Characters

Chester Wyke February 02, 2024 Updated: April 15, 2025 #debian

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Frequently used codes

Press “ctrl + shift + u” then a ‘u’ should show up. Then enter the unicode code point in hexadecimal for the character you want. It is not case sensitive and leading 0’s are not required.

è - e8
¢ - a2
€ - 20ac

Typing characters not on the keyboard

Source https://help.ubuntu.com/stable/ubuntu-help/tips-specialchars.html.en

Notes from testing:

If you find the key in the character map program it will give you the unicode value (which is what the code some of the other methods are asking for)
The emoji option “ctrl+;” put me in an “e” kind of mode but couldn’t figure out how to make it work. No menu showed up as they said it would.
“ctrl + shift + u” is the only one that worked for me.