The following is a list of the first 256 character entities. Many letters and symbols commonly used in most western languages (like English) can be found here. A sample HTML file on the CD in AppndxD\appd.htm demonstrates all of these entities. A more complete list of character entities can be found in the SBN Workshop on the companion CD at Workshop (References); DHTML, HTML, & CSS; HTML References; Character Sets. Note that a few of the characters will display differently in different fonts or on different operating systems.
NOTE
The indexes from  through Ÿ are officially "reserved" characters and are undefined. However, both Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer display them as shown below.
Displays As | Numerical Identifier | Named Entity | Description |
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	 | Horizontal tab | ||
| Line feed | ||
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 | Not Used | ||
| Carriage Return | ||
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  | Space | ||
! | ! | Explanation point | |
" | " | " | Quotation mark |
# | # | Number sign | |
$ | $ | Dollar sign | |
% | % | Percent sign | |
& | & | & | Ampersand |
' | ' | Apostrophe | |
( | ( | Left parenthesis | |
) | ) | Right parenthesis | |
* | * | Asterisk | |
+ | + | Plus sign | |
, | , | Comma | |
- | - | Hyphen | |
. | . | Period (fullstop) | |
/ | / | Solidus (forwardslash) | |
0 | 0 | Number 0 | |
1 | 1 | Number 1 | |
2 | 2 | Number 2 | |
3 | 3 | Number 3 | |
4 | 4 | Number 4 | |
5 | 5 | Number 5 | |
6 | 6 | Number 6 | |
7 | 7 | Number 7 | |
8 | 8 | Number 8 | |
9 | 9 | Number 9 | |
: | : | Colon | |
; | ; | Semicolon | |
< | < | < | Less than |
= | = | Equals sign | |
> | > | > | Greater than |
? | ? | Question mark | |
@ | @ | Commercial at | |
A | A | Capital A | |
B | B | Capital B | |
C | C | Capital C | |
D | D | Capital D | |
E | E | Capital E | |
F | F | Capital F | |
G | G | Capital G | |
H | H | Capital H | |
I | I | Capital I | |
J | J | Capital J | |
K | K | Capital K | |
L | L | Capital L | |
M | M | Capital M | |
N | N | Capital N | |
O | O | Capital O | |
P | P | Capital P | |
Q | Q | Capital Q | |
R | R | Capital R | |
S | S | Capital S | |
T | T | Capital T | |
U | U | Capital U | |
V | V | Capital V | |
W | W | Capital W | |
X | X | Capital X | |
Y | Y | Capital Y | |
Z | Z | Capital Z | |
[ | [ | Left square bracket | |
\ | \ | Reverse solidus (backslash) | |
] | ] | Right square bracket | |
^ | ^ | Caret | |
_ | _ | Horizontal bar (underscore) | |
` | ` | Acute accent | |
a | a | Lowercase a | |
b | b | Lowercase b | |
c | c | Lowercase c | |
d | d | Lowercase d | |
e | e | Lowercase e | |
f | f | Lowercase f | |
g | g | Lowercase g | |
h | h | Lowercase h | |
i | i | Lowercase i | |
j | j | Lowercase j | |
k | k | Lowercase k | |
l | l | Lowercase l | |
m | m | Lowercase m | |
n | n | Lowercase n | |
o | o | Lowercase o | |
p | p | Lowercase p | |
q | q | Lowercase q | |
r | r | Lowercase r | |
s | s | Lowercase s | |
t | t | Lowercase t | |
u | u | Lowercase u | |
v | v | Lowercase v | |
w | w | Lowercase w | |
x | x | Lowercase x | |
y | y | Lowercase y | |
z | z | Lowercase z | |
{ | { | Left curly brace | |
| | | | Vertical bar | |
} | } | Right curly brace | |
~ | ~ | Tilde | |
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€ | Not Used | ||
• |  | ||
, | ‚ | ||
ƒ | ƒ | ||
„ | „ | ||
... | … | Ellipsis | |
† | † | ||
‡ | ‡ | ||
^ | ˆ | Caret | |
‰ | ‰ | ||
Š | Š | ||
< | ‹ | ||
Œ | Œ | ||
• |  | ||
• | Ž | ||
• |  | ||
• |  | ||
` | ‘ | ||
` | ’ | ||
" | “ | ||
" | ” | ||
• | • | Bullet | |
_ | – | ||
— | — | ||
~ | ˜ | ||
™ | ™ | Trademark | |
š | š | ||
> | › | ||
œ | œ | ||
 | |||
ž | |||
Ÿ | Ÿ | ||
  | | Nonbreaking space | |
¡ | ¡ | ¡ | Inverted exclamation |
¢ | ¢ | ¢ | Cent sign |
£ | £ | £ | Pound sterling |
¤ | ¤ | ¤ | General currency sign |
¥ | ¥ | ¥ | Yen sign |
¦ | ¦ | ¦ or &brkbar; | Broken vertical bar |
§ | § | § | Section sign |
¨ | ¨ | ¨ or ¨ | Diæresis / Umlaut |
© | © | © | Copyright |
ª | ª | ª | Feminine ordinal |
« | « | « | Left angle quote, guillemot left |
¬ | ¬ | ¬ | Not sign |
| ­ | ­ | Soft hyphen |
® | ® | ® | Registered trademark |
¯ | ¯ | ¯ or &hibar; | 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, guillemot right |
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 |
 |  |  | Capital A, circumflex |
à | à | à | Capital A, tilde |
Ä | Ä | Ä | Capital A, diæresis / umlaut |
Å | Å | Å | Capital A, ring |
Æ | Æ | Æ | Capital AE 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 |
Ë | Ë | Ë | Capital E, diæresis / umlaut |
Ì | Ì | Ì | Capital I, grave accent |
Í | Í | Í | Capital I, acute accent |
Î | Î | Î | Capital I, circumflex |
Ï | Ï | Ï | Capital I, diæresis / umlaut |
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 |
Õ | Õ | Õ | Capital O, tilde |
Ö | Ö | Ö | Capital O, diæresis / umlaut |
× | × | × | 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 |
Ü | Ü | Ü | Capital U, diæresis / umlaut |
Ý | Ý | Ý | Capital Y, acute accent |
Þ | Þ | Þ | Capital Thorn, Icelandic |
ß | ß | ß | Lowercase sharp s, German sz |
à | à | à | Lowercase a, grave accent |
á | á | á | Lowercase a, acute accent |
â | â | â | Lowercase a, circumflex |
ã | ã | ã | Lowercase a, tilde |
ä | ä | ä | Lowercase a, diæresis / umlaut |
å | å | å | Lowercase a, ring |
æ | æ | æ | Lowercase ae ligature |
ç | ç | ç | Lowercase c, cedilla |
è | è | è | Lowercase e, grave accent |
é | é | é | Lowercase e, acute accent |
ê | ê | ê | Lowercase e, circumflex |
ë | ë | ë | Lowercase e, diæresis / umlaut |
ì | ì | ì | Lowercase i, grave accent |
í | í | í | Lowercase i, acute accent |
î | î | î | Lowercase i, circumflex |
ï | ï | ï | Lowercase i, diæresis / umlaut |
ð | ð | ð | Lowercase eth, Icelandic |
ñ | ñ | ñ | Lowercase n, tilde |
ò | ò | ò | Lowercase o, grave accent |
ó | ó | ó | Lowercase o, acute accent |
ô | ô | ô | Lowercase o, circumflex |
õ | õ | õ | Lowercase o, tilde |
ö | ö | ö | Lowercase o, diæresis / umlaut |
÷ | ÷ | ÷ | Division sign |
ø | ø | ø | Lowercase o, slash |
ù | ù | ù | Lowercase u, grave accent |
ú | ú | ú | Lowercase u, acute accent |
û | û | û | Lowercase u, circumflex |
ü | ü | ü | Lowercase u, diæresis / umlaut |
ý | ý | ý | Lowercase y, acute accent |
þ | þ | þ | Lowercase thorn, Icelandic |
ÿ | ÿ | ÿ | Lowercase y, diæresis / umlaut |