Character set
Description
The base character set used in the HTML 3.2 Reference Specification is the ISO Latin-1 character set:

Table of printable Latin-1 Character codes
Characters of the iso-latin1 character set
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Special characters
If you need a to use a special character, like an accented character or a currency sign, you have to use a special notation. There are two ways to use these special characters:
  1. Use the decimal representation, in the format &#nnn;, where nnn is the decimal code of the character.
  2. Use a character entity, in the format &ccc;, where ccc is the character string that represents the specific character.
HTML recognizes the following special characters:

Decimal Character Example Explanation
    no-break space
¡¡ ¡inverted exclamation mark
¢¢ ¢cent sign
££ £pound sterling sign
¤¤¤general currency sign
¥¥ ¥yen sign
¦¦¦broken (vertical) bar
§§ §section sign
¨¨ ¨umlaut (dieresis)
©© ©copyright sign
ªª ªordinal indicator, feminine
«« «angle quotation mark, left
¬¬ ¬not sign
­­ ­soft hyphen
®® ®registered sign
¯¯ ¯macron
°° °degree sign
±±±plus-or-minus sign
²² ²superscript two
³³ ³superscript three
´´ ´acute accent
µµ µmicro sign
¶¶ pilcrow (paragraph sign)
···middle dot
¸ç¸small c, cedilla
¹¹ ¹superscript one
ºº ºordinal indicator, masculine
»» »angle quotation mark, right
¼¼¼fraction one-quarter
½½½fraction one-half
¾¾¾fraction three-quarters
¿¿¿inverted question mark
ÀÀÀcapital A, grave accent
ÁÁÁcapital A, acute accent
ÂÂ Âcapital A, circumflex accent
ÃÃÃcapital A, tilde
ÄÄ Äcapital A, dieresis or umlaut mark
ÅÅ Åcapital A, ring
ÆÆ Æcapital AE diphthong (ligature)
ÇÇÇcapital C, cedilla
ÈÈÈcapital E, grave accent
ÉÉÉcapital E, acute accent
ÊÊ Êcapital E, circumflex accent
ËË Ëcapital E, dieresis or umlaut mark
ÌÌÌcapital I, grave accent
ÍÍÍcapital I, acute accent
ÎÎ Îcapital I, circumflex accent
ÏÏ Ïcapital I, dieresis or umlaut mark
ÐÐ Ðcapital Eth, Icelandic
ÑÑÑcapital N, tilde
ÒÒÒcapital O, grave accent
ÓÓÓcapital O, acute accent
ÔÔ Ôcapital O, circumflex accent
ÕÕÕcapital O, tilde
ÖÖ Öcapital O, dieresis or umlaut mark
×× ×multiply sign
ØØØcapital O, slash
ÙÙÙcapital U, grave accent
ÚÚÚcapital U, acute accent
ÛÛ Ûcapital U, circumflex accent
ÜÜ Ücapital U, dieresis or umlaut mark
ÝÝÝcapital Y, acute accent
ÞÞ Þcapital THORN, Icelandic
ßß ßsmall sharp s, German (sz ligature)
àààsmall a, grave accent
ááásmall a, acute accent
ââ âsmall a, circumflex accent
ãããsmall a, tilde
ää äsmall a, dieresis or umlaut mark
åå åsmall a, ring
ææ æsmall ae diphthong (ligature)
çççsmall c, cedilla
èèèsmall e, grave accent
ééésmall e, acute accent
êê êsmall e, circumflex accent
ëë ësmall e, dieresis or umlaut mark
ìììsmall i, grave accent
ííísmall i, acute accent
îî îsmall i, circumflex accent
ïï ïsmall i, dieresis or umlaut mark
ðð ðsmall eth, Icelandic
ñññsmall n, tilde
òòòsmall o, grave accent
óóósmall o, acute accent
ôô ôsmall o, circumflex accent
õõõsmall o, tilde
öö ösmall o, dieresis or umlaut mark
÷÷÷divide sign
øøøsmall o, slash
ùùùsmall u, grave accent
úúúsmall u, acute accent
ûû ûsmall u, circumflex accent
üü üsmall u, dieresis or umlaut mark
ýýýsmall y, acute accent
þþ þsmall thorn, Icelandic
ÿÿ ÿsmall y, dieresis or umlaut mark

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