Dynamic HTML in Action
The following is a list of the first 256 character entities. Many letters and symbols commonly used in most western languages (like English) can be found here. A sample HTML file on the CD in AppndxD\appd.htm demonstrates all of these entities. A more complete list of character entities can be found in the SBN Workshop on the companion CD at Workshop (References); DHTML, HTML, & CSS; HTML References; Character Sets. Note that a few of the characters will display differently in different fonts or on different operating systems.
NOTE
The indexes from  through Ÿ are officially "reserved" characters and are undefined. However, both Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer display them as shown below.
| Displays As | Numerical Identifier | Named Entity | Description |
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| � | Not Used | ||
|  | Not Used | ||
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| 	 | Horizontal tab | ||
| | Line feed | ||
|  | Not Used | ||
|  | Not Used | ||
| | Carriage Return | ||
|  | Not Used | ||
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|   | Space | ||
| ! | ! | Explanation point | |
| " | " | " | Quotation mark |
| # | # | Number sign | |
| $ | $ | Dollar sign | |
| % | % | Percent sign | |
| & | & | & | Ampersand |
| ' | ' | Apostrophe | |
| ( | ( | Left parenthesis | |
| ) | ) | Right parenthesis | |
| * | * | Asterisk | |
| + | + | Plus sign | |
| , | , | Comma | |
| - | - | Hyphen | |
| . | . | Period (fullstop) | |
| / | / | Solidus (forwardslash) | |
| 0 | 0 | Number 0 | |
| 1 | 1 | Number 1 | |
| 2 | 2 | Number 2 | |
| 3 | 3 | Number 3 | |
| 4 | 4 | Number 4 | |
| 5 | 5 | Number 5 | |
| 6 | 6 | Number 6 | |
| 7 | 7 | Number 7 | |
| 8 | 8 | Number 8 | |
| 9 | 9 | Number 9 | |
| : | : | Colon | |
| ; | ; | Semicolon | |
| < | < | < | Less than |
| = | = | Equals sign | |
| > | > | > | Greater than |
| ? | ? | Question mark | |
| @ | @ | Commercial at | |
| A | A | Capital A | |
| B | B | Capital B | |
| C | C | Capital C | |
| D | D | Capital D | |
| E | E | Capital E | |
| F | F | Capital F | |
| G | G | Capital G | |
| H | H | Capital H | |
| I | I | Capital I | |
| J | J | Capital J | |
| K | K | Capital K | |
| L | L | Capital L | |
| M | M | Capital M | |
| N | N | Capital N | |
| O | O | Capital O | |
| P | P | Capital P | |
| Q | Q | Capital Q | |
| R | R | Capital R | |
| S | S | Capital S | |
| T | T | Capital T | |
| U | U | Capital U | |
| V | V | Capital V | |
| W | W | Capital W | |
| X | X | Capital X | |
| Y | Y | Capital Y | |
| Z | Z | Capital Z | |
| [ | [ | Left square bracket | |
| \ | \ | Reverse solidus (backslash) | |
| ] | ] | Right square bracket | |
| ^ | ^ | Caret | |
| _ | _ | Horizontal bar (underscore) | |
| ` | ` | Acute accent | |
| a | a | Lowercase a | |
| b | b | Lowercase b | |
| c | c | Lowercase c | |
| d | d | Lowercase d | |
| e | e | Lowercase e | |
| f | f | Lowercase f | |
| g | g | Lowercase g | |
| h | h | Lowercase h | |
| i | i | Lowercase i | |
| j | j | Lowercase j | |
| k | k | Lowercase k | |
| l | l | Lowercase l | |
| m | m | Lowercase m | |
| n | n | Lowercase n | |
| o | o | Lowercase o | |
| p | p | Lowercase p | |
| q | q | Lowercase q | |
| r | r | Lowercase r | |
| s | s | Lowercase s | |
| t | t | Lowercase t | |
| u | u | Lowercase u | |
| v | v | Lowercase v | |
| w | w | Lowercase w | |
| x | x | Lowercase x | |
| y | y | Lowercase y | |
| z | z | Lowercase z | |
| { | { | Left curly brace | |
| | | | | Vertical bar | |
| } | } | Right curly brace | |
| ~ | ~ | Tilde | |
|  | Not Used | ||
| € | Not Used | ||
| • |  | ||
| , | ‚ | ||
| ƒ | ƒ | ||
| „ | „ | ||
| ... | … | Ellipsis | |
| † | † | ||
| ‡ | ‡ | ||
| ^ | ˆ | Caret | |
| ‰ | ‰ | ||
| Š | Š | ||
| < | ‹ | ||
| Œ | Œ | ||
| • |  | ||
| • | Ž | ||
| • |  | ||
| • |  | ||
| ` | ‘ | ||
| ` | ’ | ||
| " | “ | ||
| " | ” | ||
| • | • | Bullet | |
| _ | – | ||
| — | — | ||
| ~ | ˜ | ||
| ™ | ™ | Trademark | |
| š | š | ||
| > | › | ||
| œ | œ | ||
|  | |||
| ž | |||
| Ÿ | Ÿ | ||
|   | | Nonbreaking space | |
| ¡ | ¡ | ¡ | Inverted exclamation |
| ¢ | ¢ | ¢ | Cent sign |
| £ | £ | £ | Pound sterling |
| ¤ | ¤ | ¤ | General currency sign |
| ¥ | ¥ | ¥ | Yen sign |
| ¦ | ¦ | ¦ or &brkbar; | Broken vertical bar |
| § | § | § | Section sign |
| ¨ | ¨ | ¨ or ¨ | Diæresis / Umlaut |
| © | © | © | Copyright |
| ª | ª | ª | Feminine ordinal |
| « | « | « | Left angle quote, guillemot left |
| ¬ | ¬ | ¬ | Not sign |
| | ­ | ­ | Soft hyphen |
| ® | ® | ® | Registered trademark |
| ¯ | ¯ | ¯ or &hibar; | Macron accent |
| ° | ° | ° | Degree sign |
| ± | ± | ± | Plus or minus |
| ² | ² | ² | Superscript two |
| ³ | ³ | ³ | Superscript three |
| ´ | ´ | ´ | Acute accent |
| µ | µ | µ | Micro sign |
| ¶ | ¶ | ¶ | Paragraph sign |
| · | · | · | Middle dot |
| ¸ | ¸ | ¸ | Cedilla |
| ¹ | ¹ | ¹ | Superscript one |
| º | º | º | Masculine ordinal |
| » | » | » | Right angle quote, guillemot right |
| ¼ | ¼ | ¼ | Fraction one-fourth |
| ½ | ½ | ½ | Fraction one-half |
| ¾ | ¾ | ¾ | Fraction three-fourths |
| ¿ | ¿ | ¿ | Inverted question mark |
| À | À | À | Capital A, grave accent |
| Á | Á | Á | Capital A, acute accent |
| Â | Â | Â | Capital A, circumflex |
| Ã | Ã | Ã | Capital A, tilde |
| Ä | Ä | Ä | Capital A, diæresis / umlaut |
| Å | Å | Å | Capital A, ring |
| Æ | Æ | Æ | Capital AE ligature |
| Ç | Ç | Ç | Capital C, cedilla |
| È | È | È | Capital E, grave accent |
| É | É | É | Capital E, acute accent |
| Ê | Ê | Ê | Capital E, circumflex |
| Ë | Ë | Ë | Capital E, diæresis / umlaut |
| Ì | Ì | Ì | Capital I, grave accent |
| Í | Í | Í | Capital I, acute accent |
| Î | Î | Î | Capital I, circumflex |
| Ï | Ï | Ï | Capital I, diæresis / umlaut |
| Ð | Ð | Ð | Capital Eth, Icelandic |
| Ñ | Ñ | Ñ | Capital N, tilde |
| Ò | Ò | Ò | Capital O, grave accent |
| Ó | Ó | Ó | Capital O, acute accent |
| Ô | Ô | Ô | Capital O, circumflex |
| Õ | Õ | Õ | Capital O, tilde |
| Ö | Ö | Ö | Capital O, diæresis / umlaut |
| × | × | × | Multiply sign |
| Ø | Ø | Ø | Capital O, slash |
| Ù | Ù | Ù | Capital U, grave accent |
| Ú | Ú | Ú | Capital U, acute accent |
| Û | Û | Û | Capital U, circumflex |
| Ü | Ü | Ü | Capital U, diæresis / umlaut |
| Ý | Ý | Ý | Capital Y, acute accent |
| Þ | Þ | Þ | Capital Thorn, Icelandic |
| ß | ß | ß | Lowercase sharp s, German sz |
| à | à | à | Lowercase a, grave accent |
| á | á | á | Lowercase a, acute accent |
| â | â | â | Lowercase a, circumflex |
| ã | ã | ã | Lowercase a, tilde |
| ä | ä | ä | Lowercase a, diæresis / umlaut |
| å | å | å | Lowercase a, ring |
| æ | æ | æ | Lowercase ae ligature |
| ç | ç | ç | Lowercase c, cedilla |
| è | è | è | Lowercase e, grave accent |
| é | é | é | Lowercase e, acute accent |
| ê | ê | ê | Lowercase e, circumflex |
| ë | ë | ë | Lowercase e, diæresis / umlaut |
| ì | ì | ì | Lowercase i, grave accent |
| í | í | í | Lowercase i, acute accent |
| î | î | î | Lowercase i, circumflex |
| ï | ï | ï | Lowercase i, diæresis / umlaut |
| ð | ð | ð | Lowercase eth, Icelandic |
| ñ | ñ | ñ | Lowercase n, tilde |
| ò | ò | ò | Lowercase o, grave accent |
| ó | ó | ó | Lowercase o, acute accent |
| ô | ô | ô | Lowercase o, circumflex |
| õ | õ | õ | Lowercase o, tilde |
| ö | ö | ö | Lowercase o, diæresis / umlaut |
| ÷ | ÷ | ÷ | Division sign |
| ø | ø | ø | Lowercase o, slash |
| ù | ù | ù | Lowercase u, grave accent |
| ú | ú | ú | Lowercase u, acute accent |
| û | û | û | Lowercase u, circumflex |
| ü | ü | ü | Lowercase u, diæresis / umlaut |
| ý | ý | ý | Lowercase y, acute accent |
| þ | þ | þ | Lowercase thorn, Icelandic |
| ÿ | ÿ | ÿ | Lowercase y, diæresis / umlaut |