| HTML ENTITIES & SPECIAL CHARACTERS GUIDE |
As we've mentioned HTML only displays simple text such as letters, numbers and full stops. However you can use character entities to get around thisfor example say you wanted a heading to say Return & re-assessthis would be coded as this using character entities for & and -. <h4>Return & re-assess</h4> Here are some common entities | Symbol | Numeric entity | | ! | ! | | " | " | | # | # | | $ | $ | | % | % | | & | & | | ' | ' | | ( | ( | | ) | ) | | * | * |
| | Symbol | Numeric entity | | + | + | | , | , | | - | - | | . | . | | / | / | | : | : | | ; | ; | | < | < | | = | = | | > | > |
| | Symbol | Numeric entity | | ? | ? | | @ | @ | | [ | [ | | \ | \ | | ] | ] | | _ | _ | | ™ | ™ | | ¢ | ¢ | | £ | £ | | © | © |
| | Symbol | Numeric entity | | ® | ® | | ± | ± | | ¼ | ¼ | | ½ | ½ | | à | à | | á | á | | é | é | | ô | ô | | ÷ | ÷ | | ú | ú |
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This site has a more complete list - www.echoecho.com/documentation.htm
- List of special characters sub divided by browser compatibility
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