Never fear! Typing French accents is easier than it looks, and you don’t even need a French keyboard. Here’s the problem: French accent marks don’t appear on most US English keyboards. Since we live in the twenty-first century, it’s important to know how to type them too. However, learning how to read and write French accent marks is only part of the battle. Many English-speaking beginners’ reactions to them are along the lines of, “Do they really matter?” Accent marks are a required part of writing in French.