Annotated Table of Characters

CHARACTER SET

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Decimal Code
(This is what you type!) Char
(this is what you get!) Description Entity
(You can also type this) Notes PostScript Name

ISO-8859-1 Characters
 -  Unused
	 Horizontal ta[a-b]

 Line feed %nbsp;
 Carriage Return
  Space
space
! ! Exclamation mark exclam
" " Quotation mark " quotedbl
# # Number sign numbersign
$ $ Dollar sign dollar
% % Percent sign percent
& & Ampersand & ampersand
' ' Apostrophe quotesingle
( ( Left parenthesis parenleft
) ) Right parenthesis parenright
* * Asterisk asterisk
+ + Plus sign plus
, , Comm[a-b] comma
- - Hyphen hyphen
. . Period (fullstop) period
/ / Solidus slash
0 - 9 0 - 9 Decimal digits
: : Colon colon
; ; Semi-colon semicolon
< < Less than < less
= = Equals sign equal
> > Greater than > greater
? ? Question mark question
@ @ Commercial at at
A - Z A - Z Uppercase letters
[ [ Left square bracket bracketleft
\ \ Reverse solidus backslash
] ] Right square bracke[a-z] bracketright
^ ^ Care[a-z] asciicircum
_ _ Horizontal ba[a-z] underscore
` ` Grave accen[a-z] grave
a - z a - [a-z] Lowercase letter[a-z]
{ { Left curly brac[a-z] braceleft
| | Vertical ba[a-z] bar
} } Right curly brac[a-z] braceright
~ ~ Tild[a-z] asciitilde
 -  Unused (truly!)
  Nonbreaking spac[a-z]   nbspace
nobreakspace
À À Capital A, grave accen[a-z] À Agrave
à à Small a, grave accen[a-z] à agrave
Á Á Capital A, acute accen[a-z] Á Aacute
á á Small a, acute accen[a-z] á aacute
Â Â Capital A, circumflex accen[a-z] Â Acircumflex
â â Small a, circumflex accen[a-z] â acircumflex
Ã Ã Capital A, tild[a-z] Ã Atilde
ã ã Small a, tild[a-z] ã atilde
Ä Ä Capital A, dieresis or umlaut mar[a-z] Ä Adieresis
ä ä Small a, dieresis or umlaut mar[a-z] ä adieresis
Å Å Capital A, rin[a-z] Å Aring
å å Small a, rin[a-z] å aring
Æ Æ Capital AE dipthong (ligature) Æ AE
æ æ Small ae dipthong (ligature) æ ae
Ç Ç Capital C, cedill[a-z] Ç Ccedilla
ç ç Small c, cedill[a-z] ç ccedilla
Ð Ð Capital Eth, Icelandi[a-z] Ð c[0-9] Eth
ð ð Small eth, Icelandi[a-z] ð c[0-9] eth
È È Capital E, grave accen[a-z] È Egrave
è è Small e, grave accen[a-z] è egrave
É É Capital E, acute accen[a-z] É Eacute
é é Small e, acute accen[a-z] é eacute
Ê Ê Capital E, circumflex accen[a-z] Ê Ecircumflex
ê ê Small e, circumflex accen[a-z] ê ecircumflex
Ë Ë Capital E, dieresis or umlaut mar[a-z] Ë Edieresis
ë ë Small e, dieresis or umlaut mar[a-z] ë edieresis
Ì Ì Capital I, grave accen[a-z] Ì Igrave
ì ì Small i, grave accen[a-z] ì igrave
Í Í Capital I, acute accen[a-z] Í Iacute
í í Small i, acute accen[a-z] &iacut[a-z] iacute
Î Î Capital I, circumflex accen[a-z] Î Icircumflex
î î Small i, circumflex accen[a-z] î icircumflex
Ï Ï Capital I, dieresis or umlaut mar[a-z] Ï Idieresis
ï ï Small i, dieresis or umlaut mar[a-z] ï idieresis
µ µ Micro sig[a-z] µ mu
Ñ Ñ Capital N, tild[a-z] Ñ Ntilde
ñ ñ Small n, tild[a-z] ñ ntilde
Ò Ò Capital O, grave accen[a-z] Ò Ograve
ò ò Small o, grave accen[a-z] ò ograve
Ó Ó Capital O, acute accen[a-z] Ó Oacute
ó ó Small o, acute accen[a-z] ó oacute
Ô Ô Capital O, circumflex accen[a-z] Ô Ocircumflex
ô ô Small o, circumflex accen[a-z] ô ocircumflex
Õ Õ Capital O, tild[a-z] Õ Otilde
õ õ Small o, tild[a-z] õ otilde
Ö Ö Capital O, dieresis or umlaut mar[a-z] Ö Odieresis
ö ö Small o, dieresis or umlaut mar[a-z] ö odieresis
Ø Ø Capital O, slas[a-z] Ø Oslash
ø ø Small o, slas[a-z] ø oslash
ß ß Small sharp s, German (sz ligature) ß germandbls
Þ Þ Capital THORN, Icelandi[a-z] Þ c[0-9] Thorn
þ þ Small thorn, Icelandi[a-z] þ c[0-9] thorn
Ù Ù Capital U, grave accen[a-z] Ù Ugrave
ù ù Small u, grave accen[a-z] ù ugrave
Ú Ú Capital U, acute accen[a-z] Ú Uacute
ú ú Small u, acute accen[a-z] ú uacute
Û Û Capital U, circumflex accen[a-z] Û Ucircumflex
û û Small u, circumflex accen[a-z] û ucircumflex
Ü Ü Capital U, dieresis or umlaut mar[a-z] Ü Udieresis
ü ü Small u, dieresis or umlaut mar[a-z] ü udieresis
Ý ý Capital Y, acute accen[a-z] Ý c[0-9] Yacute
ý ý Small y, acute accen[a-z] ý c[0-9] yacute
ÿ ÿ Small y, dieresis or umlaut mar[a-z] ÿ ydieresis
¨ ¨ Umlau[a-z] ¨ dieresis
¯ ¯ Macron accen[a-z] ¯ macron
´ ´ Acute accen[a-z] ´ acute
¸ ¸ Cedill[a-z] ¸ cedilla
¡ ¡ Inverted exclamatio[a-z] ¡ exclamdown
¿ ¿ Inverted question mar[a-z] ¿ questiondown
· · Middle do[a-z] · periodcentered
¦ ¦ Broken vertical ba[a-z] ¦ c[0-9] brokenbar
« « Left angle quot[a-z] « guillemotleft
» » Right angle quot[a-z] » guillemotright
¶ ¶ Paragraph sig[a-z] ¶ paragraph
§ § Section sig[a-z] § section
© © Copyrigh[a-z] © copyright
copyrightserif
® ® Registered trademar[a-z] ® registered
registerserif
¹ ¹ Superscript on[a-z] ¹ c[0-9] onesuperior
² ² Superscript tw[a-z] ² c[0-9] twosuperior
³ ³ Superscript thre[a-z] ³ c[0-9] threesuperior
 Soft hyphe[a-z]  e[0-9] minus(?)
× × Multiply sig[a-z] × c[0-9] multiply
÷ ÷ Division sig[a-z] ÷ divide
¼ ¼ Fraction one-fourt[a-z] ¼ c[0-9] onequarter
½ ½ Fraction one-hal[a-z] ½ c[0-9] onehalf
¾ ¾ Fraction three-fourth[a-z] ¾ c[0-9] threequarters
ª ª Feminine ordina[a-z] ª ordfeminine
º º Masculine ordina[a-z] º ordmasculine
¬ ¬ Not sig[a-z] ¬ logicalnot
° ° Degree sig[a-z] ° degree
± ± Plus or minu[a-z] ± plusminus
¤ ¤ General currency sig[a-z] ¤ currency
¢ ¢ Cent sig[a-z] ¢ cent
£ £ Pound sterlin[a-z] £ sterling
¥ ¥ Yen sig[a-z] ¥ yen