HTML and CSS Reference
In-Depth Information
Appendix F
Symbols and Characters
Quick Reference
Using Symbols and Special Characters
There is a way to insert special characters into your HTML and XHTML code by using
the entity character reference. Tables F-1 through F-3 contain the most commonly used
character references, mathematical and technical character references, and arrow character
references. Several projects in the topic use these character references to enhance content
on the Web pages that you create.
You can find a complete list of characters at unicode.org. You can also search the
Web for many other unicode character map resources.
Table F-1 Most Commonly Used Character References
Symbol
Character Reference
Description
&
&
Ampersand
¦
¦
Broken vertical bar
¢
Cent sign
¢
©
©
Copyright sign
¤
¤
Currency sign
†
†
Dagger
‡
‡
Double dagger
€
€
Euro
>
>
Greater-than sign
«
«
Left-pointing double angle quotation mark
<
<
Less-than sign
—
—
Em dash
[Tab]
Nonbreaking space (can be used for tabbing on a Web page)
-
–
En dash
¬
¬
Not sign
¶
¶
Paragraph sign
£
£
Pound
"
"
Quotation mark = APL quote
®
®
Registered mark sign
»
»
Right-pointing double angle quotation mark
§
§
Section sign
™
™
Trademark sign
¥
¥
Yen
