ASCII Using ALT Plus Number

 It's cool and all, being able to use these ASCII characters, but often, I'm asked, is there an easier way to make them? Well, look no further. I'm including a few below:

1. Alt and 1 makes ☺
2. Alt and 2 makes ☻
3. Alt and 3 makes ♥
4. Alt and 4 makes ♦
5. Alt and 5 makes ♣
6. Alt and 6 makes ♠
7. Alt and 7 makes •
8. Alt and 8 makes ◘
9. Alt and 9 makes ♂
10. Alt and 1 and 2 makes ♀
11. Alt and 1 and 3 makes ♪
12. Alt and 1 and 4 makes ♫
13. Alt and 1 and 5 makes ☼
14. Alt and 1 and 6 makes ►
15. Alt and 1 and 7 makes ◄
16. Alt and 1 and 8 makes ↕
17. Alt and 1 and 9 makes ‼
18. Alt and 2 and 0 makes ¶

And for all else:

A Designer's Guide to HTML Symbol Entities

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