols are were the letters whould be :)

19

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! :(

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