Alt Codes – How to Type Special Characters and Keyboard Symbols on Windows Using the Alt Keys

May 27, 2020 / #Windows Quincy Larson In Windows, you can type any character you want by holding down the ALT key, typing a sequence of numbers, then releasing the ALT key.You can type a lot of characters that may not have a corresponding key on your keyboard – such as European language alphabetic characters, ASCII symbols, and even Chinese characters (also known as Hanzi, Kanji, or Hanja).These Alt codes are also helpful if you have a keyboard with a stuck or missing key.Below I will break down the entire list of alt keys by category. But first, here's the full list. (Note: this does not include the many, many characters from non-western European languages – otherwise it would be 100,000s of codes long.)Below is a nice ASCII-formatted table of the most commonly-used symbols and characters. It took me a while to assemble all of these get them looking good.As a developer, when I search for these codes I often get results that are image-based. These are inaccessible to people with visual...