Designer Resources - Utilities > HTML Special Codes

Common Character Codes Should work in most versions of all browsers Character Symbolic Description ´ &acute; acute accent & &amp; ampersand ¦ &brvbar; broken vertical bar • &bull; bullet ¸ &cedil; cedilla ¢ &cent; cent © &copy; copyright ° &deg; degree (circle may fill on older Macs) ÷ &divide; division ½ &frac12; fraction half (not on older Macs) ¼ &frac14; fraction quarter (not on older Macs) ¾ &frac34; fraction three quarters (not on older Macs) > &gt; greater than ¡ &iexcl; inverted exclamation mark ¿ &iquest; inverted question mark « &laquo; left-pointing double angle quotation mark < &lt; less than ¯ &macr; macron µ &micro; micro   &nbsp; non-breaking space ¬ &not; not ¶ &para; paragraph ± &plusmn; plus-minus " &quot; quotation mark ® &reg; registered » &raquo; right-pointing double angle quotation mark § &sect; section ¨ &uml; umlaut/diaeresis × &times; multiplication ™ &trade; trade mark

Currency Codes Generally work in most browsers. Character Symbolic Description € € euro £ £ pound ¥ ¥ yen

Less Common These too should work in most browsers Character Symbolic Description „ „ double low-9 quotation mark ˆ ˆ modifier circumflex accent † † dagger ‡ ‡ double dagger … … horizontal ellipsis “ “ left double quotation mark ‹ ‹ single left-pointing angle quotation mark ‘ ‘ left single quotation mark · · middle dot — — em dash – – en dash ‰ ‰ per mille › › single right-pointing angle quotation mark ’ ’ right single quotation mark ‚ ‚ single low-9 quotation mark ­ ­ soft hyphen (not in N6) ª ª feminine ordinal indicator º º masculine ordinal indicator ” ” right double quotation mark ˜ ˜ small tilde ♠ ♠ black spade suit ♥ ♥ black hearts suit ♣ ♣ black club suit ♦ ♦ black diamonds suit ← ← left arrow ↑ ↑ up arrow → → right arrow ↓ ↓ down arrow

Suitable for most browsers. Note that Macs may have problems with a few of these characters. Character Symbolic Description Á Á capital A with acute á á small a with acute â â small a with circumflex   capital A with circumflex æ æ small ae (ligature) Æ Æ capital AE (ligature) À À capital A with grave à à small a with grave å å small a with ring above Å Å capital A with ring above à à capital A with tilde ã ã small a with tilde Ä Ä capital A with diaeresis/umlaut ä ä small a with diaeresis/umlaut Ç Ç capital C with cedilla ç ç small c with cedilla é é small e with acute É É capital E with acute Ê Ê capital E with circumflex ê ê small e with circumflex è è small e with grave È È capital E with grave ð ð small eth (Icelandic)(not Macs) Ð Ð capital ETH (Icelandic)(not Macs) ë ë small e with diaeresis/umlaut Ë Ë capital E with diaeresis/umlaut ƒ &fnof small f with hook í í small i with acute Í Í capital I with acute î î small i with circumflex Î Î capital I with circumflex Ì Ì capital I with grave ì ì small i with grave Ï Ï capital I with diaeresis/umlaut ï ï small i with diaeresis/umlaut ñ ñ small n with tilde Ñ Ñ capital N with tilde ó ó small o with acute Ó Ó capital O with acute Ô Ô capital O with circumflex ô ô small o with circumflex Œ Œ capital ligature OE œ œ small ligature oe ò ò small o with grave Ò Ò capital O with grave Ø Ø capital O with stroke ø ø small o with stroke Õ Õ capital O with tilde õ õ small o with tilde Ö Ö capital O with diaeresis/umlaut ö ö small o with diaeresis/umlaut ß ß small sharp s (German) Š Š capital S with caron (problem on Macs) š š small s with caron (problem on Macs) Þ Þ capital THORN (Icelandic)(not Macs) þ þ small thorn (Icelandic)(not Macs) ú ú small u with acute Ú Ú capital U with acute ÿ ÿ small y with diaeresis/umlaut û û small u with circumflex Û Û capital U with circumflex Ù Ù capital U with grave ù ù small u with grave ü ü small u with diaeresis/umlaut Ü Ü capital U with diaeresis/umlaut ý ý small y with acute (problem on Macs) Ý Ý capital Y with acute (problem on Macs) Ÿ Ÿ capital Y with diaeresis/umlaut