Using Special Character Codes
The use of WYSIWYG webpage editors and content management systems that have their own converters and cleaners has made the need for knowing these special character codes nearly obsolete. Even if you don't want the code, the character itself is easy to cut and paste. A handy reference.
| ASCII Entities with new Entity Names | ||||
| Result | Description | Entity Name | Entity No. | |
| " | quotation mark | &quo; | " | |
| ' | apostrophe | ' (not IE) | ' | |
| & | ampersand | & | & | |
| < | less-than | < | < | |
| > | greater-than | > | > | |
| ISO 8859-1 Symbol Entities | ||||
| Result | Description | Entity Name | Entity No. | |
| non-breaking space | |   | ||
| ¡ | inverted exclamation mark | ¡ | ¡ | |
| ¤ | currency | ¤ | ¤ | |
| ¢ | cent | ¢ | ¢ | |
| £ | pound | £ | £ | |
| ¥ | yen | ¥ | ¥ | |
| ¦ | broken vertical bar | ¦ | ¦ | |
| § | section | § | § | |
| ¨ | spacing diaeresis | ¨ | ¨ | |
| © | copyright | © | © | |
| ª | feminine ordinal indicator | ª | ª | |
| « | angle quotation mark (left) | « | « | |
| ¬ | negation | ¬ | ¬ | |
| | soft hyphen | ­ | ­ | |
| ® | registered trademark | ® | ® | |
| ™ | trademark | ™ | ™ | |
| ¯ | spacing macron | ¯ | ¯ | |
| ° | degree | ° | ° | |
| ± | plus-or-minus | ± | ± | |
| ² | superscript 2 | ² | ² | |
| ³ | superscript 3 | ³ | ³ | |
| ´ | spacing acute | ´ | ´ | |
| µ | micro | µ | µ | |
| ¶ | paragraph | ¶ | ¶ | |
| · | middle dot | · | · | |
| ¸ | spacing cedilla | ¸ | ¸ | |
| ¹ | superscript 1 | ¹ | ¹ | |
| º | masculine ordinal indicator | º | º | |
| » | angle quotation mark (right) | » | » | |
| ¼ | fraction 1/4 | ¼ | ¼ | |
| ½ | fraction 1/2 | ½ | ½ | |
| ¾ | fraction 3/4 | ¾ | ¾ | |
| ¿ | inverted question mark | ¿ | ¿ | |
| × | multiplication | × | × | |
| ÷ | division | ÷ | ÷ | |
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