Characters available in the Chicago font when the Option key is pressed

The highlighted key represents the key held down on the keyboard—in this case, the Option key.

To type a character with a diacritical mark (such as an acute accent or an umlaut), you press the Option key along with a specific letter key, and then type the character.

Diacritical mark

Key combination

 

 

Grave accent ( ` )

Option–`, then type the character

Acute accent ( ´ )

Option–e, then type the character

Circumflex (^)

Option–i, then type the character

Tilde (~)

Option–n, then type the character

Umlaut ( ¨ )

Option–u, then type the character

The letter “c” with a cedilla (ç)

Option–c

 

 

If the character appears after the diacritical mark (rather than with it), then the marked character is not available in the font you’re using.

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Apple 145 manual Diacritical mark Key combination, Option-c