Special Characters

Special characters allow you to insert symbols and other characters into your web page. To use one, simply use the code provided next to the symbol.

For example, if you wanted to place a copyright symbol at the bottom of a webpage, place it in your code like this: © 2009 Which would appear on the website as © 2009

Chart of Special Characters

Name Code Glyph
‘
’
‚
“
”
„
†
‡
‰
‹
›
♠
♣
♥
♦
‾
←
↑
→
↓
™
"
& &
⁄ /
&lt; <
&gt; >
&ndash;
&mdash;
&nbsp;
&iexcl; ¡
&cent; ¢
&pound; £
&curren; ¤
&yen; ¥
&brvbar; or &brkbar; ¦
&sect; §
&uml; or &die; ¨
&copy; ©
&ordf; ª
&laquo; «
&not; ¬
&shy; ­
&reg; ®
&macr; or &hibar; ¯
&deg; °
&plusmn; ±
&sup2; ²
&sup3; ³
&acute; ´
&micro; µ
&para;
&middot; ·
&cedil; ¸
&sup1; ¹
&ordm; º
&raquo; »
&frac14; ¼
&frac12; ½
&frac34; ¾
&iquest; ¿
&Agrave; À
&Aacute; Á
&Acirc; Â
&Atilde; Ã
&Auml; Ä
&Aring; Å
&AElig; Æ
&Ccedil; Ç
&Egrave; È
&Eacute; É
&Ecirc; Ê
&Euml; Ë
&Igrave; Ì
&Iacute; Í
&Icirc; Î
&Iuml; Ï
&ETH; Ð
&Ntilde; Ñ
&Ograve; Ò
&Oacute; Ó
&Ocirc; Ô
&Otilde; Õ
&Ouml; Ö
&times; ×
&Oslash; Ø
&Ugrave; Ù
&Uacute; Ú
&Ucirc; Û
&Uuml; Ü
&Yacute; Ý
&THORN; Þ
&szlig; ß
&agrave; à
&aacute; á
&acirc; â
&atilde; ã
&auml; ä
&aring; å
&aelig; æ
&ccedil; ç
&egrave; è
&eacute; é
&ecirc; ê
&euml; ë
&igrave; ì
&iacute; í
&icirc; î
&iuml; ï
&eth; ð
&ntilde; ñ
&ograve; ò
&oacute; ó
&ocirc; ô
&otilde; õ
&ouml; ö
&divide; ÷
&oslash; ø
&ugrave; ù
&uacute; ú
&ucirc; û
&uuml; ü
&yacute; ý
&thorn; þ
&yuml; ÿ
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