> [!tldr] The `option` button does stuff!
Somehow I never realized the `option` key on Mac (and I *assume* the `alt` key on Windows) lets you type special characters.
I assume people who speak more than one language are familiar with this already.
| Standard key | Shift | Option | Option + Shift |
| ------------ | ------ | ------ | -------------- |
| a | A | å | Å |
| b | B | ∫ | ı |
| c | C | ç | Ç |
| d | D | ∂ | Î |
| e | E | ´ | ´ |
| f | F | ƒ | Ï |
| g | G | © | ˝ |
| h | H | ˙ | Ó |
| i | I | ˆ | (nothing?) |
| j | J | ∆ | Ô |
| k | K | ˚ | |
| l | L | ¬ | Ò |
| m | M | µ | Â |
| n | N | ˜ | ˜ |
| o | O | ø | Ø |
| p | P | π | ∏ |
| q | Q | œ | Œ |
| r | R | ® | ‰ |
| s | S | ß | Í |
| t | T | † | ˇ |
| u | U | ¨ | ¨ |
| v | V | √ | ◊ |
| w | W | ∑ | „ |
| x | X | ≈ | ˛ |
| y | Y | ¥ | Á |
| z | Z | Ω | ¸ |
| 0 | ) | º | ‚ |
| 1 | ! | ¡ | ⁄ |
| 2 | @ | ™ | € |
| 3 | # | £ | ‹ |
| 4 | $ | ¢ | › |
| 5 | % | ∞ | fi |
| 6 | ^ | § | fl |
| 7 | & | ¶ | ‡ |
| 8 | * | • | ° |
| 9 | ( | ª | · |
| - | _ | – | — |
| = | + | ≠ | ± |
| ` | ~ | ` | ` |
| [ | { | “ | ” |
| ] | } | ‘ | ’ |
| \ | (pipe) | « | » |
| ; | : | … | Ú |
| ' | " | æ | Æ |
| , | < | ≤ | ¯ |
| . | > | ≥ | ˘ |
| / | ? | ÷ | ¿ |
Huh.
****
# More
## Source
-