How do you type the degree symbol?

On the older it should be alt-0 (zero) but it will not work on mid 2012 macbook pro...(os Mojave)

Posted on Jan 12, 2019 1:04 AM

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Posted on Jan 12, 2019 4:04 AM

Try shift-alt -8 - °. Strictly speaking alt-sero isn't a degree symbol but is used in some romance languages to mean a part (such as 2º part = 2nd part). Note the difference - 2º 2° (the latter is degrees).

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Jan 12, 2019 4:19 AM in response to peteseta06

alt-k isn't strictly speaking degrees - it's described as 'ring above' though I couldn't place it over a letter, which is what the name suggests. It's rather smaller than the degree sign - 2˚ 2° - the latter is strictly correct and indeed looks better. All this may be different on the OP's Norwegian keyboard - Scandinavian languages don't have the same layout, neither Swedes nor-Wegians.

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