> [!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 |  | | 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 -