Keyboard Shortcuts for Roman Numerals in Windows and Mac

In earlier days, European countries were using Roman numerals as their primary number system. Roman numbers are simply taken from the Latin letters and used for mathematical calculations. Though Arabic number system became popular nowadays and widely used, you can still see the Roman numerals in various places. In this article, let us explain the keyboard shortcuts for Roman numerals in Windows and Mac. You can use these shortcuts to type Roman numbers easily on your documents. Also learn how to type circled numbers with alt code shortcuts.

Where Can I Find Roman Numbers?

If you are not clear about Roman numbers, here are some places you can still find them.

• Most of the clocks still have Roman numbers.
• You can find an option when creating bulleted lists on your document.
• Question numbers in some of the school study material.

Alt Code Keyboard Shortcuts for Roman Numerals

Here is a complete list of alt code shortcuts for Roman numerals in Windows and Mac.

Typing Roman Numerals in Windows

There are multiple ways to type Roman numbers in Windows based documents and applications.

• Use the alt code from the above table to insert Roman numbers. For example, pressing alt + 8571 will produce the small Roman numeral twelve like ⅻ. However, you need to have a separate numeric pad on your keyboard to type the numbers.
• Alternatively, on Word documents you can use alt + X shortcuts using the hexadecimal code. For example, pressing 2182 Alt + X will produce Roman ten thousand number like ↂ.
• You can use the emoji keyboard in Windows 10 computers to insert all these numbers. First, press “Win + Dot” shortcut keys to open the emoji pop-up box. After that, go to “Symbols > Math symbols” section to find roman numerals.

• Windows computers come with a in-built app called Character Map to insert any symbol. Find and open Character Map from Windows Search box. In the app, you can choose “Unicode” character set and “Unicode Subrange” group by option to find roman numerals under “Number Forms” section.

Typing Roman Numerals in Mac

Similar to Windows operating system, you can also use alt or option code shortcuts in Mac. For example, press option + 2168 to type capital Roman numeral nine like Ⅸ. However, you should use Unicode Hex Input method to use these shortcuts.

Alternatively, you can use Character Viewer to type Roman numbers.

• Open any of the applications like Pages or Keynote.
• Go to “Edit” menu and select “Emoji & Symbols” option to open Character Viewer.
• Search for “roman” to filter related symbols.
• Double click on the Roman numerals or double click on the font variations to insert the symbol on your document.

Typing Roman Numerals in Web Documents

• On HTML documents, you can use the escape characters in the decimal or hexadecimal format like below.

<span>&#8562;</span>
<span>&#x216E;</span>

• For CSS and JavaScript documents, use the hexadecimal code in the formats \2182 and \u2182 respectively. Below is an example code for CSS.

li:before {
	content:\2167;
	font-family:Arial;
}

Font Variations

The shortcuts are similar to any text content on your documents. You can change the font family, size and apply text effects as per your need.

Conversion from Arabic to Roman Numbers

Roman numerals have some basic numbers based on which further calculations can be done.

Arabic	Roman
1	I
5	V
10	X
50	L
100	C
500	D
1000	M

Basic Usage

The calculation of adding and subtracting using Roman numbers is very simple:

• Addition – place a number after same or bigger number. For example, II is I+I=2. Similarly, V+I=VI=6.
• Subtraction – place a number before a bigger number. For example, IV=V-I=5-1=4.