Extended ASCII Characters for HTML

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By Nick Finck

Published on August 29, 1999

HTML Symbol (Description)

 -  (Unused)

	 (Horizontal tab)


 (Line feed)

 -  (Unused)

 (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 0 (Digit 0)

1 1 (Digit 1)

2 2 (Digit 2)

3 3 (Digit 3)

4 4 (Digit 4)

5 5 (Digit 5)

6 6 (Digit 6)

7 7 (Digit 7)

8 8 (Digit 8)

9 9 (Digit 9)

: : (Colon)

; ; (Semi-colon)

< < (Less than)

= = (Equals sign)

> > (Greater than)

? ? (Question mark)

@ @ (Commercial at)

A A (Capital letter A)

B B (Capital letter B)

C C (Capital letter C)

D D (Capital letter D)

E E (Capital letter E)

F F (Capital letter F)

G G (Capital letter G)

H H (Capital letter H)

I I (Capital letter I)

J J (Capital letter J)

K K (Capital letter K)

L L (Capital letter L)

M M (Capital letter M)

N N (Capital letter N)

O O (Capital letter O)

P P (Capital letter P)

Q Q (Capital letter Q)

R R (Capital letter R)

S S (Capital letter S)

T T (Capital letter T)

U U (Capital letter U)

V V (Capital letter V)

W W (Capital letter W)

X X (Capital letter X)

Y Y (Capital letter Y)

Z Z (Capital letter Z)

[ [ (Left square bracket)

\ \ (Reverse solidus (backslash))

] ] (Right square bracket)

^ ^ (Caret)

_ _ (Horizontal bar)

` ` (Grave accent)

a a (Small letter a)

b b (Small letter b)

c c (Small letter c)

d d (Small letter d)

e e (Small letter e)

f f (Small letter f)

g g (Small letter g)

h h (Small letter h)

i i (Small letter i)

j j (Small letter j)

k k (Small letter k)

l l (Small letter l)

m m (Small letter m)

n n (Small letter n)

o o (Small letter o)

p p (Small letter p)

q q (Small letter q)

r r (Small letter r)

s s (Small letter s)

t t (Small letter t)

u u (Small letter u)

v v (Small letter v)

w w (Small letter w)

x x (Small letter x)

y y (Small letter y)

z z (Small letter z)

{ { (Left french brace)

| | (Vertical bar)

} } (Right french brace)

~ ~ (Tilde)

 -  (Unused)

  (Non-breaking space)

¡ ¡ (Inverted exclamation)

¢ ¢ (Cent sign)

£ £ (Pound sterling)

¤ ¤ (General currency sign)

¥ ¥ (Yen sign)

¦ ¦ (Broken vertical bar)

§ § (Section sign)

¨ ¨ (Umlaut (dieresis))

ª ª (Feminine ordinal)

« « (Left angle quote, guillemotleft)

¬ ¬ (Not sign)

 (Soft hyphen)

® ® (Registered trademark)

¯ ¯ (Macron accent)

° ° (Degree sign)

± ± (Plus or minus)

² ² (Superscript two)

³ ³ (Superscript three)

´ ´ (Acute accent)

µ µ (Micro sign)

¶ ¶ (Paragraph sign)

· · (Middle dot)

¸ ¸ (Cedilla)

¹ ¹ (Superscript one)

º º (Masculine ordinal)

» » (Right angle quote, guillemotright)

¼ ¼ (Fraction one-fourth)

½ ½ (Fraction one-half)

¾ ¾ (Fraction three-fourths)

¿ ¿ (Inverted question mark)

À À (Capital A, grave accent)

Á Á (Capital A, acute accent)

Â Â (Capital A, circumflex accent)

Ã Ã (Capital A, tilde)

Ä Ä (Capital A, dieresis or umlaut mark)

Å Å (Capital A, ring)

Æ Æ (Capital AE diphthong (ligature))

Ç Ç (Capital C, cedilla)

È È (Capital E, grave accent)

É É (Capital E, acute accent)

Ê Ê (Capital E, circumflex accent)

Ë Ë (Capital E, dieresis or umlaut mark)

Ì Ì (Capital I, grave accent)

Í Í (Capital I, acute accent)

Î Î (Capital I, circumflex accent)

Ï Ï (Capital I, dieresis or umlaut mark)

Ð Ð (Capital Eth, Icelandic)

Ñ Ñ (Capital N, tilde)

Ò Ò (Capital O, grave accent)

Ó Ó (Capital O, acute accent)

Ô Ô (Capital O, circumflex accent)

Õ Õ (Capital O, tilde)

Ö Ö (Capital O, dieresis or umlaut mark)

× × (Multiply sign)

Ø Ø (Capital O, slash)

Ù Ù (Capital U, grave accent)

Ú Ú (Capital U, acute accent)

Û Û (Capital U, circumflex accent)

Ü Ü (Capital U, dieresis or umlaut mark)

Ý Ý (Capital Y, acute accent)

Þ Þ (Capital THORN, Icelandic)

ß ß (Small sharp s, German (sz ligature))

à à (Small a, grave accent)

á á (Small a, acute accent)

â â (Small a, circumflex accent)

ã ã (Small a, tilde)

ä ä (Small a, dieresis or umlaut mark)

å å (Small a, ring)

æ æ (Small ae diphthong (ligature))

ç ç (Small c, cedilla)

è è (Small e, grave accent)

é é (Small e, acute accent)

ê ê (Small e, circumflex accent)

ë ë (Small e, dieresis or umlaut mark)

ì ì (Small i, grave accent)

í í (Small i, acute accent)

î î (Small i, circumflex accent)

ï ï (Small i, dieresis or umlaut mark)

ð ð (Small eth, Icelandic)

ñ ñ (Small n, tilde)

ò ò (Small o, grave accent)

ó ó (Small o, actue accent)

ô ô (Small o, circumflex accent)

õ õ (Small o, tilde)

ö ö (Small o, dieresis or umlaut mark)

÷ ÷ (Division sign)

ø ø (Small o, slash)

ù ù (Small u, grave accent)

ú ú (Small u, acute accent)

û û (Small u, circumflex accent)

ü ü (Small u, dieresis or umlaut mark)

ý ý (Small y, acute accent)

þ þ (Small thorn, Icelandic)

ÿ ÿ (Small y, dieresis or umlaut mark)

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Nick Finck is best known in the web industry as a craftsman by trade. His skills traverse web design, web development, information architecture and web publishing. He is the publisher of Digital Web Magazine. Currently he is working as a freelance information architect in Seattle, Washington. More information about Nick can be found on his web site, NickFinck.com.