Guides & Standards - Style - Resouces - Using Special Characters in Web Pages
The following is a table of extended characters with their HTML code and a short description. This list was obtained from the W3C's HTML 2.0 specification.
Character |
HTML |
Description |
| < | < | Less than |
| > | > | Greater than |
| & | & | Ampersand |
| " | " | Double quote |
| | Non-breaking space | |
| ® | ® | Registered Trademark |
| © | © | Copyright |
| tm | <SUP>tm</SUP> | Trademark |
| À | À | A, grave accent |
| Á | Á | A, acute accent |
| Â | Â | A, circumflex accent |
| Ã | Ã | A, tilde |
| Ä | Ä | A, dieresis or umlaut mark |
| Å | Å | A, ring |
| Æ | Æ | AE, dipthong (ligature) |
| Ç | Ç | C, cedilla |
| È | È | E, grave accent |
| É | É | E, acute accent |
| Ê | Ê | E, circumflex accent |
| Ë | Ë | E, dieresis or umlaut mark |
| Ì | Ì | I, grave accent |
| Í | Í | I, acute accent |
| Î | Î | I, circumflex accent |
| Ï | Ï | I, dieresis or umlaut mark |
| Ð | Ð | Eth, Icelandic |
| Ñ | Ñ | N, tilde |
| Ò | Ò | O, grave accent |
| Ó | Ó | O, acute accent |
| Ô | Ô | O, circumflex accent |
| Ö | Ö | O, dieresis or umlaut mark |
| Ù | Ù | U, grave accent |
| Ú | Ú | U, acute accent |
| Û | Û | U, circumflex accent |
| Ö | Ö | O, dieresis or umlaut mark |
| Ý | Ý | Y, acute accent |
| Þ | Þ | THORN, Icelandic |
| ß | ß | sharp s, German (sz ligature) |
