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Special Characters

Introduction

The default encoding format for HTML pages is UTF-8, which is the American format. However, this format does not include our Latin accented characters.

It is necessary to conform to this standard by encoding our special characters in a format that this standard can understand. That's why there are two encodings: one ISO in numeric format and the other specific to HTML expressed in natural language.

An ISO code is written as: &#code;, while an HTML code is written as: &name;.

General Coding Rules

HTML codes are mnemonic abbreviations (in English) of accented letters.

Syntax:

& letter + abbreviation;

Example for É:

Rule: & E + acute;

Actual code: & Eacute;

List of the most common abbreviations:

Description HTML Abbreviation
grave accent grave
acute accent acute
circumflex accent circ
cedilla cedil
umlaut uml
tilde tilde

Table of ISO and HTML Codes for Special Characters

Character ISO Code HTML Abbreviation
Non-breaking Space
   
A
À À À
Á Á Á
  Â
à à Ã
Ä Ä Ä
Å Å Å
Æ Æ &Aelig;
à à à
á á á
â â â
ã ã ã
ä ä ä
å å å
æ æ æ
C
Ç Ç Ç
ç ç ç
D
Ð Ð Ð
ð ð ð
E
È È È
É É É
Ê Ê Ê
Ë Ë Ë
è è è
é é é
ê ê ê
ë ë ë
I
Ì Ì Ì
Í Í Í
Î Î Î
Ï Ï Ï
ì ì ì
í í í
î î î
ï ï ï
N
Ñ Ñ Ñ
ñ ñ ñ
O
Ò Ò Ò
Ó Ó Ó
Ô Ô Ô
Õ Õ Õ
Ö Ö Ö
Ø Ø Ø
Œ Œ Œ
ò ò ò
ó ó ó
ô ô ô
õ õ õ
ö ö ö
ø ø ø
œ œ œ
S
Š Š
š š
U
Ù Ù Ù
Ú Ú Ú
Û Û Û
Ü Ü Ü
ù ù ù
ú ú ú
û û û
ü ü ü
Y
Ý Ý Ý
Ÿ Ÿ Ÿ
ý ý ý
ÿ ÿ ÿ
Z
Ž Ž
ž ž
Currency Symbols
¢ ¢ ¢
£ £ £
¥ ¥ ¥
Legal Symbols
™
© © ©
® ® ®
Numerical Symbols
‰
ª ª ª
º º º
¹ ¹ ¹
² ² ²
³ ³ ³
¼ ¼ ¼
½ ½ ½
¾ ¾ ¾
÷ ÷ ÷
× × ×
> › >
< &#139; &lt;
± &#177; &plusmn;
Other Symbols
& &amp;
&#130;
ƒ &#131;
&#132;
&#133;
&#134;
&#135;
ˆ &#136;
' &#145;
' &#146;
" &#147;
" &#148;
&#149;
&#150;
&#151;
˜ &#152;
¿ &#191; &iquest;
¡ &#161; &iexcl;
¤ &#164; &curren;
¦ &#166; &brvbar;
§ &#167; &sect;
¨ &#168; &uml;
« &#171; &laquo;
» &#187; &raquo;
¬ &#172; &not;
¯ &#175;
´ &#180; &acute;
µ &#181; &micro;
&#182; &para;
· &#183; &middot;
¸ &#184; &cedil;
Þ &#222; &thorn;
ß &#223; &szlig;