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Printing Special Characters In HTML Documents
Many special characters can be printed in your web pages by typing an ampersand, a code, and then a semi-colon.
Here is a list of some commonly used non-keyboard character names and how to print them in web pages.
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Character name |
Code |
Symbol |
|---|---|---|
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Cent sign |
¢ |
¢ |
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Copyright symbol |
© |
© |
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Non-breaking Space |
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Pound sterling sign |
£ |
£ |
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Section sign |
§ |
§ |
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Trademark symbol |
™ |
™ |
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Registered trademark |
® |
® |
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Paragraph sign |
¶ |
¶ |
Special Characters
This coded character set is based on ISO-8859-1. The alternative code
references are based on
ISO-8879
,
which is a newer proposed standard but as yet unfinished.
N.B. Codes #48 - #57 are the numbers 0 to 9, #65 - #90 are the upper letters A to Z and #97 - #122 are the lower case letters a to z.
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Symbol |
Reference |
Description |
Alternative |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 	 | Horizontal tab | |||
| | Line feed | |||
| | Carriage Return | |||
|   | Space | |||
| ! | ! | Exclamation mark | ||
| " | " | Quotation mark | " | " |
| # | # | Number sign | ||
| $ | $ | Dollar sign | ||
| % | % | Percent sign | ||
| & | & | Ampersand | & | & |
| ' | ' | Apostrophe (straight) | ||
| ( | ( | Left parenthesis | ||
| ) | ) | Right parenthesis | ||
| * | * | Asterisk | ||
| + | + | Plus sign | ||
| , | , | Comma | ||
| - | - | Hyphen | ||
| . | . | Period (fullstop) | ||
| / | / | Solidus (slash) | ||
| : | : | Colon | ||
| ; | ; | Semi-colon | ||
| < | < | Less than | < | < |
| = | = | Equals sign | ||
| > | > | Greater than | > | > |
| ? | ? | Question mark | ||
| @ | @ | Commercial at | ||
| [ | [ | Left square bracket | ||
| \ | \ | Reverse solidus (backslash) | ||
| ] | ] | Right square bracket | ||
| ^ | ^ | Caret | ||
| _ | _ | Horizontal bar (underscore) | ||
| ` | ` | Acute accent | ||
| { | { | Left curly brace | ||
| | | | | Vertical bar | ||
| } | } | Right curly brace | ||
| ~ | ~ | Tilde | ||
| ‚ | ‚ | Lower apostrophe | ||
| ƒ | ƒ | f symbol | ||
| „ | „ | Lower inverted commas | ||
| … | … | Ellipsis | ||
| † | † | single cross | ||
| ‡ | ‡ | Double cross | ||
| ˆ | ˆ | Eastern European inflection | ||
| ‰ | ‰ | Extended percent sign | ||
| Š | Š | Eastern European capital S | ||
| ‹ | ‹ | Small less-than symbol | ||
| Π| Π| Capital OE | ||
| ‘ | ‘ | Apostrophe (left) | ||
| ’ | ’ | Apostrophe (right) | ||
| “ | “ | Inverted commas (left) | ||
| ” | ” | Inverted commas (right) | ||
| • | • | Round bullet | ||
| – | – | En dash | ||
| — | — | Em dash | ||
| ˜ | ˜ | Small tilde | ||
| ™ | ™ | Trademark symbol | ™ | ™ |
| š | š | Eastern European small S | ||
| › | › | Small greater-than symbol | ||
| œ | œ | Lower case oe | ||
| Ÿ | Ÿ | Y umlaut | ||
|   | Non-breaking Space | | ||
| ¡ | ¡ | Inverted exclamation | ¡ | ¡ |
| ¢ | ¢ | Cent sign | ¢ | ¢ |
| £ | £ | Pound sterling | £ | £ |
| ¤ | ¤ | General currency sign | ¤ | ¤ |
| ¥ | ¥ | Yen sign | ¥ | ¥ |
| ¦ | ¦ | Broken vertical bar | ¦ | ¦ |
| § | § | Section sign | § | § |
| ¨ | ¨ | Umlaut (dieresis) | ¨ ¨ |
¨ ¨ |
| © | © | Copyright | © | © |
| ª | ª | Feminine ordinal | ª | ª |
| « | « | Left angle quote, guillemotleft | « | « |
| ¬ | ¬ | Not sign | ¬ | ¬ |
| | ­ | Soft hyphen | ­ | ­ |
| ® | ® | Registered trademark | ® | ® |
| ¯ | ¯ | Macron accent | ¯ &hibar; |
¯ &hibar; |
| ° | ° | Degree sign | ° | ° |
| ± | ± | Plus or minus | ± | ± |
| ² | ² | Superscript two | ² | ² |
| ³ | ³ | Superscript three | ³ | ³ |
| ´ | ´ | Acute accent | ´ | ´ |
| µ | µ | Micro sign | µ | µ |
| ¶ | ¶ | Paragraph sign | ¶ | ¶ |
| · | · | Middle dot | · | · |
| ¸ | ¸ | Cedilla | ¸ | ¸ |
| ¹ | ¹ | Superscript one | ¹ | ¹ |
| º | º | Masculine ordinal | º | º |
| » | » | Right angle quote, guillemotright | » | » |
| ¼ | ¼ | Fraction one-quarter | ¼ | ¼ |
| ½ | ½ | Fraction one-half | ½ | ½ |
| ¾ | ¾ | Fraction three-quarters | ¾ | ¾ |
| ¿ | ¿ | Inverted question mark | ¿ | ¿ |
| À | À | Capital A, grave accent | À | À |
| Á | Á | Capital A, acute accent | Á | Á |
| Â | Â | Capital A, circumflex accent | Â | Â |
| Ã | Ã | Capital A, tilde | Ã | Ã |
| Ä | Ä | Capital A, dieresis or umlaut mark | Ä | Ä |
| Å | Å | Capital A, ring | Å | Å |
| Æ | Æ | Capital AE dipthong (ligature) | Æ | Æ |
| Ç | Ç | Capital C, cedilla | Ç | Ç |
| È | È | Capital E, grave accent | È | È |
| É | É | Capital E, acute accent | É | É |
| Ê | Ê | Capital E, circumflex accent | Ê | Ê |
| Ë | Ë | Capital E, dieresis or umlaut mark | Ë | Ë |
| Ì | Ì | Capital I, grave accent | Ì | Ì |
| Í | Í | Capital I, acute accent | Í | Í |
| Î | Î | Capital I, circumflex accent | Î | Î |
| Ï | Ï | Capital I, dieresis or umlaut mark | Ï | Ï |
| Ð | Ð | Capital Eth, Icelandic | ð | ð |
| Ñ | Ñ | Capital N, tilde | Ñ | Ñ |
| Ò | Ò | Capital O, grave accent | Ò | Ò |
| Ó | Ó | Capital O, acute accent | Ó | Ó |
| Ô | Ô | Capital O, circumflex accent | Ô | Ô |
| Õ | Õ | Capital O, tilde | Õ | Õ |
| Ö | Ö | Capital O, dieresis or umlaut mark | Ö | Ö |
| × | × | Multiply sign | × | × |
| Ø | Ø | Capital O, slash | Ø | Ø |
| Ù | Ù | Capital U, grave accent | Ù | Ù |
| Ú | Ú | Capital U, acute accent | Ú | Ú |
| Û | Û | Capital U, circumflex accent | Û | Û |
| Ü | Ü | Capital U, dieresis or umlaut mark | Ü | Ü |
| Ý | Ý | Capital Y, acute accent | Ý | Ý |
| Þ | Þ | Capital Thorn, Icelandic | þ | þ |
| ß | ß | Small sharp s, German (sz ligature) | ß | ß |
| à | à | Small a, grave accent | à | à |
| á | á | Small a, acute accent | á | á |
| â | â | Small a, circumflex accent | â | â |
| ã | ã | Small a, tilde | ã | ã |
| ä | ä | Small a, dieresis or umlaut mark | ä | ä |
| å | å | Small a, ring | å | å |
| æ | æ | Small ae dipthong (ligature) | æ | æ |
| ç | ç | Small c, cedilla | ç | ç |
| è | è | Small e, grave accent | è | è |
| é | é | Small e, acute accent | é | é |
| ê | ê | Small e, circumflex accent | ê | ê |
| ë | ë | Small e, dieresis or umlaut mark | ë | ë |
| ì | ì | Small i, grave accent | ì | ì |
| í | í | Small i, acute accent | í | í |
| î | î | Small i, circumflex accent | î | î |
| ï | ï | Small i, dieresis or umlaut mark | ï | ï |
| ð | ð | Small eth, Icelandic | ð | ð |
| ñ | ñ | Small n, tilde | ñ | ñ |
| ò | ò | Small o, grave accent | ò | ò |
| ó | ó | Small o, acute accent | ó | ó |
| ô | ô | Small o, circumflex accent | ô | ô |
| õ | õ | Small o, tilde | õ | õ |
| ö | ö | Small o, dieresis or umlaut mark | ö | ö |
| ÷ | ÷ | Division sign | ÷ | ÷ |
| ø | ø | Small o, slash | ø | ø |
| ù | ù | Small u, grave accent | ù | ù |
| ú | ú | Small u, acute accent | ú | ú |
| û | û | Small u, circumflex accent | û | û |
| ü | ü | Small u, dieresis or umlaut mark | ü | ü |
| ý | ý | Small y, acute accent | ý | ý |
| þ | þ | Small thorn, Icelandic | þ | þ |
| ÿ | ÿ | Small y, dieresis or umlaut mark | ÿ | ÿ |