Some types of characters or symbols need a bit of extra coding in order for them to appear. This is called character referencing.
Below is a list of character references that can be used with the ISO-8859-1 character encoding. Not all browsers or versions may support all of these, so do some tests to make sure the ones you choose are viewable or not.
There are further references that go into the various letter styles.
Below is a list of character references that can be used with the ISO-8859-1 character encoding. Not all browsers or versions may support all of these, so do some tests to make sure the ones you choose are viewable or not.
| Character | Numeric Reference | Entity Reference | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| To get this to appear | Type this in your code | Or this in your code | |
| " | " | " | Double quote |
| & | & | & | Ampersand |
| < | < | < | Less than |
| > | > | > | Greater than |
|   | | Space | |
| ¡ | ¡ | ¡ | Inverted ! |
| ¢ | ¢ | ¢ | Cent |
| £ | £ | £ | Pound |
| ¤ | ¤ | ¤ | Currency |
| ¥ | ¥ | ¥ | Yen |
| ¦ | ¦ | ¦ &brkbar; | Broken bar |
| § | § | § | Section |
| © | © | © | Copyright |
| ® | ® | ® | Registered |
| ™ | ™ | Trademark | |
| « | « | « | Left angle quotes |
| » | » | » | Right angle quotes |
| ² | ² | ² | Superscript 2 |
| ³ | ³ | ³ | Superscript 3 |
| · | · | · | Middle dot |
| ¼ | ¼ | One quarter | |
| ½ | ½ | One half | |
| ¾ | ¾ | Three quarters | |
| ¿ | ¿ | ¿ | Inverted ? |
| × | × | × | Multiplication |
| ÷ | ÷ | ÷ | Division |
There are further references that go into the various letter styles.
