Music notes, hearts and other symbols in Facebook status and chat

Each of these characters can be typed on your keyboard using the ‘alt’ button (on the bottom left of your keyboard).

If you’re using a laptop make sure you press ‘Num Lock’ first! The ‘Num Lock’ button can be found in the top right of your keyboard.

Next, hold down ‘alt’ press the following:

Hold ‘alt’ then press 1 – ☺

Hold ‘alt’ then press 2 – ☻

Hold ‘alt’ then press 3 – ♥

Hold ‘alt’ then press 4 – ♦

Hold ‘alt’ then press 5 – ♣

Hold ‘alt’ then press 6 – ♠

Hold ‘alt’ then press 7 – •

Hold ‘alt’ then press 8 – ◘

Hold ‘alt’ then press 9 – ○

Hold ‘alt’ then press 10 – ◙

Hold ‘alt’ then press 11 – ♂

Hold ‘alt’ then press 12 – ♀

Hold ‘alt’ then press 13 – ♪

Hold ‘alt’ then press 14 – ♫

Hold ‘alt’ then press 15 – ☼

Hold ‘alt’ then press 16 – ►

Hold ‘alt’ then press 17 – ◄

Hold ‘alt’ then press 18 – ↕

Hold ‘alt’ then press 19 – ‼

Hold ‘alt’ then press 20 – ¶

Hold ‘alt’ then press 21 – §

Hold ‘alt’ then press 22 – ▬

Hold ‘alt’ then press 23 – ↨

Hold ‘alt’ then press 24 – ↑

Hold ‘alt’ then press 25 – ↓

Hold ‘alt’ then press 26 – →

Hold ‘alt’ then press 27 – ←

Hold ‘alt’ then press 29 – ↔

Hold ‘alt’ then press 30 – ▲

Hold ‘alt’ then press 31 – ▼