How to make the "diamond" symbol (♦) on the keyboard

You want to type the symbol " diamond " ( ), sign representing one of the four colors of playing cards and you do not know how to achieve it on your keyboard to integrate it into a document or a word processing tool or image like Word, Open Office or Photoshop?


The technique

To make the "diamond" sign on his keyboard,   simply perform the following key combination:

  • Make the symbol "Diamond": Alt + 4 =


In detail : Keep the Alt key (located to the left of the Space bar), then type the number 4, then finally release the Alt key, which will bring up the " diamond" symbol:

This symbol represents one of the 4 colors or "signs" of the playing cards.

Do you want to know how to do the other colors of the cards on your keyboard ? Click on the following links:

- How to make the "club" symbol (♣) on the keyboard

- How to make the "spade" symbol (♠) on the keyboard

- How to make the "heart" symbol (♥) on the keyboard


" I don't have a numeric keypad on my keyboard, what should I do? "
  • If you don't have a numeric keypad on your keyboard, make sure you've turned on the Num Lock (or " Num Lock ") feature. If not, press the Fn + Num Lock key .

  • If you don't have Num Lock on your keyboard, try pressing the Fn key first and then performing the combination with Alt described in the previous paragraph.

  • If you still can't do it, don't hesitate to copy and paste the symbol from this article to the location of your choice.

" I have a Mac / Macbook / Apple computer "

If you have a Mac / Apple keyboard, the technique is the same. The Alt key can also be called Option ⌥ but it is always the key just to the left of the Space bar: Alt ⌥

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