HTML character set

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December 29th, 2009 Ashesh Leave a comment Go to comments

A handy reference table for HTML characters:

Decimal Code	Char	Description	Entity	Notes	PostScript Name
ISO-8859-1 Characters (Supplementary Characters in bottom section)
–		Unused
		Horizontal tab
		Line feed
–		Unused
		Carriage Return
–		Unused
		Space			space
!	!	Exclamation mark			exclam
"	“	Quotation mark	"		quotedbl
#	#	Number sign			numbersign
$	$	Dollar sign			dollar
%	%	Percent sign			percent
&	&	Ampersand	&		ampersand
'	‘	Apostrophe			quotesingle
(	(	Left parenthesis			parenleft
)	)	Right parenthesis			parenright
*	*	Asterisk			asterisk
+	+	Plus sign			plus
,	,	Comma			comma
-	-	Hyphen			hyphen
.	.	Period (fullstop)			period
/	/	Solidus			slash
0 – 9	0 – 9	Decimal digits
:	:	Colon			colon
;	;	Semi-colon			semicolon
<	<	Less than	<		less
=	=	Equals sign			equal
>	>	Greater than	>		greater
?	?	Question mark			question
@	@	Commercial at			at
A – Z	A – Z	Uppercase letters
[	[	Left square bracket			bracketleft
\	\	Reverse solidus			backslash
]	]	Right square bracket			bracketright
^	^	Caret			asciicircum
_	_	Horizontal bar			underscore
`	`	Grave accent			grave
a – z	a – z	Lowercase letters
{	{	Left curly brace			braceleft
\|	\|	Vertical bar			bar
}	}	Right curly brace			braceright
~	~	Tilde			asciitilde
–		Unused (truly!)
		Nonbreaking space			nbspace nobreakspace
À	À	Capital A, grave accent	À		Agrave
à	à	Small a, grave accent	à		agrave
Á	Á	Capital A, acute accent	Á		Aacute
á	á	Small a, acute accent	á		aacute
Â	Â	Capital A, circumflex accent	Â		Acircumflex
â	â	Small a, circumflex accent	â		acircumflex
Ã	Ã	Capital A, tilde	Ã		Atilde
ã	ã	Small a, tilde	ã		atilde
Ä	Ä	Capital A, dieresis or umlaut mark	Ä		Adieresis
ä	ä	Small a, dieresis or umlaut mark	ä		adieresis
Å	Å	Capital A, ring	Å		Aring
å	å	Small a, ring	å		aring
Æ	Æ	Capital AE dipthong (ligature)	Æ		AE
æ	æ	Small ae dipthong (ligature)	æ		ae
Ç	Ç	Capital C, cedilla	Ç		Ccedilla
ç	ç	Small c, cedilla	ç		ccedilla
Ð	ALT=”GIF: Ð”>	Capital Eth, Icelandic	Ð	c1	Eth
ð	ALT=”GIF: ð”>	Small eth, Icelandic	ð	c1	eth
È	È	Capital E, grave accent	È		Egrave
è	è	Small e, grave accent	è		egrave
É	É	Capital E, acute accent	É		Eacute
é	é	Small e, acute accent	é		eacute
Ê	Ê	Capital E, circumflex accent	Ê		Ecircumflex
ê	ê	Small e, circumflex accent	ê		ecircumflex
Ë	Ë	Capital E, dieresis or umlaut mark	Ë		Edieresis
ë	ë	Small e, dieresis or umlaut mark	ë		edieresis
Ì	Ì	Capital I, grave accent	Ì		Igrave
ì	ì	Small i, grave accent	ì		igrave
Í	Í	Capital I, acute accent	Í		Iacute
í	í	Small i, acute accent	&iacute		iacute
Î	Î	Capital I, circumflex accent	Î		Icircumflex
î	î	Small i, circumflex accent	î		icircumflex
Ï	Ï	Capital I, dieresis or umlaut mark	Ï		Idieresis
ï	ï	Small i, dieresis or umlaut mark	ï		idieresis
µ	µ	Micro sign	µ		mu
Ñ	Ñ	Capital N, tilde	Ñ		Ntilde
ñ	ñ	Small n, tilde	ñ		ntilde
Ò	Ò	Capital O, grave accent	Ò		Ograve
ò	ò	Small o, grave accent	ò		ograve
Ó	Ó	Capital O, acute accent	Ó		Oacute
ó	ó	Small o, acute accent	ó		oacute
Ô	Ô	Capital O, circumflex accent	Ô		Ocircumflex
ô	ô	Small o, circumflex accent	ô		ocircumflex
Õ	Õ	Capital O, tilde	Õ		Otilde
õ	õ	Small o, tilde	õ		otilde
Ö	Ö	Capital O, dieresis or umlaut mark	Ö		Odieresis
ö	ö	Small o, dieresis or umlaut mark	ö		odieresis
Ø	Ø	Capital O, slash	Ø		Oslash
ø	ø	Small o, slash	ø		oslash
ß	ß	Small sharp s, German (sz ligature)	ß		germandbls
Þ	ALT=”GIF: Þ”>	Capital THORN, Icelandic	Þ	c1	Thorn
þ	ALT=”GIF: þ”>	Small thorn, Icelandic	þ	c1	thorn
Ù	Ù	Capital U, grave accent	Ù		Ugrave
ù	ù	Small u, grave accent	ù		ugrave
Ú	Ú	Capital U, acute accent	Ú		Uacute
ú	ú	Small u, acute accent	ú		uacute
Û	Û	Capital U, circumflex accent	Û		Ucircumflex
û	û	Small u, circumflex accent	û		ucircumflex
Ü	Ü	Capital U, dieresis or umlaut mark	Ü		Udieresis
ü	ü	Small u, dieresis or umlaut mark	ü		udieresis
Ý	ALT=”GIF: Ý”>	Capital Y, acute accent	Ý	c1	Yacute
ý	ALT=”GIF: ý”>	Small y, acute accent	ý	c1	yacute
ÿ	ÿ	Small y, dieresis or umlaut mark	ÿ		ydieresis
¨	¨	Umlaut	¨		dieresis
¯	¯	Macron accent	¯		macron
´	´	Acute accent	´		acute
¸	¸	Cedilla	¸		cedilla
¡	¡	Inverted exclamation	¡		exclamdown
¿	¿	Inverted question mark	¿		questiondown
·	·	Middle dot	·		periodcentered
¦	ALT=”GIF: ¦”>	Broken vertical bar	¦	c1	brokenbar
«	«	Left angle quote	«		guillemotleft
»	»	Right angle quote	»		guillemotright
¶	¶	Paragraph sign	¶		paragraph
§	§	Section sign	§		section
©	©	Copyright	©		copyright copyrightserif
®	®	Registered trademark	®		registered registerserif
¹	ALT=”GIF: ¹”>	Superscript one	¹	c1	onesuperior
²	ALT=”GIF: ²”>	Superscript two	²	c1	twosuperior
³	ALT=”GIF: ³”>	Superscript three	³	c1	threesuperior
		Soft hyphen		e1	minus(?)
×	ALT=”GIF: ×”>	Multiply sign	×	c1	multiply
÷	÷	Division sign	÷		divide
¼	ALT=”GIF: ¼”>	Fraction one-fourth	¼	c1	onequarter
½	ALT=”GIF: ½”>	Fraction one-half	½	c1	onehalf
¾	ALT=”GIF: ¾”>	Fraction three-fourths	¾	c1	threequarters
ª	ª	Feminine ordinal	ª		ordfeminine
º	º	Masculine ordinal	º		ordmasculine
¬	¬	Not sign	¬		logicalnot
°	°	Degree sign	°		degree
±	±	Plus or minus	±		plusminus
¤	¤	General currency sign	¤		currency
¢	¢	Cent sign	¢		cent
£	£	Pound sterling	£		sterling
¥	¥	Yen sign	¥		yen
Supplementary Characters (Unicode UCS-2 is “charset=UNICODE-1-1″)
Δ	ALT=”GIF: Δ”>	delta	Δ	e0	Delta
ƒ	ALT=”GIF: ƒ”>	florin	&fnof;	e0	florin
Ω	ALT=”GIF: Ω”>	omega	Ω	e0	Omega
Œ	ALT=”GIF: Œ”>	OE ligature	&OElig;	e0	OE
œ	ALT=”GIF: œ”>	oe ligature	&oelig;	e0	oe
Š	ALT=”GIF: Š”>	Scaron	&Scaron;	e0	Scaron
š	ALT=”GIF: š”>	scaron	&scaron;	e0	scaron
Ÿ	ALT=”GIF: Ÿ”>	Ydieresis	&Yuml;	e0	Ydieresis
ı	ALT=”GIF: ı”>	dotless i	&inodot;	e0	dotlessi
ˆ	ALT=”GIF: ˆ”>	circumflex	&circ;	e0	circumflex
ˇ	ALT=”GIF: ˇ”>	caron	&caron;	e0	caron
˘	ALT=”GIF: ˘”>	breve	&breve;	e0	breve
˙	ALT=”GIF: ˙”>	dot accent	&dot;	e0	dotaccent
˚	ALT=”GIF: ˚”>	ring	&ring;	e0	ring
˛	ALT=”GIF: ˛”>	ogonek	&ogon;	e0	ogonek
˜	ALT=”GIF: ˜”>	tilde	&tilde;	e0	tilde
˝	ALT=”GIF: ˝”>	double acute accent	&dblac;	e0	hungarumlaut
–	ALT=”GIF: –”>	en dash	–	e1	endash
—	ALT=”GIF: —”>	em dash	—	e1	emdash
†	ALT=”GIF: †”>	dagger	&dagger;	e0	dagger
‡	ALT=”GIF: ‡”>	double dagger	&Dagger;	e0	daggerdbl
•	ALT=”GIF: •”>	bullet	•	e0	bullet
…	ALT=”GIF: …”>	ellipsis	…	e0	ellipsis
‘	ALT=”GIF: ‘”>	quote left	‘	e0	quoteleft
’	ALT=”GIF: ’”>	quote right	’	e0	quoteright
‚	ALT=”GIF: ‚”>	quote single base	&lsquor;	e0	quotesinglbase
“	ALT=”GIF: “”>	quote double left	“	e0	quotedblleft
”	ALT=”GIF: ””>	quote double right	”	e0	quotedblright
„	ALT=”GIF: „”>	quote double base	&ldquor;	e0	quotedblbase
‹	ALT=”GIF: ‹”>	guille single left	&lsaquo;	e?	guilsinglleft
›	ALT=”GIF: ›”>	guille single right	&rsaquo;	e?	guilsinglright
™	ALT=”GIF: ™”>	trademark, TM	™	e1	trademark trademarkserif
℠	ALT=”GIF: ℠”>	service mark, SM
℗	ALT=”GIF: ℗”>	sound recording copyright, (P)
√	ALT=”GIF: √”>	radical	√	e0	radical
∞	ALT=”GIF: ∞”>	infinity	∞	e0	infinity
∫	ALT=”GIF: ∫”>	integral	∫	e0	integral
∂	ALT=”GIF: ∂”>	partial differential	∂	e0	partialdiff
≅	ALT=”GIF: ≅”>	approximately equal	≈	e0	approxequal
≠	ALT=”GIF: ≠”>	not equal	≠	e0	notequal
≤	ALT=”GIF: ≤”>	less than or equal	≤	e0	lessequal
≥	ALT=”GIF: ≥”>	greater than or equal	≥	e0	greaterequal
Σ	ALT=”GIF: Σ”>	summation	∑	e0	summation
‰	ALT=”GIF: ‰”>	per thousand (mille)	&permil;	e0	perthousand
⁄	ALT=”GIF: ⁄”>	fraction separator			fraction
∏		product	∏	e0	product
π		pi	π	e0	pi
◊		lozenge (diamond)	&loz;	e0	lozenge
₣		franc			franc
		Apple logo			apple
⌘	ALT=”GIF: ⌘”>	command key
⌥	ALT=”GIF: ⌥”>	option key
☮	ALT=”GIF: ☮”>	peace symbol
☯	ALT=”GIF: ☯”>	yin yang