U+00C0 · Latin-1 Supplement

Latin Capital Letter a with Grave À

Capital A with grave is the uppercase form of à. In French it appears at the start of sentences and in all-caps text beginning with the preposition à, and it is common in Italian and Catalan capitals as well. Many French publishers once dropped accents on capitals, but the Académie française recommends keeping them, so À appears in modern signage and headlines.

WindowsAlt 0192

MacOption + ` (grave), then Shift + A

UnicodeU+00C0

HTMLÀ

ÀU+00C0

Character codes

Unicode code point	`U+00C0`
Decimal	`192`
HTML named entity	`À`
HTML (hex)	`À`
HTML (decimal)	`À`
CSS	`\00C0`
JavaScript	`\u00C0`
Python	`\u00C0`
UTF-8 bytes	`C3 80`
UTF-16	`00C0`
URL-encoded	`%C3%80`

Character details

Official name	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH GRAVE
Unicode block	Latin-1 Supplement
General category	Uppercase Letter (Lu)
SymbolHero category	Accented Letters
Decomposition	`U+0041 U+0300`
Lowercase	à a with Grave (à)
Emoji	No

How to type À

Windows

Hold Alt and type 0192 on the numeric keypad (Num Lock on), then release Alt. Alt 0192 uses the Windows-1252 code page.
In Microsoft Word or Outlook: type 00C0 then press Alt + X.
Open Character Map (search “Character Map” in Start), tick “Advanced view”, search for “latin capital letter a with grave”, then Select and Copy.

Mac

Press Option + ` (grave), then Shift + A (US English keyboard layout).
Press Control + Command + Space to open the Character Viewer, search “latin capital letter a with grave”, and double-click the result.
With the Unicode Hex Input keyboard enabled (System Settings → Keyboard → Input Sources), hold Option and type 00C0.

iPhone & Android

On iPhone and most Android keyboards, press and hold the A key and slide to À. On a Mac, holding the key down works the same way.
Tap Copy at the top of this page, then long-press where you want it and choose Paste.

Docs & web

Google Docs: Insert → Special characters, then search “latin capital letter a with grave” or enter U+00C0.
HTML: À or À
Excel / Google Sheets: =UNICHAR(192)

Examples

À bientôt !
À LA CARTE
À propos de nous
À votre santé

Good to know

Don’t mix it up: Often confused with Á (U+00C1), whose accent slants the opposite way, rising to the right.

Tip: Keep the accent in all-caps French headings; 'A LA CARTE' without it is common but considered less correct.

Display: the character itself is always the same code point, but its shape comes from the font on the device showing it. If you see an empty box, the font lacks this glyph—the text is still correct.