Some special characters

For a variety of special characters, see the Character Map, Windows 98 operating system.

From the Windows Start menu:

Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Character Map; click.

Double left-click a character. It will appear in the "Characters to copy:" field. From there it can be cut and copied. In addition, the keystroke for each character will appear in the bottom right corner of the character map (keystroke -- the keyboard key/s used to produce a character).

As a side note, in Denmark, we use three so-called special characters, the vowels Æ, Ø and Å. The Æ is a ligature of A and E, and is pronounced somewhat like an English A (in cake, for example). The Ø is a ligature of O and E, and there isn't a direct comparison to be made with an English vowel, but it is comparable to the German Ö. The Å used to be written as a double A, and is pronounced somewhat like an English O (in open, for example).

Audited October 5, 2001