Useful Characters

Character	Description	Unicode Hex	Unicode Decimal
—	Em Dash	0x2014	8212
Δ	Greek Letter Delta	0x0394	0916
⌘	Place of Interest Sign (Mac Command)	0x2318	8984
✓	Check Mark	0x2713	10003
∞	Infinity	0x221E	8734
°	Degree	0x00b0	0176
⍼	Angzar	0x237c	9084
‣	Triangular Bullet	0x2023	8227
↗	North East Arrow	0x2197	8599
π	Pi	0x03C0	0960

Entering Unicode

Quick-and-Dirty
- Copy/Paste from an online source (such as this)
On a Mac
- ⌘-control-Space Bar will bring up the Emoji/Symbol pallet. It can be entered from there.
In GNU EMACS
- insert-char (C-x 8 Return), then type the hex code
Microsoft Windows
- Instructions for Inserting them in Windows, though a bit more involved.

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