Special Characters for the Web: ISO 8859-1

Document directory

• Short Table With the Most Useful Characters
• The Complete List of Special Characters
• Inserting Symbols in Windows
• Character Codes for the Numeric Keypad

You may often need special characters that are not on your keyboard. To create these, you use codes.

There are two systems: Code and Entity. entity is easier to use. just remember that you place an ampersand first, the abbreviation for the character (such as "amp" for ampersand), and then a semicolon to close. for example, to produce an ampersand (&), type & amp; in your HTML and it will appear as & in your browser.

Note: You can also enter characters via the numeric keypad into any Windows program. See the instructions and table at the end of this document.

Short Table With the Most Useful Characters

Description              Char  Code    Entity_____________________________________________Quotation                   "  &#34;   &quot;Ampersand                   &  &#38;   &amp;Less-than sign              <  &#60;   &lt;Greater-than sign           >  &#62;   &gt;at symbol                   @  &#64; Euro                        €  &#128;Dagger                      †  &#134;0/00                        ‰  &#137;Trademark                     &#153;Angle quote mark, left      «  &#171;  &laquo;Angle quote mark, right     »  &#187;  &raquo;Inverted exclamation        ¡  &#161;  &iexcl;Inverted question mark      ¿  &#191;  &iquest;Cent sign                   ¢  &#162;  &cent;Pound sign                  £  &#163;  &pound;Currency sign               ¤  &#164;  &curren;Yen sign                    ¥  &#165;  &yen;Broken vertical bar         ¦  &#166;  &brvbar;Section sign                §  &#167;  &sect;Copyright sign                &#169;  &copy;Circled R registered sign     &#174;  &reg;Middle dot                  ·  &#183;  &middot;Fraction 1/4                ¼  &#188;  &frac14;Fraction 1/2                ½  &#189;  &frac12;Fraction 3/4                ¾  &#190;  &frac34; Superscript 1               ¹  &#185;  &sup1;Superscript 2               ²  &#178;  &sup2;Superscript 3               ³  &#179;  &sup3;Degree sign                 °  &#176;  &deg;Multiplication sign         ×  &#215;  &times;Division sign               ÷  &#247;  &divide;Plus-or-minus sign          ±  &#177;  &plusmn;

The Complete List of Special Characters

Description                   Char  Code    Entity name===================================================Quotation                        "  &#34;   &quot;Ampersand                        &  &#38;   &amp;Less-than sign                   <  &#60;   &lt;Greater-than sign                >  &#62;   &gt;Non-breaking space                  &#160;  &nbsp;Inverted exclamation             ¡  &#161;  &iexcl;Cent sign                        ¢  &#162;  &cent;Pound sign                       £  &#163;  &pound;Currency sign                    ¤  &#164;  &curren;Yen sign                         ¥  &#165;  &yen;Broken vertical bar              ¦  &#166;  &brvbar;Section sign                     §  &#167;  &sect;Spacing diaresis                 ¨  &#168;  &uml;Copyright sign                     &#169;  &copy;Feminine ordinal indicator       ª  &#170;  &ordf;Angle quotation mark, left       «  &#171;  &laquo;Negation sign                    ¬  &#172;  &not;Soft hyphen                        &#173;  &shy;Circled R registered sign          &#174;  &reg;Spacing macron                   ¯  &#175;  &hibar;Degree sign                      °  &#176;  &deg;Plus-or-minus sign               ±  &#177;  &plusmn;Superscript 1                    ¹  &#185;  &sup1;Superscript 2                    ²  &#178;  &sup2;Superscript 3                    ³  &#179;  &sup3;Spacing acute                    ´  &#180;  &acute;Micro sign                       µ  &#181;  &micro;Paragraph sign                   ¶  &#182;  &para;Middle dot                       ·  &#183;  &middot;Spacing cedilla                  ¸  &#184;  &cedil;Masculine ordinal indicator      º  &#186;  &ordm;Angle quotation mark, right      »  &#187;  &raquo;Fraction 1/4                     ¼  &#188;  &frac14;Fraction 1/2                     ½  &#189;  &frac12;Fraction 3/4                     ¾  &#190;  &frac34;Inverted question mark           ¿  &#191;  &iquest;Capital A, grave accent          À  &#192;  &Agrave;Capital A, acute accent          Á  &#193;  &Aacute;Capital A, circumflex accent     Â  &#194;  &Acirc;Capital A, tilde                 Ã  &#195;  &Atilde;Capital A, dieresis (umlaut)     Ä  &#196;  &Auml;Capital A, ring                  Å  &#197;  &Aring;Capital AE diphthong (ligature)  Æ  &#198;  &AElig;Capital C, cedilla               Ç  &#199;  &Ccedil;Capital E, grave accent          È  &#200;  &Egrave;Capital E, acute accent          É  &#201;  &Eacute;Capital E, circumflex accent     Ê  &#202;  &Ecirc;Capital E, dieresis (umlaut)     Ë  &#203;  &Euml;Capital I, grave accent          Ì  &#204;  &Igrave;Capital I, acute accent          Í  &#205;  &Iacute;Capital I, circumflex accent     Î  &#206;  &Icirc;Capital I, dieresis (umlaut)     Ï  &#207;  &Iuml;Capital Eth, Icelandic           Ð  &#208;  &ETH;Capital N, tilde                 Ñ  &#209;  &Ntilde;Capital O, grave accent          Ò  &#210;  &Ograve;Capital O, acute accent          Ó  &#211;  &Oacute;Capital O, circumflex accent     Ô  &#212;  &Ocirc;Capital O, tilde                 Õ  &#213;  &Otilde;Capital O, dieresis (umlaut)     Ö  &#214;  &Ouml;Multiplication sign              ×  &#215;  &times;Capital O, slash                 Ø  &#216;  &Oslash;Capital U, grave accent          Ù  &#217;  &Ugrave;Capital U, acute accent          Ú  &#218;  &Uacute;Capital U, circumflex accent     Û  &#219;  &Ucirc;Capital U, dieresis (umlaut)     Ü  &#220;  &Uuml;Capital Y, acute accent          Ý  &#221;  &Yacute;Capital THORN, Icelandic         Þ  &#222;  &THORN;Small sharp German sz ligature   ß  &#223;  &szlig;Small a, grave accent            à  &#224;  &agrave;Small a, acute accent            á  &#225;  &aacute;Small a, circumflex accent       â  &#226;  &acirc;Small a, tilde                   ã  &#227;  &atilde;Small a, dieresis (umlaut)       ä  &#228;  &auml;Small a, ring                    å  &#229;  &aring;Small ae diphthong (ligature)    æ  &#230;  &aelig;Small c, cedilla                 ç  &#231;  &ccedil;Small e, grave accent            è  &#232;  &egrave;Small e, acute accent            é  &#233;  &eacute;Small e, circumflex accent       ê  &#234;  &ecirc;Small e, dieresis (umlaut)       ë  &#235;  &euml;Small i, grave accent            ì  &#236;  &igrave;Small i, acute accent            í  &#237;  &iacute;Small i, circumflex accent       î  &#238;  &icirc;Small i, dieresis (umlaut)       ï  &#239;  &iuml;Small eth, Icelandic             ð  &#240;  &eth;Small n, tilde                   ñ  &#241;  &ntilde;Small o, grave accent            ò  &#242;  &ograve;Small o, acute accent            ó  &#243;  &oacute;Small o, circumflex accent       ô  &#244;  &ocirc;Small o, tilde                   õ  &#245;  &otilde;Small o, dieresis (umlaut)       ö  &#246;  &ouml;Division sign                    ÷  &#247;  &divide;Small o, slash                   ø  &#248;  &oslash;Small u, grave accent            ù  &#249;  &ugrave;Small u, acute accent            ú  &#250;  &uacute;Small u, circumflex accent       û  &#251;  &ucirc;Small u, dieresis (umlaut)       ü  &#252;  &uuml;Small y, acute accent            ý  &#253;  &yacute;Small thorn, Icelandic           þ  &#254;  &thorn;Small y, dieresis (umlaut)       ÿ  &#255;  &yuml;

Inserting Symbols in Windows

In any Windows application, you can insert characters via the numeric keypad:

1. Press the Num Lock key (above the numeric keypad) to turn on NumLock. (To test: press 5 in the numeric keypad. if a 5 appears in your document, NumLock is on. if no 5, press NumLock and try again .)
2. Select the font.
3. Look at the following table of characters.
4. Hold down the Alt key and type the character code on the numeric keypad. Example: To insertW(Code 0119), type Alt + 0119.
5. Release the Alt key.

Character Codes for the Numeric Keypad

0033   !    00070   F    00107   k    00144        00181   µ    00218   Ú0034   "    00071   G    00108   l    00145   '    00182   ¶    00219   Û0035   #    00072   H    00109   m    00146   '    00183   ·    00220   Ü0036   $    00073   I    00110   n    00147   "    00184   ¸    00221   Ý0037   %    00074   J    00111   o    00148   "    00185   ¹    00222   Þ0038   &    00075   K    00112   p    00149        00186   º    00223   ß0039   '    00076   L    00113   q    00150   -    00187   »    00224   à0040   (   00077   M    00114   r    00151   -    00188   ¼    00225   á0041   )    00078   N    00115   s    00152   ˜    00189   ½    00226   â0042   *    00079   O    00116   t    00153       00190   ¾    00227   ã0043   +    00080   P    00117   u    00154   š    00191   ¿    00228   ä0044   ,    00081   Q    00118   v    00155   ›    00192   À    00229   å0045   -    00082   R    00119   w    00156   œ    00193   Á    00230   æ0046   .    00083   S    00120   x    00157        00194       00231   ç0047   /    00084   T    00121   y    00158        00195   à    00232   è0048   0    00085   U    00122   z    00159   Ÿ    00196   Ä    00233   é0049   1    00086   V    00123   {    00160        00197   Å    00234   ê0050   2    00087   W    00124   |    00161   ¡    00198   Æ    00235   ë0051   3    00088   X    00125   }    00162   ¢    00199   Ç    00236   ì0052   4    00089   Y    00126   ~    00163   £    00200   È    00237   í0053   5    00090   Z    00127        00164   ¤    00201   É    00238   î0054   6    00091   [    00128        00165   ¥    00202   Ê    00239   ï0055   7    00092   \    00129        00166   ¦    00203   Ë    00240   ð0056   8    00093   ]    00130   ‚    00167   §    00204   Ì    00241   ñ0057   9    00094   ^    00131   ƒ    00168   ¨    00205   Í    00242   ò0058   :    00095   _    00132   „    00169       00206   Î    00243   ó0059   ;    00096   `    00133   ...  00170   ª    00207   Ï    00244   ô0060   <    00097   a    00134   †    00171   «    00208   Ð    00245   õ0061   =    00098   b    00135   ‡    00172   ¬    00209   Ñ    00246   ö0062   >    00099   c    00136   ˆ    00173        00210   Ò    00247   ÷0063   ?    00100   d    00137   ‰    00174       00211   Ó    00248   ø0064   @    00101   e    00138   Š    00175   ¯    00212   Ô    00249   ù0065   A    00102   f    00139   ‹    00176   °    00213   Õ    00250   ú0066   B    00103   g    00140   Œ    00177   ±    00214   Ö    00251   û0067   C    00104   h    00141        00178   ²    00215   ×    00252   ü0068   D    00105   i    00142        00179   ³    00216   Ø    00253   ý0069   E    00106   j    00143        00180   ´    00217   Ù    00254   þ

From: http://andreas.com/faq-char.html