how do you type fractions and special characters on a mac?

How to type accents, emoji, and symbols on your Mac - Apple Support

For fractions, go to the gear wheel in Character Viewer, then Customize, and check the box for All Digits.

Shorty383 wrote:

Just have to copy and paste every time?

The link I gave you says: "When you find the character you want, double-click it to insert it in your text."

Drag/drop usually works too.

Tom Gewecke wrote:

Shorty383 wrote:

Just have to copy and paste every time?

The link I gave you says: "When you find the character you want, double-click it to insert it in your text."

Drag/drop usually works too.

Or use the text substitutions that are available via Keyboard preferences Text settings.

Or maybe System Preferences > Keyboard > Input Sources > + to add a keyboard > Other > Unicode Hex Input.