How to read this table. The columns are
- 1st:
- textual description of the character
- 2nd:
- character inserted directly into the HTML page as one byte
- 3rd:
- character written as numeric HTML entity, in the format:
\"how it looks literally\" --> \"what your browser does with
it\"
- 4th:
- character written as symbolic HTML entity, in the format:
\"how it looks literally\" --> \"what your browser does with
it\"
So for example, if you see something like \"
÷ --> ÷\"
in the 4th column, this means your browser doesn't know about the entity name
\"divide\" and just puts it literally.
This table grew out of an overview of the \"ISO Latin-1 Character
Set\" overview related to the Hyper-G Text Format (HTF).
The entity names &brkbar; and Đ seem
to be unique to HTF. The entity name &hibar; has been supported
by X Mosaic but seems to be replaced with ¯. The entity
names ¨ and ¨ should be equivalent.
The standards stuff: The HTML
2.0 Standard includes a section on Character
Entity Sets and an overview on the HTML
Coded Character Set (The entity names are derived from ISO
8879).
Or have a look at the Latin-1
Character Entities as listed in an draft for the HTML
3.0 specification.
The Appendix
II of CERN's HTML+
Discussion Document contains a table
(in PostScript format) of the proposed character entities for HTML+ and their
corresponding character codes for Unicode and the Adobe Latin-1 & Symbol
character sets.
Please note that there is nothing wrong with using characters
of ISO Latin-1 above 127: the normal transmission protocol for the WWW, HTTP/1.0,
uses the 8bit ISO latin-1 as default encoding. (Thanks to Roman Czyborra for
pointing this out!)
Description Code Entity name
=================================== ============ ==============
quotation mark " --> " " --> "
ampersand & --> & & --> &
less-than sign < --> < < --> <
greater-than sign > --> > > --> >
Description Char Code Entity name
=================================== ==== ============ ==============
non-breaking space   --> -->
inverted exclamation ¡ ¡ --> ¡ ¡ --> ¡
cent sign ¢ ¢ --> ¢ ¢ --> ¢
pound sterling £ £ --> £ £ --> £
general currency sign ¤ ¤ --> ¤ ¤ --> ¤
yen sign ¥ ¥ --> ¥ ¥ --> ¥
broken vertical bar ¦ ¦ --> ¦ ¦ --> ¦
&brkbar; --> &brkbar;
section sign § § --> § § --> §
umlaut (dieresis) ¨ ¨ --> ¨ ¨ --> ¨
¨ --> ¨
copyright © © --> © © --> ©
feminine ordinal ª ª --> ª ª --> ª
left angle quote, guillemotleft « « --> « « --> «
not sign ¬ ¬ --> ¬ ¬ --> ¬
soft hyphen ­ --> ­ -->
registered trademark ® ® --> ® ® --> ®
macron accent ¯ ¯ --> ¯ ¯ --> ¯
&hibar; --> &hibar;
degree sign ° ° --> ° ° --> °
plus or minus ± ± --> ± ± --> ±
superscript two ² ² --> ² ² --> ²
superscript three ³ ³ --> ³ ³ --> ³
acute accent ´ ´ --> ´ ´ --> ´
micro sign µ µ --> µ µ --> µ
paragraph sign ¶ ¶ --> ¶ ¶ --> ¶
middle dot · · --> · · --> ·
cedilla ¸ ¸ --> ¸ ¸ --> ¸
superscript one ¹ ¹ --> ¹ ¹ --> ¹
masculine ordinal º º --> º º --> º
right angle quote, guillemotright » » --> » » --> »
fraction one-fourth ¼ ¼ --> ¼ ¼ --> ¼
fraction one-half ½ ½ --> ½ ½ --> ½
fraction three-fourths ¾ ¾ --> ¾ ¾ --> ¾
inverted question mark ¿ ¿ --> ¿ ¿ --> ¿
capital A, grave accent À À --> À À --> À
capital A, acute accent Á Á --> Á Á --> Á
capital A, circumflex accent   -->   --> Â
capital A, tilde à à --> à à --> Ã
capital A, dieresis or umlaut mark Ä Ä --> Ä Ä --> Ä
capital A, ring Å Å --> Å Å --> Å
capital AE diphthong (ligature) Æ Æ --> Æ Æ --> Æ
capital C, cedilla Ç Ç --> Ç Ç --> Ç
capital E, grave accent È È --> È È --> È
capital E, acute accent É É --> É É --> É
capital E, circumflex accent Ê Ê --> Ê Ê --> Ê
capital E, dieresis or umlaut mark Ë Ë --> Ë Ë --> Ë
capital I, grave accent Ì Ì --> Ì Ì --> Ì
capital I, acute accent Í Í --> Í Í --> Í
capital I, circumflex accent Î Î --> Î Î --> Î
capital I, dieresis or umlaut mark Ï Ï --> Ï Ï --> Ï
capital Eth, Icelandic Ð Ð --> Ð Ð --> Ð
Đ --> Đ
capital N, tilde Ñ Ñ --> Ñ Ñ --> Ñ
capital O, grave accent Ò Ò --> Ò Ò --> Ò
capital O, acute accent Ó Ó --> Ó Ó --> Ó
capital O, circumflex accent Ô Ô --> Ô Ô --> Ô
capital O, tilde Õ Õ --> Õ Õ --> Õ
capital O, dieresis or umlaut mark Ö Ö --> Ö Ö --> Ö
multiply sign × × --> × × --> ×
capital O, slash Ø Ø --> Ø Ø --> Ø
capital U, grave accent Ù Ù --> Ù Ù --> Ù
capital U, acute accent Ú Ú --> Ú Ú --> Ú
capital U, circumflex accent Û Û --> Û Û --> Û
capital U, dieresis or umlaut mark Ü Ü --> Ü Ü --> Ü
capital Y, acute accent Ý Ý --> Ý Ý --> Ý
capital THORN, Icelandic Þ Þ --> Þ Þ --> Þ
small sharp s, German (sz ligature) ß ß --> ß ß --> ß
small a, grave accent à à --> à à --> à
small a, acute accent á á --> á á --> á
small a, circumflex accent â â --> â â --> â
small a, tilde ã ã --> ã ã --> ã
small a, dieresis or umlaut mark ä ä --> ä ä --> ä
small a, ring å å --> å å --> å
small ae diphthong (ligature) æ æ --> æ æ --> æ
small c, cedilla ç ç --> ç ç --> ç
small e, grave accent è è --> è è --> è
small e, acute accent é é --> é é --> é
small e, circumflex accent ê ê --> ê ê --> ê
small e, dieresis or umlaut mark ë ë --> ë ë --> ë
small i, grave accent ì ì --> ì ì --> ì
small i, acute accent í í --> í í --> í
small i, circumflex accent î î --> î î --> î
small i, dieresis or umlaut mark ï ï --> ï ï --> ï
small eth, Icelandic ð ð --> ð ð --> ð
small n, tilde ñ ñ --> ñ ñ --> ñ
small o, grave accent ò ò --> ò ò --> ò
small o, acute accent ó ó --> ó ó --> ó
small o, circumflex accent ô ô --> ô ô --> ô
small o, tilde õ õ --> õ õ --> õ
small o, dieresis or umlaut mark ö ö --> ö ö --> ö
division sign ÷ ÷ --> ÷ ÷ --> ÷
small o, slash ø ø --> ø ø --> ø
small u, grave accent ù ù --> ù ù --> ù
small u, acute accent ú ú --> ú ú --> ú
small u, circumflex accent û û --> û û --> û
small u, dieresis or umlaut mark ü ü --> ü ü --> ü
small y, acute accent ý ý --> ý ý --> ý
small thorn, Icelandic þ þ --> þ þ --> þ
small y, dieresis or umlaut mark ÿ ÿ --> ÿ ÿ --> ÿ
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