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 | ||
 – Ÿ | 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 | |
 |  | Capital A, circumflex accent |  | Acircumflex | |
â | â | Small a, circumflex accent | â | acircumflex | |
à | à | Capital A, tilde | à | 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: Д> | 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 | í | 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 | ƒ | e0 | florin |
Ω | ALT=”GIF: Ω”> | omega | Ω | e0 | Omega |
Œ | ALT=”GIF: Œ”> | OE ligature | Œ | e0 | OE |
œ | ALT=”GIF: œ”> | oe ligature | œ | e0 | oe |
Š | ALT=”GIF: Š”> | Scaron | Š | e0 | Scaron |
š | ALT=”GIF: š”> | scaron | š | e0 | scaron |
Ÿ | ALT=”GIF: Ÿ”> | Ydieresis | Ÿ | e0 | Ydieresis |
ı | ALT=”GIF: ı”> | dotless i | ı | e0 | dotlessi |
ˆ | ALT=”GIF: ˆ”> | circumflex | ˆ | e0 | circumflex |
ˇ | ALT=”GIF: ˇ”> | caron | ˇ | e0 | caron |
˘ | ALT=”GIF: ˘”> | breve | ˘ | e0 | breve |
˙ | ALT=”GIF: ˙”> | dot accent | ˙ | e0 | dotaccent |
˚ | ALT=”GIF: ˚”> | ring | ˚ | e0 | ring |
˛ | ALT=”GIF: ˛”> | ogonek | ˛ | e0 | ogonek |
˜ | ALT=”GIF: ˜”> | tilde | ˜ | e0 | tilde |
˝ | ALT=”GIF: ˝”> | double acute accent | ˝ | e0 | hungarumlaut |
– | ALT=”GIF: –”> | en dash | – | e1 | endash |
— | ALT=”GIF: —”> | em dash | — | e1 | emdash |
† | ALT=”GIF: †”> | dagger | † | e0 | dagger |
‡ | ALT=”GIF: ‡”> | double 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 | ‚ | e0 | quotesinglbase |
“ | ALT=”GIF: “”> | quote double left | “ | e0 | quotedblleft |
” | ALT=”GIF: ””> | quote double right | ” | e0 | quotedblright |
„ | ALT=”GIF: „”> | quote double base | „ | e0 | quotedblbase |
‹ | ALT=”GIF: ‹”> | guille single left | ‹ | e? | guilsinglleft |
› | ALT=”GIF: ›”> | guille single right | › | 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) | ‰ | e0 | perthousand |
⁄ | ALT=”GIF: ⁄”> | fraction separator | fraction | ||
∏ | product | ∏ | e0 | product | |
π | pi | π | e0 | pi | |
◊ | lozenge (diamond) | ◊ | e0 | lozenge | |
₣ | franc | franc | |||
 | Apple logo | apple | |||
⌘ | ALT=”GIF: ⌘”> | command key | |||
⌥ | ALT=”GIF: ⌥”> | option key | |||
☮ | ALT=”GIF: ☮”> | peace symbol | |||
☯ | ALT=”GIF: ☯”> | yin yang |