HTML-coded character set
The following table lists details of the HTML
document character set. This coded character set is based on
ISO-8859-1.
Avoid characters like ", &, < and > because they have meaning to the browser. Instead, use the proper HTML codes or the alternate codes ", &, < and >.
Be aware that the other alternate codes are not always correctly interpreted by each browser, especially not by older versions.
Even less browsers support the HTML-4 extended codes which contain references for symbols, mathematical symbols, and Greek letters, as well as for markup-significant and internationalization characters.
Avoid characters like ", &, < and > because they have meaning to the browser. Instead, use the proper HTML codes or the alternate codes ", &, < and >.
Be aware that the other alternate codes are not always correctly interpreted by each browser, especially not by older versions.
Even less browsers support the HTML-4 extended codes which contain references for symbols, mathematical symbols, and Greek letters, as well as for markup-significant and internationalization characters.
| result | alternate code | code | description |
|---|---|---|---|
| � -  | unused | ||
| <TAB> | 	 | horizontal tab | |
| <LF> | | line feed | |
|  -  | unused | ||
| <CR> | | carriage return | |
|  -  | unused | ||
|   | space | ||
| ! | ! | exclamation mark | |
| " | " | " | quotation mark |
| # | # | number sign | |
| $ | $ | dollar sign | |
| % | % | percent sign | |
| & | & | & | ampersand |
| ' | ' | apostrophe | |
| ( | ( | left parenthesis | |
| ) | ) | right parenthesis | |
| * | * | asterisk | |
| + | + | plus sign | |
| , | , | comma | |
| - | - | hyphen | |
| . | . | period (fullstop) | |
| / | / | solidus (slash) | |
| <0> - <9> | 0 - 9 | digits 0-9 | |
| : | : | colon | |
| ; | ; | semi-colon | |
| < | < | < | less than |
| = | = | equals sign | |
| > | > | > | greater than |
| ? | ? | question mark | |
| @ | @ | commercial at | |
| <A> - <Z> | A - Z | letters A-Z | |
| [ | [ | left square bracket | |
| \ | \ | reverse solidus (backslash) | |
| ] | ] | right square bracket | |
| ^ | ^ | caret | |
| _ | _ | horizontal bar (underscore) | |
| ` | ` | grave accent | |
| <a> - <z> | a - z | letters a-z | |
| { | { | left curly brace | |
| | | | | vertical bar | |
| } | } | right curly brace | |
| ~ | ~ | tilde | |
|  - Ÿ | unused | ||
| |   | nonbreaking space | |
| ¡ | ¡ | ¡ | inverted exclamation |
| ¢ | ¢ | ¢ | cent sign |
| £ | £ | £ | pound sterling |
| ¤ | ¤ | ¤ | general currency sign |
| ¥ | ¥ | ¥ | yen sign |
| ¦ | ¦ | ¦ | broken vertical bar |
| § | § | § | section sign |
| ¨ | ¨ | ¨ | umlaut (dieresis) |
| © | © | © | copyright |
| ª | ª | ª | feminine ordinal |
| « | « | « | left angle quote, guillemotleft |
| ¬ | ¬ | ¬ | not sign |
| | ­ | ­ | soft hyphen |
| ® | ® | ® | registered trademark |
| ¯ | ¯ | ¯ | macron accent |
| ° | ° | ° | degree sign |
| ± | ± | ± | plus or minus |
| ² | ² | ² | superscript two |
| ³ | ³ | ³ | superscript three |
| ´ | ´ | ´ | acute accent |
| µ | µ | µ | micro sign |
| ¶ | ¶ | ¶ | paragraph sign |
| · | · | · | middle dot |
| ¸ | ¸ | ¸ | cedilla |
| ¹ | ¹ | ¹ | superscript one |
| º | º | º | masculine ordinal |
| » | » | » | right angle quote, guillemotright |
| ¼ | ¼ | ¼ | fraction one-fourth |
| ½ | ½ | ½ | fraction one-half |
| ¾ | ¾ | ¾ | fraction three-fourths |
| ¿ | ¿ | ¿ | inverted question mark |
| À | À | À | capital A, grave accent |
| Á | Á | Á | capital A, acute accent |
| Â | Â | Â | capital A, circumflex accent |
| Ã | Ã | Ã | capital A, tilde |
| Ä | Ä | Ä | capital A, dieresis or umlaut mark |
| Å | Å | Å | capital A, ring |
| Æ | Æ | Æ | capital AE dipthong (ligature) |
| Ç | Ç | Ç | capital C, cedilla |
| È | È | È | capital E, grave accent |
| É | É | É | capital E, acute accent |
| Ê | Ê | Ê | capital E, circumflex accent |
| Ë | Ë | Ë | capital E, dieresis or umlaut mark |
| Ì | Ì | Ì | capital I, grave accent |
| Í | Í | Í | capital I, acute accent |
| Î | Î | Î | capital I, circumflex accent |
| Ï | Ï | Ï | capital I, dieresis or umlaut mark |
| Ð | Ð | Ð | capital Eth, Icelandic |
| Ñ | Ñ | Ñ | capital N, tilde |
| Ò | Ò | Ò | capital O, grave accent |
| Ó | Ó | Ó | capital O, acute accent |
| Ô | Ô | Ô | capital O, circumflex accent |
| Õ | Õ | Õ | capital O, tilde |
| Ö | Ö | Ö | capital O, dieresis or umlaut mark |
| × | × | × | multiply sign |
| Ø | Ø | Ø | capital O, slash |
| Ù | Ù | Ù | capital U, grave accent |
| Ú | Ú | Ú | capital U, acute accent |
| Û | Û | Û | capital U, circumflex accent |
| Ü | Ü | Ü | capital U, dieresis or umlaut mark |
| Ý | Ý | Ý | capital Y, acute accent |
| Þ | Þ | Þ | capital THORN, Icelandic |
| ß | ß | ß | small sharp s, German (sz ligature) |
| à | à | à | small a, grave accent |
| á | á | á | small a, acute accent |
| â | â | â | small a, circumflex accent |
| ã | ã | ã | small a, tilde |
| ä | ä | ä | small a, dieresis or umlaut mark |
| å | å | å | small a, ring |
| æ | æ | æ | small ae dipthong (ligature) |
| ç | ç | ç | small c, cedilla |
| è | è | è | small e, grave accent |
| é | é | é | small e, acute accent |
| ê | ê | ê | small e, circumflex accent |
| ë | ë | ë | small e, dieresis or umlaut mark |
| ì | ì | ì | small i, grave accent |
| í | í | í | small i, acute accent |
| î | î | î | small i, circumflex accent |
| ï | ï | ï | small i, dieresis or umlaut mark |
| ð | ð | ð | small eth, Icelandic |
| ñ | ñ | ñ | small n, tilde |
| ò | ò | ò | small o, grave accent |
| ó | ó | ó | small o, acute accent |
| ô | ô | ô | small o, circumflex accent |
| õ | õ | õ | small o, tilde |
| ö | ö | ö | small o, dieresis or umlaut mark |
| ÷ | ÷ | ÷ | division sign |
| ø | ø | ø | small o, slash |
| ù | ù | ù | small u, grave accent |
| ú | ú | ú | small u, acute accent |
| û | û | û | small u, circumflex accent |
| ü | ü | ü | small u, dieresis or umlaut mark |
| ý | ý | ý | small y, acute accent |
| þ | þ | þ | small thorn, Icelandic |
| ÿ | ÿ | ÿ | small y, dieresis or umlaut mark |
From http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/html-spec/html-spec_13.html