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Getting special characters on to your web pages.
The following chart shows the high 8-bit ASCII printable character codes for use in your HTML web pages (NOTE: not all characters will show up on a particular browser/platform combination):
NOTE: Many (possibly all) browsers do not support the following control characters. If you see a character code instead of a character in the first column, then your browser does not support that particular code.
NOTE: Characters 128-160 are non-printable control codes on some platforms and printable characters on other platforms. The name codes for accented letters are case sensitive.
| Character | Numeric Code | Name Code | Notes |
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| € | € | N/A | Mac: asterisk |
| |  | N/A | Mac: asterisk |
| ‚ | ‚ | N/A | Mac & Windows: dropped single quote |
| ƒ | ƒ | N/A | Mac & Windows: function sign |
| „ | „ | N/A | Mac & Windows: dropped double quote |
| … | … | &ldots; | Mac & Windows: ellipses (three dots) |
| † | † | N/A | Mac & Windows: dagger |
| ‡ | ‡ | N/A | Mac & Windows: double dagger |
| ˆ | ˆ | ˆ | Mac & Windows: circumflex |
| ‰ | ‰ | N/A | Mac & Windows: salinity |
| Š | Š | N/A | Mac: UPPERCASE S; Windows: UPPERCASE S with breve mark |
| ‹ | ‹ | < | Mac & Windows: less than symbol or left tag mark |
| Π| Π| N/A | Mac & Windows: UPPERCASE OE diphthong |
| |  | N/A | Mac: asterisk |
| Ž | Ž | N/A | Mac: asterisk |
| |  | N/A | Mac: asterisk |
| |  | N/A | Mac: asterisk |
| ‘ | ‘ | N/A | Mac & Windows: left single quote mark |
| ’ | ’ | N/A | Mac & Windows: apostrophe (also right single quote mark) |
| “ | “ | N/A | Mac & Windows: left double quotation mark |
| ” | ” | N/A | Mac & Windows: right double quotation mark |
| • | • | N/A | Mac & Windows: solid bullet |
| – | – | – | Mac & Windows: en dash |
| — | — | — | Mac & Windows: em dash |
| ˜ | ˜ | N/A | Mac: tilde; Windows: right double quotation mark |
| ™ | ™ | ™ | Mac & Windows: trademark |
| š | š | N/A | Mac: lowercase s; Windows: lowercase s with breve mark |
| › | › | > | Mac & Windows: greater than or right tag mark |
| œ | œ | N/A | Mac & Windows: lowercase oe diphthong |
| |  | N/A | Mac: asterisk |
| ž | ž | N/A | Mac: asterisk |
| Ÿ | Ÿ | N/A | Mac & Windows: UPPERCASE Y with umlaut |
|   | | non-breaking space | |
| ¡ | ¡ | ¡ | inverted exclamation mark |
| ¢ | ¢ | ¢ | cent sign |
| £ | £ | £ | pound sterling sign |
| ¤ | ¤ | ¤ | general currency sign |
| ¥ | ¥ | ¥ | yen sign |
| ¦ | ¦ | ¦ | broken vertical bar (on some platforms this appears as a vertical bar) |
| § | § | § | section sign |
| ¨ | ¨ | ¨ | umlaut (or spacing dieresis) |
| © | © | © | copyright sign |
| ª | ª | ª | ordinal indicator, feminine |
| « | « | « | left angle quote mark |
| ¬ | ¬ | ¬ | not sign |
| | ­ | ­ | soft hyphen |
| ® | ® | ® | registered trademark sign |
| ¯ | ¯ | ¯ | spacing macron (also called high bar) |
| ° | ° | ° | degree sign |
| ± | ± | ± | plus-or-minus sign |
| ² | ² | ² | superscript 2 (squared sign) |
| ³ | ³ | ³ | superscript 3 (tripled sign) |
| ´ | ´ | ´ | accent acute |
| µ | µ | µ | micro sign |
| ¶ | ¶ | ¶ | pilcrow (also called paragraph sign) |
| · | · | · | middle dot (multiplication symbol) |
| ¸ | ¸ | ¸ | spacing cedilla |
| ¹ | ¹ | ¹ | superscript 1 |
| º | º | º | ordinal indicator, masculine |
| » | » | » | right angle quote mark |
| ¼ | ¼ | ¼ | Mac: lowercase pi; Windows: fraction one-quarter |
| ½ | ½ | ½ | Mac: UPPERCASE PI; Windows: fraction one-half |
| ¾ | ¾ | ¾ | Mac: less than or equal to sign; Windows: fraction three-quarters |
| ¿ | ¿ | ¿ | inverted question mark |
| À | À | À | UPPERCASE A with accent grave |
| Á | Á | Á | UPPERCASE A with accent acute |
| Â | Â | Â | UPPERCASE A with accent circumflex |
| Ã | Ã | Ã | UPPERCASE A with tilde |
| Ä | Ä | Ä | UPPERCASE A with dieresis (umlaut) |
| Å | Å | Å | UPPERCASE A with ring |
| Æ | Æ | Æ | UPPERCASE AE diphthong (ligature) |
| Ç | Ç | Ç | UPPERCASE C with cedilla |
| È | È | È | UPPERCASE E with accent grave |
| É | É | É | UPPERCASE E with accent acute |
| Ê | Ê | Ê | UPPERCASE E with accent circumflex |
| Ë | Ë | Ë | UPPERCASE E with umlaut (dieresis) |
| Ì | Ì | Ì | UPPERCASE I with accent grave |
| Í | Í | Í | UPPERCASE I with accent acute |
| Î | Î | Î | UPPERCASE I with accent circumflex |
| Ï | Ï | Ï | UPPERCASE I with umlaut (dieresis) |
| Ð | Ð | Ð | Mac: left angle quote mark; Windows: UPPERCASE Eth |
| Ñ | Ñ | Ñ | UPPERCASE N with tilde |
| Ò | Ò | Ò | UPPERCASE O with accent grave |
| Ó | Ó | Ó | UPPERCASE O with accent acute |
| Ô | Ô | Ô | UPPERCASE O with accent circumflex |
| Õ | Õ | Õ | UPPERCASE O with tilde |
| Ö | Ö | Ö | UPPERCASE O with umlaut (dieresis) |
| × | × | × | multiply sign |
| Ø | Ø | Ø | UPPERCASE O with slash |
| Ù | Ù | Ù | UPPERCASE U with accent grave |
| Ú | Ú | Ú | UPPERCASE U with accent acute |
| Û | Û | Û | UPPERCASE U with accent circumflex |
| Ü | Ü | Ü | UPPERCASE U with umlaut (dieresis) |
| Ý | Ý | &YAcute; | Mac: single dagger; Windows: UPPERCASE Y with accent acute |
| Þ | Þ | Þ | Mac: lowercase fi ligature; Windows: UPPERCASE Thorn |
| ß | ß | ß | sharp or double s (sz ligature) |
| à | à | à | lowercase a with accent grave |
| á | á | á | lowercase a with accent acute |
| â | â | â | lowercase a with accent circumflex |
| ã | ã | ã | lowercase a with tilde |
| ä | ä | ä | lowercase a with umlaut (dieresis) |
| å | å | å | lowercase a with ring |
| æ | æ | æ | lowercase ae diphthong (ligature) |
| ç | ç | ç | lowercase c with cedilla |
| è | è | è | lowercase e with accent grave |
| é | é | é | lowercase e with accent acute |
| ê | ê | ê | lowercase e with accent circumflex |
| ë | ë | ë | lowercase e with umlaut (dieresis) |
| ì | ì | ì | lowercase i with accent grave |
| í | í | í | lowercase i with accent acute |
| î | î | î | lowercase i with accent circumflex |
| ï | ï | ï | lowercase i with umlaut (dieresis) |
| ð | ð | ð | lowercase eth |
| ñ | ñ | ñ | lowercase n with tilde |
| ò | ò | ò | lowercase o with accent grave |
| ó | ó | ó | lowercase o with accent acute |
| ô | ô | ô | lowercase o with accent circumflex |
| õ | õ | õ | lowercase o with tilde |
| ö | ö | ö | lowercase o with umlaut (dieresis) |
| ÷ | ÷ | ÷ | division sign |
| ø | ø | ø | lowercase o with slash |
| ù | ù | ù | lowercase u with accent grave |
| ú | ú | ú | lowercase u with accent acute |
| û | û | û | lowercase u with accent circumflex |
| ü | ü | ü | lowercase u with umlaut (dieresis) |
| ý | ý | ý | Mac: double dagger; Windows: lowercase y with accent acute |
| þ | þ | þ | Mac: lowercase fl ligature; Windows: lowercase thorn |
| ÿ | ÿ | ÿ | lowercase y with umlaut (dieresis) |
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