Special characters

A selection of characters I use most…

HTML Name Code

HTML Number Code

Glyph

Windows

Description

»

»

»

Alt + 0187

right angle quote

«

«

«

Alt + 0171

left angle quote

„

„

double low-9 quote

“

“

Alt + 0147

left double quote

”

”

Alt + 0148

right double quote

©

©

©

Alt + 0169

copyright

™

™

Alt + 0153

trademark sign

®

®

®

Alt + 0174

registered trademark

‘

‘

Alt + 0145

left single quote

’

’

Alt + 0146

right single quote

‚

‚

single low-9 quote

†

†

Alt + 0134

dagger

‡

‡

Alt + 0135

double dagger

…

horizontal ellipsis

‰

‰

Alt + 0137

per mill sign

‹

‹

Alt + 0139

single left-pointing angle quote

›

›

Alt + 0155

single right-pointing angle quote

♠

♠

black spade suit

♣

♣

black club suit

♥

♥

black heart suit

♦

♦

black diamond suit

‾

‾

overline, = spacing overscore

←

←

leftward arrow

↑

↑

upward arrow

→

→

rightward arrow

↓

↓

downward arrow

"

"

double quotation mark

&

&

&

ampersand

<

<

<

less-than sign

&gt;

&#62;

>

greater-than sign

&#91;

[

left square bracket

&#93;

]

right square bracket

&ndash;

&#150;

Alt + 0150

en dash

&mdash;

&#151;

Alt + 0151

em dash

&nbsp;

&#160;

Alt + 0160

nonbreaking space

&iexcl;

&#161;

¡

Alt + 0161

inverted exclamation

&cent;

&#162;

¢

Alt + 0162

cent sign

&pound;

&#163;

£

Alt + 0163

pound sterling

&curren;

&#164;

¤

Alt + 0164

general currency sign

&yen;

&#165;

¥

Alt + 0165

yen sign

&brvbar; or &brkbar;

&#166;

¦

Alt + 0166

broken vertical bar

&sect;

&#167;

§

Alt + 0167

section sign

&uml; or &die;

&#168;

¨

Alt + 0168

umlaut

&ordf;

&#170;

ª

Alt + 0170

feminine ordinal

&not;

&#172;

¬

Alt + 0172

not sign

&shy;

&#173;

­

Alt + 0173

soft hyphen

&macr; or &hibar;

&#175;

¯

Alt + 0175

macron accent

&deg;

&#176;

°

Alt + 0176

degree sign

&plusmn;

&#177;

±

Alt + 0177

plus or minus

&sup2;

&#178;

²

Alt + 0178

superscript two

&sup3;

&#179;

³

Alt + 0179

superscript three

&acute;

&#180;

´

Alt + 0180

acute accent

&micro;

&#181;

µ

Alt + 0181

micro sign

&para;

&#182;

Alt + 0182

paragraph sign

&middot;

&#183;

·

Alt + 0183

middle dot

&cedil;

&#184;

¸

Alt + 0184

cedilla

&sup1;

&#185;

¹

Alt + 0185

superscript one

&ordm;

&#186;

º

Alt + 0186

masculine ordinal

&frac14;

&#188;

¼

Alt + 0188

one-fourth

&frac12;

&#189;

½

Alt + 0189

one-half

&frac34;

&#190;

¾

Alt + 0190

three-fourths

&iquest;

&#191;

¿

Alt + 0191

inverted question mark

&times;

&#215;

×

Alt + 0215

multiplication sign

for more Information see the original “Tip sheet on special characters

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