• “ ”double curved quotes whenever I use quotes [Alt+[ and Alt+Shift+[ on a Mac]
• ‘ ’single curved quotes incl. properly curled apostrophe [Alt+] and Alt+Shift+] on a Mac]
• « »double angled quotes that go inside curved quotes if necessary
• ‹ ›single angled quotes that typically go where < and > used to go (e.g. hierarchy)

• ·interpunct is a nice divider and I also use it instead of bullet point, or inside my smileys :·) [Alt+Shift+9 on a Mac]
• •bullet point that I don’t really use. Get out of here, you stupid bullet point. No one invited you.

• –en dash in a lot of places
• —em dash when I feel nostalgic
• …ellipsis an actual slightly different character for three dots [Alt+; on a Mac]
• ¶pilcrow when I want to start a new paragraph and I physically can’t. ¶ This would be a good example.

• ½ ¼ ¾ vulgar fractions as in “check out my rad 3½" floppy drive!”
• ×multiplication sign for things like 7.5"×11" or 5× bigger
• ∞infinity because it’s so beautiful
• °degree sign whenever I talk about temperature or angles
• πpi whenever I talk about pi instead of spelling it out

• ⁄solidus for fractions, instead of a slash
• ‰per mill sign for 1⁄10th of a per cent
• ‱basis point for 1⁄10th of a per mill
• €euro sign instead of spelling out “Euro”

• µmicro sign because I am mistaken in my belief that writing “µkitchen” makes me look cool
• №numero sign because it’s my №1 glyph
• ™trademark typically for fun, e.g. Marcin’s Worst Day Ever™ [Alt+2 on a Mac]

• ⌘cloverleaf for Mac keyboard shortcuts like ⌘+C. Or when I’m in Sweden.

•  hair space to go around em dashes and for finer adjustments