Software & Apps Apps Type Characters With Cedilla Accent Marks That fancy curlicue thingy under the letter C, identified and explained by Jacci Howard Bear Writer A graphic designer, writer, and artist who writes about and teaches print and web design. our editorial process Jacci Howard Bear Updated on July 02, 2020 reviewed by Lisa Mildon Lifewire Tech Review Board Member & Writer Lisa Mildon is a Lifewire writer and an IT professional with 30 years of experience. Her writing has appeared in Geekisphere and other publications. our review board Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Article reviewed on Oct 26, 2020 Lisa Mildon Tweet Share Email Apps Best Apps Payment Services The cedilla is a diacritical mark that denotes different pronunciation of the letter it appears beneath — in most cases the letter C. Its appearance in English comes with words from French, Portuguese, Catalan, and Occitan. Characters with cedilla diacritical accent marks have a small tail beneath the letter C. Perhaps the most familiar word in English using the cedilla is façade. How to Type Characters With the Cedilla Diacritical Mark Cedilla accent marks appear most often on the upper and lower case letter C in English, as in Ç and ç. Producing the character on a computer depends on your operating system. If you're working in HTML such as for website content, use a special character code to produce the characters in browsers. Some applications configure special keystrokes for creating characters with diacriticals like the cedilla accent marks. Check the software manual or help files if the keystrokes shown below don't work for creating cedilla accent marks. Make C With an Accent Mark in Mac, Windows, and HTML On a Mac, hold down the letter C key (or Shift + C for capital letter) until a popup menu offers a set of character choices. Click the ç, or press the corresponding number key indicated. Alternately, press Option + C for the ç, or Option + Shift + C for the capital letter with the cedilla accent marks. On a Windows PC, hold down ALT while typing the appropriate number code on your numeric keypad to create the cedilla accent marks. Don't use the numbers at the top of the keyboard. Use the numeric keypad and be sure Num Lock is enabled: 0199 (Ç) 0231 (ç) In HTML, create cedilla accented characters by typing the & (the ampersand symbol), the letter (such as C or c), and then the letters cedil, followed by a semicolon. For example: Ç Produces Ç. ç Produces ç. In HTML, the cedilla accent marks may appear smaller than surrounding text, so you might want to enlarge the font for just those characters under some circumstances. Was this page helpful? Thanks for letting us know! Get the Latest Tech News Delivered Every Day Email Address Sign up There was an error. Please try again. You're in! Thanks for signing up. There was an error. Please try again. Thank you for signing up. Tell us why! Other Not enough details Hard to understand Submit