HTML ISO-8859-1 Reference
Modern browsers supports several character-sets:
ISO-8859-1
ISO-8859-1 is the default character set in most browsers.
The first 128 characters of ISO-8859-1 is the original ASCII character-set (the numbers from 0-9, the uppercase and lowercase
English alphabet, and some
special characters).
The higher part of ISO-8859-1 (codes from 160-255) contains
the characters used in Western European countries and some commonly used special
characters.
Entities are used to implement reserved characters or to express characters that cannot
easily be entered with the keyboard.
Reserved Characters in HTML
Some characters are reserved in HTML and XHTML. For example, you cannot use
the greater than or less than signs within your text because the browser could
mistake them for markup.
HTML and XHTML processors must support the five special characters listed in
the table below:
| Character |
Entity Number |
Entity Name |
Description |
| " |
" |
" |
quotation mark |
| ' |
' |
' (does not work in IE) |
apostrophe |
| & |
& |
& |
ampersand |
| < |
< |
< |
less-than |
| > |
> |
> |
greater-than |
Note: Entity names are case sensitive!
ISO 8859-1 Symbols
| Character |
Entity Number |
Entity Name |
Description |
| |
  |
|
non-breaking space |
| ¡ |
¡ |
¡ |
inverted exclamation mark |
| ¢ |
¢ |
¢ |
cent |
| £ |
£ |
£ |
pound |
| ¤ |
¤ |
¤ |
currency |
| ¥ |
¥ |
¥ |
yen |
| ¦ |
¦ |
¦ |
broken vertical bar |
| § |
§ |
§ |
section |
| ¨ |
¨ |
¨ |
spacing diaeresis |
| © |
© |
© |
copyright |
| ª |
ª |
ª |
feminine ordinal indicator |
| « |
« |
« |
angle quotation mark (left) |
| ¬ |
¬ |
¬ |
negation |
| |
­ |
­ |
soft hyphen |
| ® |
® |
® |
registered trademark |
| ¯ |
¯ |
¯ |
spacing macron |
| ° |
° |
° |
degree |
| ± |
± |
± |
plus-or-minus |
| ² |
² |
² |
superscript 2 |
| ³ |
³ |
³ |
superscript 3 |
| ´ |
´ |
´ |
spacing acute |
| µ |
µ |
µ |
micro |
| ¶ |
¶ |
¶ |
paragraph |
| · |
· |
· |
middle dot |
| ¸ |
¸ |
¸ |
spacing cedilla |
| ¹ |
¹ |
¹ |
superscript 1 |
| º |
º |
º |
masculine ordinal indicator |
| » |
» |
» |
angle quotation mark (right) |
| ¼ |
¼ |
¼ |
fraction 1/4 |
| ½ |
½ |
½ |
fraction 1/2 |
| ¾ |
¾ |
¾ |
fraction 3/4 |
| ¿ |
¿ |
¿ |
inverted question mark |
| × |
× |
× |
multiplication |
| ÷ |
÷ |
÷ |
division |
ISO 8859-1 Characters
| Character |
Entity Number |
Entity Name |
Description |
| À |
À |
À |
capital a, grave accent |
| Á |
Á |
Á |
capital a, acute accent |
| Â |
 |
 |
capital a, circumflex accent |
| Ã |
à |
à |
capital a, tilde |
| Ä |
Ä |
Ä |
capital a, umlaut mark |
| Å |
Å |
Å |
capital a, ring |
| Æ |
Æ |
Æ |
capital ae |
| 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, 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, 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, umlaut mark |
| 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, umlaut mark |
| Ý |
Ý |
Ý |
capital y, acute accent |
| Þ |
Þ |
Þ |
capital THORN, Icelandic |
| ß |
ß |
ß |
small sharp s, German |
| 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, umlaut mark |
| å |
å |
å |
small a, ring |
| æ |
æ |
æ |
small ae |
| 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, 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, 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, umlaut mark |
| 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, umlaut mark |
| ý |
ý |
ý |
small y, acute accent |
| þ |
þ |
þ |
small thorn, Icelandic |
| ÿ |
ÿ |
ÿ |
small y, umlaut mark |
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