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Special Signs & Characters in (X)HTML
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The following table includes the (X)HTML codes for many of the special character symbols used on web pages. Not all browsers support all the codes, so be sure to test your (X)HTML codes before you use them. You should also use the below Unicode character set, and define that in the head section of your document:
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8" />
| Character | Xhtml code | Description |
|---|---|---|
| | Non-breaking space | |
| ¡ | ¡ | Inverted Exclamation |
| ¢ | ¢ | Cent sign |
| £ | £ | Pound Sterling |
| € | € | Euro |
| ¥ | ¥ | Yen sign |
| $ | $ | Dollar |
| ¤ | ¤ | Currency sign |
| % | % | Percent sign |
| ‰ | ‰ | Permil sign |
| " | " | Quotation mark |
| ‘ | ‘ | Left single quote |
| ’ | ’ | Right single quote |
| “ | “ | Left double quote |
| ” | ” | Right double quote |
| Character | Xhtml code | Description |
| & | & | Ampersand sign |
| < | < | Less-than sign |
| > | > | Greater-than sign |
| § | § | Section sign |
| © | © | Copyright sign |
| ™ | ™ | Trade mark sign |
| « | « | Left angle quote |
| » | » | Right angle quote |
| ® | ® | Registered trade mark sign |
| æ | æ | ae ligature |
| Æ | Æ | AE ligature |
| Character | Xhtml code | Description |
| á | á | a with accent acute |
| À | À | A with accent grave |
| ñ | ñ | Tilde sign above n |
| ô | ô | Circonflex sign above o |
| ü | ü | u with diaeresis - Umlaut |
| å | å | a with ring |
| Ø | Ø | O with slash |
| In the above 7 samples change vowel marked in red where needed. | In the above 7 samples use uppercase for capital letters where needed. | e.g.: á = á ñ = ñ ò = ò å = å |
| Character | Xhtml code | Description |
| ç | ç | c cedille |
| ° | ° | Degree sign |
| ± | ± | Plus minus sign |
| ¹ | ¹ | Superscript 1 e.g. note¹ |
| ² | ² | Superscript 2 or square e.g. km² |
| ³ | ³ | Superscript 3 or e.g. cubic deciliter³ |
| µ | µ | Micro sign |
| ¶ | ¶ | Pilcrow- or paragraph sign |
| ½ | ½ | Fraction one half |
| ¼ | ¼ | Fraction one quarter |
| ¾ | ¾ | Fraction three quarters |
| α | α | alpha sign |
| Α | Α | Alpha sign |
| β | β | beta sign |
| Β | Β | Beta sign |
| Character | Xhtml code | Description |
| ♥ | ♥ | Heart sign |
| ♦ | ♦ | Diamond sign |
| ♣ | ♣ | Club sign |
| ♠ | ♠ | Spade sign |
| ↑ | ↑ | Arrow Up |
| ↓ | ↓ | Arrow Down |
| ← | ← | Arrow Left |
| → | → | Arrow Right |
| ≡ | ≡ | Identical to |
| ‾ | ‾ | Overline |
| • | • | Bullet |
| † | † | Dagger |
| ‡ | &Dagger | Double dagger |
| ÷ | ÷ | Divider sign |
| Character | Xhtml code | Description |
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