How to create cool MSN display names

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Created: Nov 10, 2005     Updated: Feb 11, 2008

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Create cool names that your friends aren't going to believe! ASCII has many special characters in it that many people don't know about. This recipe also has many tips that are going to help you think of a cool display name!

There are two ways you can create cool display names.


One way of accessing other symbols is by experimenting. To experiment you can use this technique:

1. Press Alt+a number combination (Try all sorts of combinations, I find that there are a lot of combinations in the 0160 range that can be used)
Make sure that you don't release the alt button in between!
As soon as you let go of the Alt button you can see your character symbol there.

Here are a few examples

Press Alt+0153 to get a ™ symbol
Press Alt+0169 to get a © symbol
Press Alt+0164 to get a ¤ symbol
Press Alt+0166 to get a ¦ symbol
And so on...

If you want a list of more of the symbols then use the list of symbols (Windows Character Map) in Microsoft Word

To access this:
1. Open Microsoft Word
2. Click on Insert on the menu bar
3. Then click on Symbols...

Then a box will pop up with all the symbols. Just double click on a symbol to paste it in the document. Then just copy and paste the symbol from your document.

Now all you need is a little creativity to put all these symbols together.

Most people either make a pattern out of these symbols around their name or make their name out of symbols.

Here are some examples I could come up with:

® | $ |-| Σ Я ž ™- Notice that this name is created completely using symbols, and I have spaced the symbols so that it is a bit easier to read.

[¸,ø¤º°`¦°º¤ø,¸ |The Risherz| ¸,ø¤º°`¦°º¤ø,¸]© ²ºº5 - Just a few symbols that I put together and repeated the same on the other side.

That's all there is to it!

To change you display name in msn just

1. Click on Tools
2. Click on Options...
3. Type in your display name or use Copy and Paste in the text box under
"Type your name as you want others to see it:"

Now when your friends sign onto MSN Messenger they are going to see your extremely cool display name!