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.

Character	Decimal	Typing Code	Entity	Name
;	894	;		GREEK QUESTION MARK
΄	900	---		GREEK TONOS (present in WGL4)
΅	901	---		GREEK DIALYTIKA TONOS (present in WGL4)
Ά	902	`A		GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ALPHA WITH TONOS (present in WGL4)
·	903	---		GREEK ANO TELEIA (present in WGL4)
Έ	904	`E		GREEK CAPITAL LETTER EPSILON WITH TONOS (present in WGL4)
Ή	905	`H		GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ETA WITH TONOS (present in WGL4)
Ί	906	`I		GREEK CAPITAL LETTER IOTA WITH TONOS (present in WGL4)
Ό	908	`O		GREEK CAPITAL LETTER OMICRON WITH TONOS (present in WGL4)
Ύ	910	`U		GREEK CAPITAL LETTER UPSILON WITH TONOS (present in WGL4)
Ώ	911	`W		GREEK CAPITAL LETTER OMEGA WITH TONOS (present in WGL4)
ΐ	912	`:i or :`i		GREEK SMALL LETTER IOTA WITH DIALYTIKA AND TONOS (present in WGL4)
Α	913	A	Α	GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ALPHA (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
Β	914	B	Β	GREEK CAPITAL LETTER BETA (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
Γ	915	G	Γ	GREEK CAPITAL LETTER GAMMA (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
Δ	916	D	Δ	GREEK CAPITAL LETTER DELTA (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
Ε	917	E	Ε	GREEK CAPITAL LETTER EPSILON (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
Ζ	918	Z	Ζ	GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ZETA (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
Η	919	E	Η	GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ETA (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
Θ	920	Q	Θ	GREEK CAPITAL LETTER THETA (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
Ι	921	I	Ι	GREEK CAPITAL LETTER IOTA (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
Κ	922	K	Κ	GREEK CAPITAL LETTER KAPPA (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
Λ	923	L	Λ	GREEK CAPITAL LETTER LAMDA (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
Μ	924	M	Μ	GREEK CAPITAL LETTER MU (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
Ν	925	N	Ν	GREEK CAPITAL LETTER NU (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
Ξ	926	X	Ξ	GREEK CAPITAL LETTER XI (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
Ο	927	O	Ο	GREEK CAPITAL LETTER OMICRON (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
Π	928	P	Π	GREEK CAPITAL LETTER PI (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
Ρ	929	R	Ρ	GREEK CAPITAL LETTER RHO (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
Σ	931	S	Σ	GREEK CAPITAL LETTER SIGMA (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
Τ	932	T	Τ	GREEK CAPITAL LETTER TAU (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
Υ	933	U	Υ	GREEK CAPITAL LETTER UPSILON (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
Φ	934	F	Φ	GREEK CAPITAL LETTER PHI (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
Χ	935	C	Χ	GREEK CAPITAL LETTER CHI (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
Ψ	936	Y	Ψ	GREEK CAPITAL LETTER PSI (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
Ω	937	W	Ω	GREEK CAPITAL LETTER OMEGA (present in WGL4 and MacRoman, and in Symbol font)
Ϊ	938	:I		GREEK CAPITAL LETTER IOTA WITH DIALYTIKA
Ϋ	939	:U		GREEK CAPITAL LETTER UPSILON WITH DIALYTIKA
ά	940	`a		GREEK SMALL LETTER ALPHA WITH TONOS
έ	941	`e		GREEK SMALL LETTER EPSILON WITH TONOS
ή	942	`h		GREEK SMALL LETTER ETA WITH TONOS
ί	943	`i		GREEK SMALL LETTER IOTA WITH TONOS
ΰ	944	`:u or :`u		GREEK SMALL LETTER UPSILON WITH DIALYTIKA AND TONOS
α	945	a	α	GREEK SMALL LETTER ALPHA (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
β	946	b	β	GREEK SMALL LETTER BETA (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
γ	947	g	γ	GREEK SMALL LETTER GAMMA (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
δ	948	d	δ	GREEK SMALL LETTER DELTA (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
ε	949	e	ε	GREEK SMALL LETTER EPSILON (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
ζ	950	z	ζ	GREEK SMALL LETTER ZETA (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
η	951	e	η	GREEK SMALL LETTER ETA (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
θ	952	q	θ	GREEK SMALL LETTER THETA (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
ι	953	i	ι	GREEK SMALL LETTER IOTA (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
κ	954	k	κ	GREEK SMALL LETTER KAPPA (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
λ	955	l	λ	GREEK SMALL LETTER LAMDA (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
μ	956	m	μ	GREEK SMALL LETTER MU (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
ν	957	n	ν	GREEK SMALL LETTER NU (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
ξ	958	x	ξ	GREEK SMALL LETTER XI (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
ο	959	o	ο	GREEK SMALL LETTER OMICRON (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
π	960	p	π	GREEK SMALL LETTER PI (present in WGL4 and MacRoman, and in Symbol font)
ρ	961	r	ρ	GREEK SMALL LETTER RHO (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
ς	962	V or s	&sigmaf;	GREEK SMALL LETTER FINAL SIGMA (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
σ	963	s	σ	GREEK SMALL LETTER SIGMA (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
τ	964	t	τ	GREEK SMALL LETTER TAU (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
υ	965	u	υ	GREEK SMALL LETTER UPSILON (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
φ	966	f	φ	GREEK SMALL LETTER PHI (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
χ	967	c	χ	GREEK SMALL LETTER CHI (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
ψ	968	y	ψ	GREEK SMALL LETTER PSI (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
ω	969	w	ω	GREEK SMALL LETTER OMEGA (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font)
ϊ	970	:i		GREEK SMALL LETTER IOTA WITH DIALYTIKA (present in WGL4)
ϋ	971	:u		GREEK SMALL LETTER UPSILON WITH DIALYTIKA (present in WGL4)
ό	972	`o		GREEK SMALL LETTER OMICRON WITH TONOS (present in WGL4)
ύ	973	`u		GREEK SMALL LETTER UPSILON WITH TONOS (present in WGL4)
ώ	974	`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:

Character	Decimal	Typing Code	Entity	Name
₯	8367	---		DRACHMA SIGN

But the Euro sign will probably come in handier these days:

Character	Decimal	Typing Code	Entity	Name
€	8364	---	€	EURO SIGN

David Harris, April 2005