Keyboard Hack - How to Display Odd Characters Using Keyboard.

I was searching for a shorcut to display symbol so that I can easily type it while I chat or to be insert in comment box etc. Well I found a bunch of it.

Alt Key + Calculator Number = Symbol

Hold the ALT key & type the number next to the symbol you want on the CALCULATOR part of the keyboard, then release Alt Key. Symbol will appear. And here is the full list.

Alt + 0169 = ©
Alt + 0174 = ®
Alt + 15 = ¤
Alt + 20 = ¶
Alt + 21 = §
Alt + 128 = Ç
Alt + 129 = ü
Alt + 130 = é
Alt + 131 = â
Alt + 132 = ä
Alt + 133 = à
Alt + 134 = å
Alt + 135 = ç
Alt + 136 = ê
Alt + 137 = ë
Alt + 138 = è
Alt + 139 = ï
Alt + 140 = î
Alt + 141 = ì
Alt + 142 = Ä
Alt + 143 = Å
Alt + 144 = É
Alt + 145 = æ
Alt + 146 = Æ
Alt + 147 = ô
Alt + 148 = ö
Alt + 149 = ò
Alt + 150 = û
Alt + 151 = ù
Alt + 152 = ÿ
Alt + 153 = Ö
Alt + 154 = Ü
Alt + 155 = ¢
Alt + 156 = £
Alt + 157 = ¥
Alt + 159 = ƒ
Alt + 160 = á
Alt + 161 = í
Alt + 162 = ó
Alt + 163 = ú
Alt + 164 = ñ
Alt + 165 = Ñ
Alt + 166 = ª
Alt + 167 = º
Alt + 168 = ¿
Alt + 170 = ¬
Alt + 171 = ½
Alt + 172 = ¼
Alt + 173 = ¡
Alt + 174 = «
Alt + 175 = »
Alt + 225 = ß
Alt + 230 = µ
Alt + 241 = ±
Alt + 246 = ÷
Alt + 249 = •
Alt + 250 = ·
Alt + 253 = ²
Alt + 350 = ^
Alt + 352 = `
Alt + 382 = ~

Update
Alt + 0128 = € - Thanks A1 Web Solutions

Some might find this useful while others might thought this is just another geek stuff. As for me, most probably I just want to use "²" for my Malay language chat like "layang²" or "macam²".

ASCII Art - Generator

I believe any BBS user or perhaps you might even received email from your friends sending out this ASCII picture once awhile. Nowadays there are many ASCII converter available on the internet with so much of variation. Text to ASCII image, jpeg image to ASCII image and so on.

But the most amazing ASCII image I ever saw was a portrait created by Guruprasad Vanalkar. He creates an amazingly accurate, life-sized, colored portrait of Dean Cain on a typewriter for "Believe it or not" TV shows.

Anyway, here are a few ASCII sample of converter.

- Text-Image.com (Web Based)
- ASCII Generator Software v 0.6.8
- ASCII Art Generator (Web Based)

Heck I can give 700k ++ list, well you know where to find more.