In terms of writing obscure letters with keyboards, I believe it is cheating to use Alt-codes. I do not use them, and I can create all of these with my keyboard (not including the normal keys):
by just pressing up to 3 keys together at the same time:
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by pressing up to 3 keys together, followed by another key (dead keys):
ŸůŮĩũĨŨāēīōūĀĒĪŌŪćĺńŕśźĆ ĹŃŔŚŹűŰčďěľňřšťžČĎĚĽŇŘŠŤŽ ăğĂĞ
My keyboard is not special either:
http://toribash.reversers.org/qwerty...c-keyboard.jpg