Easilly accessible special characters ===================================== With English-US ANSI keyboard layout: 1 keypress: ' , - . / ; = [ \ ] ` With English-UK ISO keyboard layout: 1 keypress: like the US-ANSI one, but with # as well With Swedish/Finnish ISO keyboard layout (I think most mainland-European-language ISO-based layouts are somewhat similar): 1 keypress: ' + , - . < With iPhone keyboard layout: 2 keypresses (1 to switch to digits/specials): ! " & ' ( ) , - . / : ; ? @ Common accross all those layouts: ' , - .