The ASCII Degree symbol is ALT 167!!!

I've read a few posts where people tried to recreate the degree symbol using a zero or a lower case "o"

A slick way to produce the degree symbol is using the ASCII codes.

ASCII stands for American Standard Code for Information Interchange. Computers can only understand numbers, so an ASCII code is the numerical representation of a character such as 'a' or '@' or an action of some sort.

To get the degree symbol just hold down your ALT key and type 167 and release ALT key.

212º, 100º, 68º and so on. Just wanted to pass this on...

Hey, no fair - I'm been typing Alt-0176!

I've got a wasted digit!

Thanksººººº

Old School Smiley Alt 1 ☺

i♥hbt‼‼‼‼
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...and the ö in Kölsch is Alt<148>.

I've always been fond of square root &#8730;

Aww, shucks. My laptop doesn't have a number pad so I cant do it.

=Þ was always my favorite

Drunkensatyr said:

=Þ was always my favorite

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What does that mean? Just the tip?

Face with tongue sticking out, I believe olllllo

Ó Flannagáin said:

Face with tongue sticking out, I believe olllllo

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yup. It is the original

Ó Flannagáin said:

Aww, shucks. My laptop doesn't have a number pad so I cant do it.

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You don't have Fn button either???

Numbers are usually incorporated into the keyboard, you just use the Fn button.

It's a shame no one posted a unicode cheat sheet up here...
;-)

SWEET!!! 122º from a laptop.

Thanks for reminding me that I wanted to search for ASCII/Unicode shortcuts in Linux. I just learned something!

Under Ubuntu, you hit Ctrl+Shift+u, then type the Unicode for the character you want and hit Enter. Here's a link to a PDF with commonly used characters.

&#176;=b0
&#228;=e4
&#246;=f6
&#223;=df

I just wrote it on the side of my computer. I will never forget that again! º

hmmm.

How does that work on a mac?

Well, I'll be damned, beer is educational too!

the_bird said:

I've got a wasted digit!

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Get your finger out of your beer and put it someplace useful.

Ize

BººBs.0000000

7-bit ASCII is all anyone will ever need.

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Another quote Bill Gates denies saying.

PseudoChef said:

BººBs.0000000

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ß°°ß&#642; ®ø©&#312;!!!

knights of Gambrinus said:

hmmm.

How does that work on a mac?

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Special Characters on the Mac are much easier. For the degree symbol, alt + 0


This thread has both PC and Mac listed. I also posted a link to a Google Spreadsheet with the Mac list.

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Nice. In the morning I will have forgotten that little trick and just revert back to * or dF.

&#730;&#730;&#730;ºººooo000OOOøøø

the_bird said:

Hey, no fair - I'm been typing Alt-0176!

I've got a wasted digit!

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Then tell that digit to keep out of your homebrew!

the_bird said:

Hey, no fair - I'm been typing Alt-0176!

I've got a wasted digit!

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Same here with the Alt-0186

But you can always use the Alt-248

I've always wondered how to get the alt things to work, I still can't do it and never have been able to with any keyboard I've owned. Holding alt and pressing 167 gives me nothing.

z987k said:

I've always wondered how to get the alt things to work, I still can't do it and never have been able to with any keyboard I've owned. Holding alt and pressing 167 gives me nothing.

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Make sure your NumLock key is on.

Chad