![]() A cedilla (the curly bit under a “c” for an “s” sound or similar in some languages) can be produced by typing Option-C (ç) or Shift-Option-C (Ç). Type Option-E in any OS X program, and then type any letter that’s supported with an acute accent appears: á, é, í, ó, and so on (lowercase or upper). Or just use your physical keyboard directly. Hold down any letter with alternatives and a pop-over appears for selection. You can also click keys to put them into the current program at the text-insertion point. Hold down Option, Shift, and Option-Shift to preview what characters result. Then you can select Keyboard Viewer from a strange little system menu bar item, which has a Command key in it. ![]() You can also pull up Keyboard Viewer (the modern equivalent of Key Caps for old timers) by going to the Keyboard system preferences pane, and checking Show Keyboard, Emoji, & Symbol Viewers in Menu Bar. ![]() Keyboard Viewer lets you preview and type characters. Some third-party keyboards expose these as reminders I have a Matias Quiet Pro keyboard, which has all the alternatives printed on keys, but as a long-time touch typist, I never look at the keys, so it’s not that useful. Apple has long hidden this wealth of diacritical marks and other special characters as keyboard extras-if you knew the right keys to press.
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