alt characters

Ever wonder how people make ☺'s in their entries?

Well the answer is simple, alt characters! There is a wholw myriad of symbols & characters that can be made by pressing the alt key plus a number sequence on the keypad.

Check out the links below for charts on alt characters:


http://www.tedmontgomery.com/tutorial/ALTchrc.html

http://www.yellowpipe.com/yis/tools/ALT-Characters/

http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/maths/altchrc.htm