Special Characters
Occasionally, your text will call for characters that are not available in straight HTML form. In this case, the chart of special characters below should provide the additional code that you need. For example, here is how to insert one of these characters in your code: <i> Künstlerroman </i>, which will appear on your Web page as Künstlerroman.
| To see this | Write this in your HTML code | Description |
|---|---|---|
| < | < | less than |
| > | > | greater than |
| × | × | multiply sign |
| ÷ | ÷ | division sign |
| @ | @ | commercial at |
| | nonbreaking space | |
| ¢ | ¢ | cent sign |
| £ | £ | pound sterling |
| ¤ | ¤ | general currency sign |
| ¥ | ¥ | yen sign |
| § | § | section sign |
| © | © | copyright |
| ® | ® | registered trademark |
| ¯ | ¯ | macron accent |
| ° | ° | degree sign |
| ± | ± | plus or minus |
| µ | µ | micro sign |
| ¶ | ¶ | paragraph sign |
| · | · | middle dot |
| ¼ | ¼ | fraction one-fourth |
| ½ | ½ | fraction one-half |
| ¾ | ¾ | fraction three-fourths |
| & | & | ampersand |
| ¡ | ¡ | inverted exclamation |
| ¿ | ¿ | inverted question mark |
Accented Foreign Language Characters
| To see this | write this in your HTML code | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 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, umlaut |
| Æ | Æ | capital AE diphthong |
| 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, umlaut |
| Ì | Ì | capital I, grave accent |
| Í | Í | capital I, acute accent |
| Î | Î | capital I, circumflex accent |
| Ï | Ï | capital I, umlaut |
| 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, umlaut |
| Ù | Ù | capital U, grave accent |
| Ú | Ú | capital U, acute accent |
| Û | Û | capital U, circumflex accent |
| Ü | Ü | capital U, umlaut |
| Ý | Ý | capital Y, acute accent |
| ß | ß | lowercase sharp s, German |
| à | à | lowercase a, grave accent |
| à | à | lowercase a, acute accent |
| â | â | lowercase a, circumflex accent |
| ã | ã | lowercase a, tilde |
| ä | ä | lowercase a, umlaut |
| æ | æ | lowercase ae diphthong |
| ç | ç | lowercase c, cedilla |
| è | è | lowercase e, grave accent |
| é | é | lowercase e, acute accent |
| ê | ê | lowercase e, circumflex accent |
| ë | ë | lowercase e, umlaut |
| ì | ì | lowercase i, grave accent |
| í | í | lowercase i, acute accent |
| î | î | lowercase i, circumflex accent |
| ï | ï | lowercase i, umlaut mark |
| ñ | ñ | lowercase n, tilde |
| ò | ò | lowercase o, grave accent |
| ó | ó | lowercase o, acute accent |
| ô | ô | lowercase o, circumflex accent |
| õ | õ | lowercase o, tilde |
| ö | ö | lowercase o, umlaut mark |
| ù | ù | lowercase u, grave accent |
| ú | ú | lowercase u, acute accent |
| û | û | lowercase u, circumflex accent |
| ü | ü | lowercase u, umlaut |
| ý | ý | lowercase y, acute accent |
| ÿ | ÿ | lowercase y, umlaut |