Mac Keyboard Viewer

In macOS, you can type special characters such as { é ƒ © ≠ ≥ ° }, by holding down the ⌥ option key. To see what characters are available, you can pull the Keyboard Viewer.

Those colored orange are prefix keys, allowing you to type accented characters such as {é ü ô}.

How to Turn on Keyboard Viewer

To start Keyboard Viewer:

1. Open System Preferences
2. Click keyboard icon
3. Select “Input Sources” tab
4. Click at the botton “Show input menu in menu bar”.
5. Then, on the input menu at the top right of the menu bar, there's a menu [Show Keyboard Viewer] menu. This will show the Keyboard Viewer.

Define Your Own Keys to Insert Unicode Symbols

You can define keys to insert any Unicode character, such as 😂 α ⌘ ♥ .

For how, see: Creating Keyboard Layout in Mac OS X .

For a list of symbols, see: Unicode Search 😄

See also: Apple Keyboard Problems