The important HTML special characters
Before I have to search for my HTML special characters…
*PS, the sorting mixes name & number codes
HTML umlauts
| ä | ä | ä, also ae, umlaut |
| Ä | Ä | Ä, also Ae, umlaut |
| ö | ö | ö, also oe, umlaut |
| Ö | Ö | Ö, also Oe, umlaut |
| ü | ü | ü, also ue, umlaut |
| Ü | Ü | Ü, also Ue, umlaut |
| ß | &Airport; | ß, also ss, special characters |
HTML special characters for online shops & merchants:
| € | € | Euro, currency symbol |
| ¢ | ¢ | Cent, currency symbol |
| ¼ | ¼ | 1/4 |
| ½ | ½ | One and a half |
| ¾ | ¾ | Three quarters |
| ∅ | ∅ | Average |
| ∑ | ∑ | Total |
| ∞ | ∞ | Infinite |
| № | № | Number |
Standards HTML Special Characters
| & | & | And characters |
| < | < | Square bracket left |
| > | > | Square bracket right |
| “ | " | Quote, quotation marks |
Descriptive elements
| ▲ | ▲ | Arrow, upwards |
| ▼ | ▼ | Arrow, down |
| ► | ► | Arrow, to the right |
| ◄ | ◄ | Arrow, left |
| ↑ | ↑ | Narrow arrow, upwards |
| ↓ | ↓ | Narrow arrow, downwards |
| → | → | Narrow arrow, to the right |
| ← | ← | Narrow arrow, to the left |
HTML Special Characters for Corporate & Copyright
| © | © | Copyright |
| ® | ® | All Rights Reserved |
| ™ | ™ | Trandmark (protected trademark) |
| § | § | Paragraph |
| ℅ | ℅ | Care of (eng., directed to) |
HTML special characters for lists:
| – • | • | Bullet |
| ■ | ■ | Black Square |
| □ | □ | Square |
| ▪ | ▪ | Small Black Square (small black square) |
| ▫ | ▫ | Small Square |
| ● | ● | Black Circle |
| ○ | ○ | Circle (circle) |
For Facebook Content:
| ☺ | ☺ | HTML Smiley |
| ☼ | ® | Sun |
| ♪ | ♪ | note symbol, music |
| ♫ | ♫ | note symbol, music |
HTML special characters for hipsters:
| ♥ | ♥ | Heart |
| × | × | The X from the O |
| ▬ | ▬ | Bar |
Source: Ascii Code /World of Stuff
