I frequently visit the blog SimpleBits. They had a recent discussion on typography that I felt useful. I commented on the article, noting the following, which I wanted to have on my blog for future reference as well.
Character: Single Left Quote (‘)
Mac: Option-]
Windows: Alt-0145
HTML: ‘
Character: Single Right Quote (’)
Mac: Shift-Option-]
Windows: Alt-0146
HTML: ’
Character: Double Left (“)
Mac: Option-[
Windows: Alt-0147
HTML: “
Character: Double Right Quote (”)
Mac: Shift-Option-[
Windows: Alt-0148
HTML: ”
Character: En Dash (–)
Mac: Option-Hyphen
Windows: Alt-0150
HTML: –
Character: Em Dash (—)
Mac: Option-Shift-Hyphen
Windows: Alt-0151
HTML: —
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