HTML Special Characters

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HTML Special Characters

This page contains a complete list of HTML Special Characters and the escape codes need to display them.

Contents 1 Frequently Used 2 Non-Numeric Special Characters 3 Numeric 0 to 47 4 Numeric 48 to 126 5 Numeric 127 to 175 6 Numeric 176 to 191 7 Non-English Letters Uppercase 8 Non-English Letters Lowercase 9 CSS and HTML Resources 9.1 General Resources 9.2 CSS Resources 9.3 HTML Resources 9.4 Scripting Resources 9.5 Templates 9.6 Fishcakes Wiki Reference Files

Frequently Used

Name	Num	Glyph	Description
&	&	&	ampersand
	@	@	at sign
—	—	—	em dash
 	 		nonbreaking space
©	©	©	copyright
«	«	«	left angle quote
»	»	»	right angle quote

Non-Numeric Special Characters

Name	Num	Glyph	Description
‘	‘	‘	left single quote
’		’	right single quote
‚	‘	‚	single low-9 quote
“		“	left double quote
”	‘	”	right double quote
„		„	double low-9 quote
†	‘	†	dagger
‡		‡	double dagger
‰	‘	‰	per mill sign
‹		‹	single left-pointing angle quote
›	‘	›	single right-pointing angle quote
♠		♠	black spade suit
♣	‘	♣	black club suit
♥		♥	black heart suit
♦	‘	♦	black diamond suit
‾		‾	overline, = spacing overscore
←	‘	←	leftward arrow
↑		↑	upward arrow
→	‘	→	rightward arrow
↓		↓	downward arrow
™	‘	™	trademark sign

Numeric 0 to 47

Name	Num	Glyph	Description
	� → 		unused
				horizontal tab
	& #10;	n/a	line feed
	& #11;	n/a	unused
	 		space
	!	!	exclamation mark
"	"	"	double quotation mark
	#	#	number sign
	$	$	dollar sign
	%	%	percent sign
&	&	&	ampersand
	'	'	apostrophe
‘	(	(	left parenthesis
	)	)	right parenthesis
	*	*	asterisk
	+	+	plus sign
	,	,	comma
	-	-	hyphen
	.	.	period
⁄	/	/	slash

Numeric 48 to 126

Name	Num	Glyph	Description
	0 → 9		digits 0-9
	:	:	colon
	&#59;	;	semicolon
&lt;	&#60;	<	less-than sign
	&#61;	=	equals sign
&gt;	&#62;	>	greater-than sign
	&#63;	?	question mark
	&#64;	@	at sign
	&#65; → &#90;		uppercase letters A-Z
	&#91;	[	left square bracket
	&#92;	\	backslash
	&#93;	]	right square bracket
	&#94;	^	caret
	&#95;	_	horizontal bar (underscore)
	&#96;	`	grave accent
	&#97; → &#122;		lowercase letters a-z
	&#123;	{	left curly brace
	&#124;	|	vertical bar
	&#125;	}	right curly brace
	&#126;	~	tilde

Numeric 127 to 175

Name	Num	Glyph	Description
	 → •	‘	unused
–	–	–	en dash
—	—	—	em dash
	˜ → Ÿ		unused
 	 		nonbreaking space
¡	¡	¡	inverted exclamation
¢	¢	¢	cent sign
£	£	£	pound sterling
¤	¤	¤	general currency sign
¥	¥	¥	yen sign
¦	¦	¦	broken vertical bar
&brkbar;	¦	¦	broken vertical bar
§	§	§	section sign
¨	¨	¨	umlaut
¨	¨	¨	umlaut
©	©	©	copyright
ª	ª	ª	feminine ordinal
«	«	«	left angle quote
¬	¬	¬	not sign
­	­	­	soft hyphen
®	®	®	registered trademark
¯	¯	¯	macron accent
&hibar;	¯	¯	macron accent

Numeric 176 to 191

Name	Num	Glyph	Description
°	°	°	degree sign
±	±	±	plus or minus
²	²	²	superscript two
³	³	³	superscript three
´	´	´	acute accent
µ	µ	µ	micro sign
¶	¶	¶	paragraph sign
·	·	·	middle dot
¸	¸	¸	cedilla
¹	¹	¹	superscript one
º	º	º	masculine ordinal
»	»	»	right angle quote
¼	¼	¼	one-fourth
½	½	½	one-half
¾	¾	¾	three-fourths
¿	¿	¿	inverted question mark

Non-English Letters Uppercase

Name	Num	Glyph	Description
À	À	À	uppercase A, grave accent
Á	Á	Á	uppercase A, acute accent
Â	Â	Â	uppercase A, circumflex accent
Ã	Ã	Ã	uppercase A, tilde
Ä	Ä	Ä	uppercase A, umlaut
Å	Å	Å	uppercase A, ring
Æ	Æ	Æ	uppercase AE
Ç	Ç	Ç	uppercase C, cedilla
È	È	È	uppercase E, grave accent
É	É	É	uppercase E, acute accent
Ê	Ê	Ê	uppercase E, circumflex accent
Ë	Ë	Ë	uppercase E, umlaut
Ì	Ì	Ì	uppercase I, grave accent
Í	Í	Í	uppercase I, acute accent
Î	Î	Î	uppercase I, circumflex accent
Ï	Ï	Ï	uppercase I, umlaut
Ð	Ð	Ð	uppercase Eth, Icelandic
Ñ	Ñ	Ñ	uppercase N, tilde
Ò	Ò	Ò	uppercase O, grave accent
Ó	Ó	Ó	uppercase O, acute accent
Ô	Ô	Ô	uppercase O, circumflex accent
Õ	Õ	Õ	uppercase O, tilde
Ö	Ö	Ö	uppercase O, umlaut
×	×	×	multiplication sign
Ø	Ø	Ø	uppercase O, slash
Ù	Ù	Ù	uppercase U, grave accent
Ú	Ú	Ú	uppercase U, acute accent
Û	Û	Û	uppercase U, circumflex accent
Ü	Ü	Ü	uppercase U, umlaut
Ý	Ý	Ý	uppercase Y, acute accent
Þ	Þ	Þ	uppercase THORN, Icelandic

Non-English Letters Lowercase

Name	Num	Glyph	Description
ß	ß	ß	lowercase sharps, German
à	à	à	lowercase a, grave accent
á	á	á	lowercase a, acute accent
â	â	â	lowercase a, circumflex accent
ã	ã	ã	lowercase a, tilde
ä	ä	ä	lowercase a, umlaut
å	å	å	lowercase a, ring
æ	æ	æ	lowercase ae
ç	ç	ç	lowercase c, cedilla
è	è	è	lowercase e, grave accent
é	é	é	lowercase e, acute accent
ê	ê	ê	lowercase e, circumflex accent
ë	ë	ë	lowercase e, umlaut
ì	ì	ì	lowercase i, grave accent
í	í	í	lowercase i, acute accent
î	î	î	lowercase i, circumflex accent
ï	ï	ï	lowercase i, umlaut
ð	ð	ð	lowercase eth, Icelandic
ñ	ñ	ñ	lowercase n, tilde
ò	ò	ò	lowercase o, grave accent
ó	ó	ó	lowercase o, acute accent
ô	ô	ô	lowercase o, circumflex accent
õ	õ	õ	lowercase o, tilde
ö	ö	ö	lowercase o, umlaut
÷	÷	÷	division sign
ø	ø	ø	lowercase o, slash
ù	ù	ù	lowercase u, grave accent
ú	ú	ú	lowercase u, acute accent
û	û	û	lowercase u, circumflex accent
ü	ü	ü	lowercase u, umlaut
ý	ý	ý	lowercase y, acute accent
þ	þ	þ	lowercase thorn, Icelandic
ÿ	ÿ	ÿ	lowercase y, umlaut

CSS and HTML Resources

General Resources

• local.google.com — Google Supported Browsers, if they support them, so should you.
• opensourcetemplates.org — Open Source Templates for free css and xhtml open source template design. Not much on offer yet.
• oswd.org — Open Source Web Designs download and share free web design templates.

CSS Resources

• jigsaw.w3.org — w3's CSS validator.
• w3schools.com — w3 School's CSS Language Guide.
• css-discuss.incutio.com — CSS Discuss Wiki's excellent guide to using CSS with code examples.
• positioniseverything.net — CSS browser fixes and workarounds.
• wendypeck.com — Wendy Peck's CSS 101 Tutorial with examples.

HTML Resources

• validator.w3.org — w3 XHTML validator.
• w3.org w3's Accessibility Guidelines.
• chami.com — animated favicon generator.
• favicon.co.uk — favicon generator.
• iconlet.com — simple search engine for free icons and images. Exceedingly useful!
• webmonkey.com — WebMonkey Developer's Guide. Exhaustive reference guide for HTML, CSS, Javascript, etc.
• webmonkey.com — WebMonkey HTML Special Characters reference.
• Keywords — generate up to 100 related keywords with estimate of daily search volume.

Scripting Resources

• dhtmlgoodies.com — library of very useful DHTML and Ajax scripts.
• w3schools.com Media Mime Types — list of MIME types supported by MS Internet Information Server.
• anyexample.com — free, tested scripts for PHP, Javascript and CSS.

Templates

• freecsstemplates.org — library of open source HTML and CSS templates.

Fishcakes Wiki Reference Files

These are examples from other sites but archived here as things on the web have a tendency to disappear.

• Creating Scalable Figures — guide to CSS Scaling. Also details HTML includes on page. Fishcakes Wiki Reference File.
• Fishcakes CSS Colours — Fishcakes Wiki Reference File. Fishcakes Wiki Reference File.
• Fishcakes Colours — Fishcakes Wiki Reference File. Fishcakes Wiki Reference File.