Typing in Greek Using a Roman-Script (Western European) Keyboard

The Greek letters are mapped onto their phonetically equivalent Roman values insofar as is possible following the example of the Symbol font.

Where accents are concerned, the general rule is that tonos is denoted by a back tick (a back-slanting apostrophe, `) while dialytika is represented by the colon (:), both PRECEDING the character upon which they appear. Where both tonos and dialytika are present, both symbols precede the relevant letter in either order, eg. (`:u) or (:`u) in the case of the symbol ΰ.

CharacterDecimalTyping CodeEntityName
;894; GREEK QUESTION MARK
΄900--- GREEK TONOS (present in WGL4)
΅901--- GREEK DIALYTIKA TONOS (present in WGL4)
Ά902`A GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ALPHA WITH TONOS (present in WGL4)
·903--- GREEK ANO TELEIA (present in WGL4)
Έ904`E GREEK CAPITAL LETTER EPSILON WITH TONOS (present in WGL4)
Ή905`H GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ETA WITH TONOS (present in WGL4)
Ί906`I GREEK CAPITAL LETTER IOTA WITH TONOS (present in WGL4)
Ό908`O GREEK CAPITAL LETTER OMICRON WITH TONOS (present in WGL4)
Ύ910`U GREEK CAPITAL LETTER UPSILON WITH TONOS (present in WGL4)
Ώ911`W GREEK CAPITAL LETTER OMEGA WITH TONOS (present in WGL4)
ΐ912`:i or :`i GREEK SMALL LETTER IOTA WITH DIALYTIKA AND TONOS (present in WGL4)
Α913AΑGREEK CAPITAL LETTER ALPHA (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
Β914BΒGREEK CAPITAL LETTER BETA (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
Γ915GΓGREEK CAPITAL LETTER GAMMA (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
Δ916DΔGREEK CAPITAL LETTER DELTA (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
Ε917EΕGREEK CAPITAL LETTER EPSILON (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
Ζ918ZΖGREEK CAPITAL LETTER ZETA (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
Η919EΗGREEK CAPITAL LETTER ETA (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
Θ920QΘGREEK CAPITAL LETTER THETA (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
Ι921IΙGREEK CAPITAL LETTER IOTA (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
Κ922KΚGREEK CAPITAL LETTER KAPPA (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
Λ923LΛGREEK CAPITAL LETTER LAMDA (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
Μ924MΜGREEK CAPITAL LETTER MU (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
Ν925NΝGREEK CAPITAL LETTER NU (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
Ξ926XΞGREEK CAPITAL LETTER XI (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
Ο927OΟGREEK CAPITAL LETTER OMICRON (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
Π928PΠGREEK CAPITAL LETTER PI (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
Ρ929RΡGREEK CAPITAL LETTER RHO (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
Σ931SΣGREEK CAPITAL LETTER SIGMA (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
Τ932TΤGREEK CAPITAL LETTER TAU (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
Υ933UΥGREEK CAPITAL LETTER UPSILON (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
Φ934FΦGREEK CAPITAL LETTER PHI (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
Χ935CΧGREEK CAPITAL LETTER CHI (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
Ψ936YΨGREEK CAPITAL LETTER PSI (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
Ω937WΩGREEK CAPITAL LETTER OMEGA (present in WGL4 and MacRoman, and in Symbol font)
Ϊ938:I GREEK CAPITAL LETTER IOTA WITH DIALYTIKA
Ϋ939:U GREEK CAPITAL LETTER UPSILON WITH DIALYTIKA
ά940`a GREEK SMALL LETTER ALPHA WITH TONOS
έ941`e GREEK SMALL LETTER EPSILON WITH TONOS
ή942`h GREEK SMALL LETTER ETA WITH TONOS
ί943`i GREEK SMALL LETTER IOTA WITH TONOS
ΰ944`:u or :`u GREEK SMALL LETTER UPSILON WITH DIALYTIKA AND TONOS
α945aαGREEK SMALL LETTER ALPHA (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
β946bβGREEK SMALL LETTER BETA (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
γ947gγGREEK SMALL LETTER GAMMA (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
δ948dδGREEK SMALL LETTER DELTA (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
ε949eεGREEK SMALL LETTER EPSILON (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
ζ950zζGREEK SMALL LETTER ZETA (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
η951eηGREEK SMALL LETTER ETA (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
θ952qθGREEK SMALL LETTER THETA (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
ι953iιGREEK SMALL LETTER IOTA (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
κ954kκGREEK SMALL LETTER KAPPA (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
λ955lλGREEK SMALL LETTER LAMDA (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
μ956mμGREEK SMALL LETTER MU (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
ν957nνGREEK SMALL LETTER NU (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
ξ958xξGREEK SMALL LETTER XI (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
ο959oοGREEK SMALL LETTER OMICRON (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
π960pπGREEK SMALL LETTER PI (present in WGL4 and MacRoman, and in Symbol font)
ρ961rρGREEK SMALL LETTER RHO (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
ς962V or sςGREEK SMALL LETTER FINAL SIGMA (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
σ963sσGREEK SMALL LETTER SIGMA (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
τ964tτGREEK SMALL LETTER TAU (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
υ965uυGREEK SMALL LETTER UPSILON (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
φ966fφGREEK SMALL LETTER PHI (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
χ967cχGREEK SMALL LETTER CHI (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
ψ968yψGREEK SMALL LETTER PSI (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
ω969wωGREEK SMALL LETTER OMEGA (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
ϊ970:i GREEK SMALL LETTER IOTA WITH DIALYTIKA (present in WGL4)
ϋ971:u GREEK SMALL LETTER UPSILON WITH DIALYTIKA (present in WGL4)
ό972`o GREEK SMALL LETTER OMICRON WITH TONOS (present in WGL4)
ύ973`u GREEK SMALL LETTER UPSILON WITH TONOS (present in WGL4)
ώ974`w GREEK SMALL LETTER OMEGA WITH TONOS (present in WGL4)

The symbol for the now defunct Greek currency is not within the Greek range but is included here for completion's sake:
CharacterDecimalTyping CodeEntityName
8367--- DRACHMA SIGN

But the Euro sign will probably come in handier these days:
CharacterDecimalTyping CodeEntityName
8364---€EURO SIGN

David Harris, April 2005