What Is a Cedilla?
The cedilla is a diacritical mark that denotes a different pronunciation of the letter it appears under. A cedilla diacritical accent mark looks like a small tail and appears most often on the upper and lower case letter C in English, as in Ç and ç. Its appearance in English comes with words from French, Portuguese, Catalan, and Occitan. Perhaps the most familiar word in English using the cedilla is façade.
Make C With an Accent Mark in Mac
On a Mac, hold down the letter C key (or Shift+C for a capital letter) until a pop-up menu offers a set of character choices. Click the ç, or press the corresponding number key indicated. Alternately, press Option+C for the ç, or Option+Shift+C for the capital letter with the cedilla accent marks.
Make C With an Accent Mark in Windows
On a Windows PC, hold down ALT while typing the appropriate number code on the numeric keypad to create the cedilla accent marks. Don’t use the numbers at the top of the keyboard. Use the numeric keypad and be sure Num Lock is enabled:
0199 (Ç)0231 (ç)
Make C With an Accent Mark in HTML
In HTML, create cedilla accented characters by typing the & (the ampersand symbol), the letter (such as C or c), and then the letters cedil, followed by a semicolon.
