The letter T with an accent comes in four common precomposed forms: ţ ť Ţ Ť. None of them have a Windows Alt code, so the reliable route is Word’s Alt+X method (type the hex value, then press Alt+X) or a copy-paste.
On Mac, insert them from the Character Viewer. Both work in documents, spreadsheets, and most apps.
Two different accent marks are at play here. The cedilla hangs below the letter (ţ, Ţ), and the caron sits above it as a small check-mark shape (ť, Ť). They look nothing alike, but people search for both as “T with accent,” so this guide covers all four together.
Quick reference: every T with accent
| Glyph | Name | Unicode | Windows Alt code | Word (hex + Alt+X) | HTML |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ţ | Small t with cedilla | U+0163 | No standard Windows Alt code; Word: 0163 then Alt+X | 0163 then Alt+X | ţ |
| ť | Small t with caron | U+0165 | No standard Windows Alt code; Word: 0165 then Alt+X | 0165 then Alt+X | ť |
| Ţ | Capital T with cedilla | U+0162 | No standard Windows Alt code; Word: 0162 then Alt+X | 0162 then Alt+X | Ţ |
| Ť | Capital T with caron | U+0164 | No standard Windows Alt code; Word: 0164 then Alt+X | 0164 then Alt+X | Ť |
A note on the codes: the Word column uses hexadecimal, which is the same value as the Unicode code point without the “U+”. The HTML column uses decimal.
They are different numbers for the same character, so don’t swap one for the other. There is no genuine Windows Alt code for any of these four, and inventing one from the decimal value produces the wrong character or nothing at all.
Windows: no Alt code, so use these instead
Windows Alt codes only cover a fixed set of characters, and accented T is not in it. Plugging in a numeric keypad won’t change that. You have three working options on Windows.
- Emoji & symbol panel: press Win + . (Windows key plus period), click the Ω symbol tab, search “caron” or “cedilla,” and click the letter you need.
- Character Map: open the Start menu, type charmap, press Enter. Set the font to one with full coverage (Arial, Calibri), find the letter, click Select, then Copy.
- Copy from above: the fastest option for a one-off is the copy widget at the top of this page.
If you type these letters often, the on-screen accent keyboard lets you click the exact variant and paste it anywhere without memorising a code.
Mac: Character Viewer
Mac has no Alt codes at all. The standard US keyboard also has no dead-key shortcut for a cedilla or caron on T, so the Character Viewer is the dependable route.
- Place your cursor where the letter goes.
- Press Control + Command + Space to open the Character Viewer.
- Type caron or cedilla in the search box, or paste the letter to find its neighbours.
- Double-click the glyph to insert it.
To reuse a letter constantly, add a Text Replacement under System Settings → Keyboard → Text Replacements. Map something like ;tcaron to ť and it expands as you type across most Mac apps.
Word, Outlook, and OneNote: the Alt+X trick
This is the most reliable method on Windows for these four letters. Type the four-digit hex code, then immediately press Alt+X, and Word converts it in place.
- ţ → type 0163, press Alt+X
- ť → type 0165, press Alt+X
- Ţ → type 0162, press Alt+X
- Ť → type 0164, press Alt+X
If the character before your cursor is a letter or number, the codes can merge. Add a space, run Alt+X, then delete the space.
You can also go to Insert → Symbol → More Symbols, set the subset to Latin Extended-A, and pick the letter directly. The same Insert → Symbol route works in PowerPoint, which has no Alt+X shortcut of its own.
For a letter you type all the time, set up an AutoCorrect entry (File → Options → Proofing → AutoCorrect Options) so a shorthand like tcar becomes ť automatically.
Excel and Google Sheets
Neither the Alt+X trick nor a numeric Alt code works inside a spreadsheet cell, so use the character functions instead. They take the decimal code point.
=UNICHAR(355)→ ţ=UNICHAR(357)→ ť=UNICHAR(354)→ Ţ=UNICHAR(356)→ Ť
=UNICHAR() works the same way in both Excel and Google Sheets. Excel also has Insert → Symbol for a direct pick. Google Sheets has no Insert Symbol menu, so use the function or paste the glyph in; if you paste while editing a cell, press F2 first to enter edit mode.
Google Docs
Google Docs has a dedicated tool that beats hunting through code tables.
- Open Insert → Special characters.
- Type caron or cedilla in the search box, or draw the accent shape in the sketch pad on the right.
- Click the letter to drop it at the cursor.
Docs also lets you set your own substitutions under Tools → Preferences, which is handy if one of these letters appears repeatedly in a document.
iPhone and Android
On both phones, press and hold the T key on the on-screen keyboard. A small popup shows accented options; slide to the caron or cedilla variant and release. The exact set that appears depends on your active keyboard languages.
If the variant you need isn’t in the popup, add a Romanian or Slovak/Czech keyboard in your language settings, or set a text replacement (iPhone: Settings → General → Keyboard → Text Replacement; Android: Settings → System → Languages & input → Personal dictionary). Map a shortcut to ť or Ţ and it expands as you type.
Chromebook
ChromeOS has no Alt codes. Use the Unicode input shortcut: hold Ctrl + Shift + U, release, then type the hex code and press Enter or Space. An underlined u appears while you’re entering the code.
- ţ → Ctrl+Shift+U, then 0163
- ť → Ctrl+Shift+U, then 0165
- Ţ → Ctrl+Shift+U, then 0162
- Ť → Ctrl+Shift+U, then 0164
Type the code only, with no “U+” prefix. Some web text boxes swallow the shortcut; if it fails, use the emoji/symbol picker at Launcher + Shift + Space, or paste the character in.
Notion, Slack, Discord, and Canva
None of these apps has a built-in accent shortcut for T, so the answer in all four is the same: paste the glyph from the copy widget above, then make it permanent if you use it often.
- Slack: paste directly, or add a Slack text replacement so a code expands to the letter. The OS-level replacement (Mac Text Replacement, Windows PowerToys) also carries into Slack.
- Notion and Discord: paste works everywhere; there’s no native symbol menu. A system text replacement is the cleanest repeat solution.
- Canva: click into a text box and paste. Then check the font renders the accent (see below) — some display fonts drop it.
HTML and CSS for the web
Use the numeric HTML entities from the reference table, or the hex equivalents. Both render identically:
- ţ →
ţorţ - ť →
ťorť - Ţ →
ŢorŢ - Ť →
ŤorŤ
In CSS content, escape with a backslash and the hex value, for example content: "\165" for ť. Set your page to <meta charset="utf-8"> and you can usually paste the raw character straight into the markup without entities at all.
Precomposed letters vs combining marks
All four letters here are precomposed: each is a single Unicode code point that already includes the accent. That matters because the same-looking letter can also be built from two code points, a plain t followed by a combining mark (combining caron U+030C, or combining cedilla U+0327).
On screen, precomposed ť and the two-piece version look the same. Under the hood they’re different byte sequences. That difference bites in three places: a search or “find” may match one and miss the other, a filename can sort or fail unexpectedly, and a web form may reject or double-count the character.
The fix is normalization. Databases and languages have an NFC step that folds the two-piece form back into the single precomposed code point. When you copy from this page you always get the clean precomposed character, which is what you want for filenames, form fields, and search.
Troubleshooting T with accent
The letter shows as a box or question mark
That empty rectangle (□) or “? ” means the current font has no glyph for the character, not that you typed it wrong.
Switch to a font with wide Latin Extended-A coverage. Arial, Calibri, Times New Roman, Segoe UI, or DejaVu Sans all include ţ ť Ţ Ť. Decorative and display fonts often don’t.
You got a comma-below T instead of a cedilla
Romanian text uses a T with a comma below, which is a separate Unicode character from the T with cedilla (ţ, Ţ) covered here. Many fonts draw the cedilla and the comma almost identically, so they’re easy to confuse. If a Romanian spell-checker flags your letter, you likely need the comma-below form, not the cedilla-below one, pick the correct entry in the symbol menu rather than assuming they’re interchangeable.
Alt+X did nothing
Alt+X only works in Word, Outlook, and OneNote. It does nothing in Excel, PowerPoint, Google Docs, or a browser. Also check that no letter or digit is stuck to your hex code — add a space before pressing Alt+X, then delete it.
The Alt-code you found online produces the wrong character
Some pages list a decimal code point (355, 357) as though it were a Windows Alt code. It isn’t.
Typed as 0163 then Alt+X in Word on the keypad you’ll get something else entirely. These four letters have no genuine Alt code, use Alt+X, the emoji panel, or paste.
Where T with accent is used
The caron forms (ť, Ť) appear in Czech and Slovak. The cedilla forms (ţ, Ţ) show up in older Romanian typesetting and in transliteration systems. You’ll also meet them in personal and place names, in linguistic notation, and any time you’re copying a name exactly as spelled.
Related letters and guides
Once you’ve handled T, the same methods apply to its neighbours. A few readers land here after mixing these up with other accented consonants:
- How to type S with an accent mark, š and ş share the caron and cedilla marks you just learned.
- Typing R with accents, ř uses the same caron as ť.
- How to type V with an accent mark — for the same Latin Extended toolkit.
- Typing U with accents, a common companion in Czech and Slovak words.
- Q with accent: every way to type it, for the rarer accented consonants.
For the full picture, read the complete guide to typing accented letters, browse every guide on the accented letters page, or keep the click-to-copy accent keyboard open while you work.
Frequently asked questions
Is there any Windows Alt code for ţ or ť?
No. None of the four accented T letters has a standard Windows Alt code. Use Word’s Alt+X method (0163 then Alt+X for ţ), the Win + . emoji panel, Character Map, or copy the glyph from this page.
What’s the difference between the cedilla and the caron on T?
The cedilla is a hook that hangs below the letter (ţ, Ţ). The caron is a small check-mark shape above it (ť, Ť). They are separate marks with separate Unicode code points, so pick the one your text actually needs.
Why does my ţ look fine on my laptop but broken elsewhere?
The receiving app or font lacks the glyph. The character is still correct in the file, switching to a font like Arial or Calibri, or embedding the font in a PDF or Canva design, makes it display everywhere.
Can I type these letters in an Excel cell with Alt+X?
No. Alt+X is a Word feature only. In Excel, use =UNICHAR(355) for ţ, =UNICHAR(357) for ť, =UNICHAR(354) for Ţ, or =UNICHAR(356) for Ť, or paste the character.
Why won’t my ť match in a search or a form?
The text probably uses a plain t plus a combining caron (two code points) while your search uses the single precomposed ť, or the reverse. They look identical but differ in bytes. Normalizing the text to NFC, or pasting the precomposed letter from here, makes them match.
How do I type accented T on a phone without switching languages?
Long-press the T key to see accent options. If the exact variant isn’t offered, set up a text replacement in your keyboard settings that expands a short code into ţ, ť, Ţ, or Ť.
Is Romanian T the same as the T with cedilla here?
Not quite. Modern Romanian uses a T with a comma below, which is a distinct Unicode character from the T with cedilla (ţ, Ţ) on this page. Many fonts draw them nearly the same, so check which one your document or spell-checker expects.