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Character Chart

There are two problems with using non-alphanumeric characters in web pages. The first is that some characters are reserved for HTML commands, such as the < and > brackets which denote the enclosed letters are an HTML command. The second problem is that different computer systems use non-alphanumeric characters differently. So a curly or "smart" quote such as ” on your computer could be displayed as Ð when someone sees the page on their computer, which makes no sense to the reader.* When using diacritical marks, such as the é in Québec, it is guaranteed that it won't be displayed properly on other computers, or even on your own once your browser gets ahold of it.

So when you want to use one of these characters you need to use the appropriate ampersand code. When a Browser program sees this it will display as the correct character. To do this you type in &# followed by the number of the character you wish to use from the chart, and follow it with a ;. So "&#189;" would display as "½", or to display an Ellipsis, (…), you would use &#133;.

&#133;
Ellipsis, the most common special character.

&#?;
(Replace the ? with the number of the character you wish to display)

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33 !
34 "
35 #
36 $
37 %
38 &
39 '
40 (
41 )
42 *
43 +
44 ,
45 -
46 .
47 /
48 0
49 1
50 2
51 3
52 4
53 5
54 6
55 7
56 8
57 9
58 :
59 ;
60 <
61 =
62 >
63 ?
64 @
65 A
66 B
67 C
68 D
69 E
70 F
71 G
72 H
73 I
74 J
75 K
76 L
77 M
78 N
79 O
80 P
81 Q
82 R
83 S
84 T
85 U
86 V
87 W
88 X
89 Y
90 Z
91 [
92 \
93 ]
94 ^
95 _
96 `
97 a
98 b
99 c
100 d
101 e
102 f
103 g
104 h
105 i
106 j
107 k
108 l
109 m
110 n
111 o
112 p
113 q
114 r
115 s
116 t
117 u
118 v
119 w
120 x
121 y
122 z
123 {
124 |
125 }
126 ~
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128 €
129 
130 ‚
131 ƒ
132 „
133 …
134 †
135 ‡
136 ˆ
137 ‰
138 Š
139 ‹
140 Œ
141 
142 Ž
143 
144 
145 ‘
146 ’
147 “
148 ”
149 •
150 –
151 —
152 ˜
153 ™
154 š
155 ›
156 œ
157 
158 ž
159 Ÿ
160  
161 ¡
162 ¢
163 £
164 ¤
165 ¥
166 ¦
167 §
168 ¨
169 ©
170 ª
171 «
172 ¬
173 ­
174 ®
175 ¯
176 °
177 ±
178 ²
179 ³
180 ´
181 µ
182 ¶
183 ·
184 ¸
185 ¹
186 º
187 »
188 ¼
189 ½
190 ¾
191 ¿
192 À
193 Á
194 Â
195 Ã
196 Ä
197 Å
198 Æ
199 Ç
200 È
201 É
202 Ê
203 Ë
204 Ì
205 Í
206 Î
207 Ï
208 Ð
209 Ñ
210 Ò
211 Ó
212 Ô
213 Õ
214 Ö
215 ×
216 Ø
217 Ù
218 Ú
219 Û
220 Ü
221 Ý
222 Þ
223 ß
224 à
225 á
226 â
227 ã
228 ä
229 å
230 æ
231 ç
232 è
233 é
234 ê
235 ë
236 ì
237 í
238 î
239 ï
240 ð
241 ñ
242 ò
243 ó
244 ô
245 õ
246 ö
247 ÷
248 ø
249 ù
250 ú
251 û
252 ü
253 ý
254 þ
255 ÿ

*Straight quotes, ", asterisk, *, and parenthesis, ( ), are among the characters that can just be typed straight into your document without using these codes.

The following characters have non-numeric codes to make them easier to remember.

Less Than
HTML Command Left Bracket
<&lt;
Greater Than
HTML Command Right Bracket
>&gt;
Ampersand&&amp;
Straight Quote"&quot;
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