EurKEY - The European Keyboard Layout

Overview

EurKEY is based on the american keyboard layout. That's because the american layout is much more convenient to type specific characters. These include :// in http://, [] and {} in source code, or slashes (/) and backslashes (\) in a Unix shell.

Programmers will be particulary aware of previous country-specific redesigns of the keyboard layout, which made typing curly brackets quiet hard. The american layout is a lot more practical for coding.

Almost all language specific letters can be generated with Alt Gr. Additional characters can be generated with the composition keys (so called dead keys), highlighted in blue and purple in the picture. In addition, the entire greek alphabet is accessible via the composition key Ω.

Composition keys with **Alt Gr**
Key	Possible characters
`	à, è, ì, ò, ù and uppercase
^	â, ê, î, ô, û, ŷ, ŵ and uppercase
°	å, ċ, ġ, ż and uppcase
´	á, é, í, ó, ú, ý, ł, ń, ŕ, ć, ɓ, ś, ź and uppercase
¬	§, №, ½, ⅓, ¼, ⅔, ¾, ©, ℗, ®, ™, ℠, ↓, ↑, →, ←, ↘, ↙, ↖, ↗, ↔, ⇐, ⇓, ⇑, ⇒, ⇘, ⇙, ⇖, ⇗ , ⇔(Windows only)
α	The greek alphabet

The shifted Alt Gr layout generates the capital counterparts of european characters. The composition key ± provides access to common math symbols. E. g. the infinite sign (∞) can be generated by pressing Shift+Alt Gr+m and i.

Composition keys with **Shift**+**Alt Gr**
Key	Possible characters
~	ã, õ, ñ and uppercase
ˇ	ǎ, ě, ǐ, ǒ, ǔ, č, ď, ǧ, ȟ, ǰ, ǩ, ľ, ň, ř, š, ť, ž and uppercase
¯	ā, ē, ī, ō, ū, ƀ, đ, ħ, ḻ, ŧ and uppercase, hyphen (1), en dash (2), em dash(3) (Some are windows only)
¨	ä, ë, ï, ö, ü, ÿ, ẅ, ẗ, ḧ, ẍ and uppercase
√	∞, √, ∑, ∏, ∟, ⁿ, ∂, −, ≠, ≈, ≤, ≥, ∫, ∩, ∕, ¼, ½ ,¾ ,°, ± and many more. Have a look here. (Windows only)

The Caps Lock generates capital letters – but only in case there is a lowercase counterpart. This allows one to type uppercase sentences intuitively.

Layout files

You can also download the layout as a PDF file and print it.

Math symbols

Press Shift+Alt Gr+M, release both, then press the key listed below. Windows only.

Key	Symbol	Unicode	Name	Description / Mnemonic
Arithmetic
`-`	−	`U+2212`	Minus Sign	The real minus sign, not the ASCII hyphen
`+`	±	`U+00B1`	Plus-Minus Sign	Plus, together with its minus
`*`	×	`U+00D7`	Multiplication Sign	Asterisk is multiplication
`/`	÷	`U+00F7`	Division Sign	Slash is division
`!`	≠	`U+2260`	Not Equal To	From != in programming languages
`1`	¬	`U+00AC`	Not Sign	The unshifted ! key: negation
Relations
`=`	≡	`U+2261`	Identical To	An equals sign with one more line
`:`	≝	`U+225D`	Equal To By Definition	From := , defined as
`^`	≙	`U+2259`	Estimates	A hat on top of the equals sign
`~`	≈	`U+2248`	Almost Equal To	The tilde is the approximation sign
`<`	≤	`U+2264`	Less-Than or Equal To	Less than, with equality
`>`	≥	`U+2265`	Greater-Than or Equal To	Greater than, with equality
`p`	∝	`U+221D`	Proportional To	Proportional
Roots
`r`	√	`U+221A`	Square Root	Root
`3`	∛	`U+221B`	Cube Root	Third root
`4`	∜	`U+221C`	Fourth Root	Fourth root
Operators
`o`	⋅	`U+22C5`	Dot Operator	Small o for the small dot, LaTeX cdot
`O`	∘	`U+2218`	Ring Operator	Capital O for the ring, LaTeX circ
`.`	∙	`U+2219`	Bullet Operator	A dot, LaTeX bullet
Logic
`&`	∧	`U+2227`	Logical And	& is AND
`\|`	∨	`U+2228`	Logical Or	\| is OR
`a`	∀	`U+2200`	For All	An upside-down A
`x`	∃	`U+2203`	There Exists	eXists
`X`	∄	`U+2204`	There Does Not Exist	Shift negates
Sets
`N`	ℕ	`U+2115`	Double-Struck Capital N	Natural numbers
`Z`	ℤ	`U+2124`	Double-Struck Capital Z	Integers
`R`	ℝ	`U+211D`	Double-Struck Capital R	Real numbers
`C`	ℂ	`U+2102`	Double-Struck Capital C	Complex numbers
`Q`	ℚ	`U+211A`	Double-Struck Capital Q	Rational numbers, quotients
`n`	∩	`U+2229`	Intersection	Shaped like an n
`u`	∪	`U+222A`	Union	Shaped like a u
`\`	∖	`U+2216`	Set Minus	The backslash
`e`	∈	`U+2208`	Element Of	Element
`E`	∉	`U+2209`	Not An Element Of	Shift negates
`(`	⊂	`U+2282`	Subset Of	Round bracket: plain inclusion
`)`	⊃	`U+2283`	Superset Of	Round bracket: plain inclusion
`[`	⊆	`U+2286`	Subset Of or Equal To	Square bracket: the extra bar
`]`	⊇	`U+2287`	Superset Of or Equal To	Square bracket: the extra bar
`P`	℘	`U+2118`	Script Capital P	Power set
`ø`	∅	`U+2205`	Empty Set	The same letter, on Alt Gr+L
Proof
`t`	∴	`U+2234`	Therefore	Therefore
`b`	∵	`U+2235`	Because	Because
`q`	∎	`U+220E`	End Of Proof	QED
`z`	↯	`U+21AF`	Downwards Zigzag Arrow	Zigzag
Analysis
`I`	∫	`U+222B`	Integral	Integral; the Shift partner of i
`d`	∂	`U+2202`	Partial Differential	A curly d
`s`	∑	`U+2211`	N-Ary Summation	Sum
`m`	∏	`U+220F`	N-Ary Product	Multiplication, repeated
`D`	∇	`U+2207`	Nabla	An upside-down delta
`'`	′	`U+2032`	Prime	The apostrophe
`"`	″	`U+2033`	Double Prime	The quotation mark
Geometry
`7`	∡	`U+2221`	Measured Angle	The angles sit on 7, 8 and 9
`8`	∠	`U+2220`	Angle	The angles sit on 7, 8 and 9
`9`	∟	`U+221F`	Right Angle	The angles sit on 7, 8 and 9
`l`	∥	`U+2225`	Parallel To	The two l in parallel
`L`	∦	`U+2226`	Not Parallel To	Shift negates
`T`	⊥	`U+22A5`	Up Tack	An upside-down T
Miscellaneous
`f`	ƒ	`U+0192`	Latin Small Letter F With Hook	Function
`i`	∞	`U+221E`	Infinity	Infinity
`%`	‰	`U+2030`	Per Mille Sign	Per cent becomes per mille
`@`	⊕	`U+2295`	Circled Plus	At, as in add: a plus in a circle
`2`	⊗	`U+2297`	Circled Times	The unshifted @ key
`0`	⊙	`U+2299`	Circled Dot Operator	The 0 is a circle
`¦`	∣	`U+2223`	Divides	The broken bar, Shift+Alt Gr+backslash
`h`	ℏ	`U+210F`	Planck Constant Over Two Pi	h-bar
`Space`		`U+2007`	Figure Space	A space as wide as a digit

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EurKEY The European Keyboard Layout

Overview

Layout files

Math symbols