Typing The Symbol
On typewriters and computers that do not support this symbol, it is acceptable and commonplace to substitute it with the trigraph "No." (letter "N", letter "o", and a period (full stop)).
On typewriters and computers that support the degree symbol or (preferably) masculine ordinal indicator, a digraph starting with "N", such as "N°" or "Nº", may suffice as a substitute for the numero sign, but only if it is to be presented exclusively within visual media, in a typeface and sizing that results in a passable approximation of the numero sign. Such digraphs are inappropriate for representing the numero sign in computer data, in general.
On Russian computer keyboard layout, the № is available and often located on the 3 key.
In Mac OS X, the character can be typed using "U.S. Extended" and "Irish Extended" keyboard layouts by typing ⇧ Shift+⌥ Option+;. However, it is easier to use the regular Mac keyboard and type ⌥ Option+0 for º (1º, 2º, 3º) and ⌥ Option+9 for ª (1ª, 2ª, 3ª).
In X11 systems with a compose key, the character can be typed using Compose, ⇧ Shift+N, O.
In HTML, the numero sign (if it cannot be entered directly) may be represented by № or №.
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