(Created 25 Apr 2003)
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(25 Apr 03)
Alt-0032-0383 {?} Comments in braces {}
Alt-0032-0126 same as Alt-032-126 (American ASCII)
Alt-128-254 Extended U.S. ASCII (DOS only, not available in Windows)
Alt-0257-0384 same as Alt-257-384
U.C. = UPPER CASE (MAJUSCULE); l.c. = lower case (miniscule)
Standard Characters (on American 101-key keyboard) and
Non-standard Characters (not on American 101-key keyboard)
Diacriticals (Diacritical Marks, Accents), with typical examples:
Acute (Aigue)
{?} a Brve (Short "u" Above)
? e Caron (Hachek, "v" Above)
Cedilla (Cdille)
? Centered Dot (Mid Dot)
Caret (Circumflex)
- Crossbar
{?} c Dot Above (High Dot)
` Grave
o Macron (Overline)
? a Ogonek
Ring Above (High Circle)
/ Slash (Virgule, Diagonal, Slant, Solidus)
{/} l Stroke
Tilde (as opposed to Approximation Sign ~)
Umlaut (Diresis)
(unnamed diacriticals)
o Magyar Double Acute Accent
= , Double Crossbar
d Apostrophe
{?} g High Comma (Inverted Apostrophe)
{?} t Low Comma
Digraphs - , , ?, ?, ,
Unique Characters - i, , , , ?, ?, ?
Greek Letters - (Beta, NOT Gothic SS),
Punctuation - , , , , , ,
Symbols - , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
, , , , , , , ,
Problems - missing, duplicative, or unexplained characters - {tbs}
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Alt-0000 thru Alt-0031 and Alt-000 thru Alt-031 are commands,
not valid characters.
0xxx Alt-0xxx Alt-xxx Description (Alt-0xxx / Alt xxx)
[* = ASCII Graphics (Box Draw) Symbols 176-223]
{beginning of American 101-key keyboard}
Alt-0xxx = Alt-xxx:
0032 {sp} {sp} Character Space
0033 ! ! Exclamation Point
0034 " " Plain Double Quotation Mark
0035 # # Pound {weight} (Tic-Tac-Toe) Sign
0036 $ $ Dollar Sign
0037 % % Percent Sign
0038 & & Ampersand
0039 ' ' Plain Single Quotation Mark
0040 ( ( Left Parenthesis
0041 ) ) Right Parenthesis
0042 * * Five-Pointed Asterisk
0043 + + Plus Sign
0044 , , Comma
0045 - - Hyphen (Dash)
0046 . . Period (Full Stop, Punkt)
0047 / / Forward Slash (Virgule, Solidus)
0048 0 0 Number Zero (Null)
0049 1 1 Number One
0050 2 2 Number Two
0051 3 3 Number Three
0052 4 4 Number Four
0053 5 5 Number Five
0054 6 6 Number Six
0055 7 7 Number Seven
0056 8 8 Number Eight
0057 9 9 Number Nine
0058 : : Colon
0059 ; ; Semi-Colon
0060 < < Less-Than Sign
0061 = = Equal Sign
0062 > > Greater-Than Sign
0063 ? ? Question Mark
0064 @ @ At-Each Sign
0065 A A U.C. Letter A
0066 B B U.C. Letter B
0067 C C U.C. Letter C
0068 D D U.C. Letter D
0069 E E U.C. Letter E
0070 F F U.C. Letter F
0071 G G U.C. Letter G
0072 H H U.C. Letter H
0073 I I U.C. Letter I
0074 J J U.C. Letter J
0075 K K U.C. Letter K
0076 L L U.C. Letter L
0077 M M U.C. Letter M
0078 N N U.C. Letter N
0079 O O U.C. Letter O
0080 P P U.C. Letter P
0081 Q Q U.C. Letter Q
0082 R R U.C. Letter R
0083 S S U.C. Letter S
0084 T T U.C. Letter T
0085 U U U.C. Letter U
0086 V V U.C. Letter V
0087 W W U.C. Letter W
0088 X X U.C. Letter X
0089 Y Y U.C. Letter Y
0090 Z Z U.C. Letter Z
0091 [ [ Left Bracket
0092 \ \ Back Slash
0093 ] ] Right Bracket
0094 ^ ^ Caret
0095 _ _ Underscore (Underline)
0096 ` ` Acute Accent (Aigue)
0097 a a l.c. Letter a
0098 b b l.c. Letter b
0099 c c l.c. Letter c
0100 d d l.c. Letter d
0101 e e l.c. Letter e
0102 f f l.c. Letter f
0103 g g l.c. Letter g
0104 h h l.c. Letter h
0105 i i l.c. Letter i
0106 j j l.c. Letter j
0107 k k l.c. Letter k
0108 l l l.c. Letter l
0109 m m l.c. Letter m
0110 n n l.c. Letter n
0111 o o l.c. Letter o
0112 p p l.c. Letter p
0113 q q l.c. Letter q
0114 r r l.c. Letter r
0115 s s l.c. Letter s
0116 t t l.c. Letter t
0116 u u l.c. Letter u
0118 v v l.c. Letter v
0119 w w l.c. Letter w
0120 x x l.c. Letter x
0121 y y l.c. Letter y
0122 z z l.c. Letter z
0123 { { Left Brace
0124 | | Vertical Solid Bar
0125 } } Right Brace
0126 ~ ~ Approximation Sign
{end of American 101-key keyboard}
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0127 {nf} {nf} {non-functional}
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0128 Double-Barred C {Euro?} / C Cedilla
0129 ? Unknown / u Umlaut
0130 Comma / e Acute
0131 Function/Florin/Guilder / a Caret
0132 Lower Double Quote Mark / a Umlaut
0133 Triple Period / a Grave
0134 Dagger (High Cross) / a Circle
0135 Double Dagger/Cross / c Cedilla
0136 Caret / e Caret
0137 Per Thousand Sign 0/00 / e Umlaut
0138 S Caron / e Grave
0139 Small Less Than Sign / i Umlaut
0140 OE Digraph / i Caret
0141 ? Unknown / i Grave
0142 Z Caron / A Umlaut
0143 ? Unknown / A Circle
0144 ? Unknown / E Acute
0145 Left Single Quote Mark / ae Digraph
0146 Right Single Quote Mark / AE Digrph
0147 Left Double Quote Mark / o Caret
0148 Right Double Quote Mark / o Umlaut
0149 Bold Mid Dot / o Grave
0150 Em-Quad, Short Hyphen / u Caret
0151 En-Quad, Long Hyphen / u Grave
0152 Tilde / y Umlaut
0153 Trade Mark Sign / O Umlaut
0154 s Caron / U Umlaut
0155 Small Greater Than Sign / Cent Sign
0156 oe Diagraph / Pound Sterling Sign
0157 ? Unknown / Yen (Money) Sign
0158 P? z Caron / {U.S. ASCII Peseta Sign}
0159 Y Umlaut / Function/Florin/Guilder
0160 {sp} {Non-Breaking Space} / a acute
0161 Inverted Exclamation Pt. / i Acute
0162 Cent Sign / o Acute
0163 0 Pound Sterling Sign / u Acute
0164 Starred Circle / nuez (n Tilde)
0165 Yen (Money) Sign / NUEZ (N tilde)
0166 Vertical Broken Bar / Superscript a
0167 Section (SS) / Superscript o
0168 Umlaut / Inverted Question Mark
0169 _ Copyright Sign / Underscore(line)
0170 Superscript a / Logical Not
0171 Much Less Than / Half Fraction 1/2
0172 Logical Not / Quarter Fraction 1/4
0173 {nf?} Non-Funct.? / Inverted Exclamation Point
0174 Registry Mark / Much Less Than
0175 Macron / Much Greater Than
0176 _* Degree Sign / {Box Draw}
0177 _* Plus/Minus Sign / {Box Draw}
0178 _* Superscript Two / {Box Draw}
0179 * Superscript Three / {Box Draw}
0180 * Acute Accent (Aigue) / {Box Draw}
0181 * Mu/Micron / {Box Draw}
0182 * Paragraph Sign / {Box Draw}
0183 +* Light Mid Dot / {Box Draw}
0184 +* Cedilla (Cedille) / {Box Draw}
0185 * Superscript One / {Box Draw}
0186 * Superscript Zero / {Box Draw}
0187 +* Much Greater Than / {Box Draw}
0188 +* One Quarter Fraction 1/4 / {Box Draw}
0189 +* One Half Fraction 1/2 / {Box Draw}
0190 +* Three Quarter Fraction 3/4 / {BoxDraw}
0191 +* Inverted Question Mark / {Box Draw}
0192 +* A Grave / {Box Draw}
0193 -* A Acute / {Box Draw}
0194 -* A Caret / {Box Draw}
0195 +* A Tilde / {Box Draw}
0196 -* A Umlaut / {Box Draw}
0197 +* A Ring Above / {Box Draw}
0198 * AE Digraph / {Box Draw}
0199 * C Cedilla / {Box Draw}
0200 +* E Grave / {Box Draw}
0201 +* E Acute / {Box Draw}
0202 -* E Caret / {Box Draw}
0203 -* E Umlaut / {Box Draw}
0204 * I Grave / {Box Draw}
0205 -* I Acute / {Box Draw}
0206 +* I Caret / {Box Draw}
0207 -* I Umlaut / {Box Draw}
0208 ? -* D Crossbar {?} / Box Draw
0209 -* NUEZ (N Tilde) / Box Draw
0210 -* O Grave / {Box Draw}
0211 +* O Acute / {Box Draw}
0212 +* O Caret / {Box Draw}
0213 +* O Tilde / {Box Draw}
0214 +* O Umlaut / {Box Draw}
0215 +* Times (Multiply) Sign / Box Draw
0216 +* O Slash / {Box Draw}
0217 +* U Grave / {Box Draw}
0218 +* U Acute / {Box Draw}
0219 +* U Caret / {Box Draw}
0220 _* O Grave / {Box Draw}
0221 * Y Acute / {Box Draw}
0222 _* U.C. Thorn / {Box Draw}
0223 _? l.c. sharp ss (NOT Beta) / {Box Draw}
0224 _? a Grave / {Ext. ASCII l.c alpha}
0225 a Acute / l.c. sharp s (NOT Beta)
0226 _? a Caret / {Ext. ASCII U.C. GAMMA}
0227 a Tilde / {Ext. ASCII l.c.? pi}
0228 _? a Umlaut / {Ext. ASCII U.C. SIGMA}
0229 _? a Ring Above / {Ext ASCII lc sigma}
0230 ae Digraph / l.c. Mu/Micron
0231 _? c Cedilla/{Ext. ASCII U.C. SIGMA LUNATE}
0232 _? e Grave / {Ext. ASCII U.C. PHI}
0233 _? e Acute / {Ext. ASCII U.C. THETA}
0234 _? e Caret / {Ext. ASCII U. C. OMEGA}
0235 _? e Umlaut / {Ext. ASCII l.c. delta}
0236 _? i Grave / {Ext. ASCII Infinite Sign}
0237 _? i Acute / {Ext. ASCII Not-Infinite Sign}
0238 _? i Caret / {Ext. ASCII l.c. epsilon}
0239 _? i Umlaut / {Ext. ASCII l.c. eta}
0240 _? l.c. Icelandic Eth / {Ext. ASCII Equivalent}
0241 n Tilde (nuez) / Plus/Minus
0242 _? o Grave / {Ext. ASCII Greater or Equal}
0243 _? o Acute / {Ext. ASCII Less Than or Equal}
0244 _? o Caret / {Ext. ASCII Integral Sign Top}
0245 _? o Tilde / {Ext. ASCII Integral Sign Bottom}
0246 o Umlaut / Division Sign
0247 _? Division Sign / {Ext. ASCII Approx. Equal}
0248 o Slash / Degree Sign
0249 u Grave / Bold Mid Dot
0250 u Acute / Light Mid Dot
0251 _? u Caret / {Ext. ASCII Root Sign}
0252 n u Umlaut / Letter n {?}
0253 y Acute / Superscript Two
0254 _? l.c. Thorn / {Ext. ASCII Solid Square}
0255 _? y Umlaut / {non-functional}
0256 A {nf} A Macron / {non-functional}
========== In the following Alt-0xxx = Alt-xxx:
0257 a a a Macron
0258 A A A Brve
0259 a a a Brve
0260 A A A Ogonek
0261 a a a Ogonek
0262 C C C Acute
0263 c c c Acute
0264 C C C Caret
0265 c c c Caret
0266 C C C High Dot
0267 c c c High Dot
0268 C C C Caron
0269 c c c Caron
0270 D D D Caron
0271 d d D Apostrophe
0272 ? U.C. Icelandic Eth
0273 d d d Crossbar
0274 E E E Macron
0275 e e e Macron
0276 E E E Brve
0277 e e e Brve
0278 E E E High Dot
0279 e e e High Dot
0280 E E E Ogonek
0281 e e e Ogonek
0282 E E E Caron
0283 e e e Caron
0284 G G G Caret
0285 g g g Caret
0286 G G G Brve
0287 g g g Brve
0288 G G G High Dot
0289 g g g High Dot
0290 G G G Cedilla
0291 g g g High Comma
0292 H H H Caret
0293 h h h Caret
0294 H H H Crossbar
0295 h h h Crossbar
0296 I I I Tilde
0297 i i i Tilde
0298 I I I Macron
0299 i i i Macron
0300 I I I Brve
0301 i i i Brve
0302 I I I Ogonek
0303 i i i Ogonek
0304 I I I High Dot
0305 i i i No Dot
0306 ? ? IJ Digraph
0307 ? ? ij Digraph
0308 J J J Caret
0309 j j j Caret
0310 K K K Cedilla
0311 k k k Cedilla
0312 ? ? Greenlandic l.c. k
0313 L L L Acute
0314 l l l Acute
0315 L L L Cedilla
0316 l l l Cedilla
0317 L L L Apostrophe
0318 l l l Apostrophe
0319 ? ? L Mid Dot
0320 ? ? l Mod Dot
0321 L L L-Stroke
0322 l l l-Stroke
0323 N N N-Acute
0324 n n n-Acute
0325 N N N-Cedilla
0326 n n n-Cedilla
0327 N N N-Caron
0328 n n n-Caron
0329 ? ? n-Apostrophe
0330 ? ? U.C. Eng
0331 ? ? l.c. Eng
0332 O O O-Macron
0333 o o o-Macron
0334 O O O-Brve
0335 o o o-Brve
0336 O O O-Double Acute
0337 o o o-Double Acute
0338 OE-Digraph
0339 oe-Digraph
0340 R R R-Acute
0341 r r r-Acute
0342 R R R-Cedilla
0343 r r r-Cedilla
0344 R R R-Caron
0345 r r r-Caron
0346 S S S-Acute
0347 s s s-Acute
0348 S S S-Caron
0349 s s s-Caron
0350 S S S-Cedilla
0351 s s s-Cedilla
0352 S-Caron
0353 s-Caron
0354 T T T-Low Comma
0355 t t t-Low Comma
0356 T T T-Caron
0357 t t t-Apostrophe
0358 T T T-Crossbar
0359 t t t-Crossbar
0360 U U U-Tilde
0361 u u u-Tilde
0362 U U U-Macron
0363 u u u-Macron
0364 U U U-Brve
0365 u u u-Brve
0366 U U U-Ring Above
0367 u u u-Ring Above
0368 U U U-Double Acute
0369 u u u-Double Acute
0370 U U U-Ogonek
0371 u u u-Ogonek
0372 W W W-Caret
0373 w w w-Caret
0374 Y Y Y-Caret
0375 y y y-Caret
0376 Y-Umlaut
0377 Z Z Z-Acute
0378 z z z-Acute
0379 Z Z Z High Dot
0380 z z z High Dot
0381 Z Caron
0382 z Caron
0383 ? ? l.c. antique s (f with half bar)
0384 b? b? {non-functional}
{end?}
0xxx Alt-0xxx Alt-xxx Description (Alt-0xxx / Alt xxx)
NOTES:
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< and > and and are also known as left and right Guillemets.
and are also known as left and right double Guillemets.
and , as accents, are also known as Myagkij and Tverdyj Znak, respectively.
Logical Not is also known as the Feminine Ordinal (whatever THAT means!).
Small sharp ss, German (sz ligature) - NOT Greek l.c. beta.
This listing does not begin to be exact; different platforms and servers handle these codes differently.
Further, I have not yet checked out each of the nearly 700 codes and results. It sure doesn't look good, though!
Here are print-outs created in a graphics program of the active, non-duplicating sets
Alt 032-254 and Alt 0128-0256 (because they are so detailed, I have also
thumbnailed them):
(07 Jun 03)
(07 Jun 2003 Images by and © 2003 S. Berliner, III - all rights reserved)
[Thumbnailed images - click on pictures for larger images]
"{ }" indicates a non-funtioning code;
blanks are codes that did not print in the graphics program
(these images have not been fully checked out yet).
(More to follow.)
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