ASCII
ASCII character codes that I think will work for everybody. On many systems you can make these by holding down alt and typing the number of the character in question.
128 Ç 136 ê 144 É 152 ÿ 160 á 168 ¿
129 ü 137 ë 145 æ 153 Ö 161 í 169 ®
130 é 138 è 146 Æ 154 Ü 162 ó 170 ¬
131 â 139 ï 147 ô 155 ø 163 ú 171 ½
132 ä 140 î 148 ö 156 £ 164 ñ 172 ¼
133 à 141 ì 149 ò 157 Ø 165 Ñ 173 ¡
134 å 142 Ä 150 û 158 × 166 ª 174 «
135 ç 143 Å 151 ù 159 ƒ 167 º 175 »
In particular hoping that everyone sees 158 as a cross - the mathematics section needs something like that for cartesian products.