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ISO-8859-1 Entities

The general rule is to use the numerical representation rather than the name. Entity names were listed in the HTML 2.0 spec and are honored by HTML 3.2-compliant browsers, but there are still browser versions in use that don't honor them.

The exception to the rule is to use the names for the Less-Than sign (<), Greater-Than sign (>), Ampersand (&), and Quote ("). They are easily remembered, and browser coverage is excellent.

Named Entity	Rendered Named	Numeric Entity	Rendered Numeric	Description
				unused
				horizontal tab
				line feed
				unused
				space
		!	!	exclamation mark
"	"	"	"	double quotation mark
		#	#	number sign
		$	$	dollar sign
		%	%	percent sign
&	&	&	&	amperstand
		'	'	apostrophe
		(	(	left parenthesis
		)	)	right parenthesis
		*	*	asterisk
		+	+	plus sign
		,	,	comma
		-	-	hyphen
		.	.	period (fullstop)
		/	/	solidus (slash)
		0		digits 0 - 9
		:	:	colon
		;	;	semi-colon
<	<	<	<	less than sign
		=	=	equals sign
>	>	>	>	greater than sign
		?	?	question mark
		@	@	commercial at
		A		letters A - Z
		[	[	left square bracket
		\	\	reverse solidus (backslash)
		]	]	right square bracket
		^	^	caret
		_	_	horizontal bar (underscore)
		`	`	acute accent
		a		letters a - z
		{	{	left curly brace
		\|	\|	vertical bar
		}	}	right curly brace
		~	~	tilde
				unused
			€	unused
				unused
			‚	unused
			ƒ	unused
			„	unused
			…	unused
			†	unused
			‡	unused
			ˆ	unused
			‰	unused
			Š	unused
			‹	unused
			Œ	unused
				unused
			Ž	unused
				unused
				unused
			‘	unused
			’	unused
			“	smart quote (close)
			”	smart quote (open)
			•	square
			–
			—	emdash
			˜	quote
			™	trademark
			š	question mark
			›	greater than
			œ	lower case ce
				unused
			ž	unused
			Ÿ	upper case y, dieresis or umlaut mark
				non-breaking space
		¡	¡	inverted exclamation
		¢	¢	cent sign
		£	£	pound sterling
		¤	¤	general currency sign
		¥	¥	yen sign
		¦	¦	broken vertical bar
		§	§	section sign
		¨	¨	umlaut (dieresis)
©	©	©	©	copyright
		ª	ª	feminine ordinal
		«	«	left angle quote, guillemotleft
		¬	¬	not sign
				soft hyphen
		®	®	registered trademark
		¯	¯	macron accent
		°	°	degree sign
		±	±	plus or minus
		²	²	superscript two
		³	³	superscript three
		´	´	acute accent
		µ	µ	micro sign
		¶	¶	paragraph sign
		·	·	middle dot
		¸	¸	cedilla
		¹	¹	superscript one
		º	º	masculine ordinal
		»	»	right angle quote, guillemotright
		¼	¼	one-fourth
		½	¼	one-half
		¾	¾	three-fourths
		¿	¿	inverted question mark
À	À	À	À	upper case A, grave accent
Á	Á	Á	Á	upper case A, acute accent
Â	Â	Â	Â	upper case A, circumflex accent
Ã	Ã	Ã	Ã	upper case A, tilde
Ä	Ä	Ä	Ä	upper case A, dieresis or umlaut mark
Å	Å	Å	Å	upper case A, ring
Æ	Æ	Æ	Æ	upper case AE dipthong (ligature)
Ç	Ç	Ç	Ç	upper case C, cedilla
È	È	È	È	upper case E, grave accent
É	É	É	É	upper case E, acute accent
Ê	Ê	Ê	Ê	upper case E, circumflex accent
Ë	Ë	Ë	Ë	upper case E, dieresis or umlaut mark
Ì	Ì	Ì	Ì	upper case I, grave accent
Í	Í	Í	Í	upper case I, acute accent
Î	Î	Î	Î	upper case I, circumflex accent
Ï	Ï	Ï	Ï	upper case I, dieresis or umlaut mark
Ð	Ð	Ð	Ð	upper case Eth, Icelandic
Ñ	Ñ	Ñ	Ñ	upper case N, tilde
Ò	Ò	Ò	Ò	upper case O, grave accent
Ó	Ó	Ó	Ó	upper case O, acute accent
Ô	Ô	Ô	Ô	upper case O, circumflex accent
Õ	Õ	Õ	Õ	upper case O, tilde
Ö	Ö	Ö	Ö	upper case O, dieresis or umlaut mark
		×	×	multiply sign
Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	upper case O, slash
Ù	Ù	Ù	Ù	upper case U, grave accent
Ú	Ú	Ú	Ú	upper case U, acute accent
Û	Û	Û	Û	upper case U, circumflex accent
Ü	Ü	Ü	Ü	upper case U, dieresis or umlaut mark
Ý	Ý	Ý	Ý	upper case Y, acute accent
Þ	Þ	Þ	Þ	upper case THORN, Icelandic
ß	ß	ß	ß	lower case sharp s, German (sz ligature)
à	à	à	à	lower case a, grave accent
á	á	á	á	lower case a, acute accent
â	â	â	â	lower case a, circumflex accent
ã	ã	ã	ã	lower case a, tilde
ä	ä	ä	ä	lower case a, dieresis or umlaut mark
å	å	å	å	lower case a, ring
æ	æ	æ	æ	lower case ae dipthong (ligature)
ç	ç	ç	ç	lower case c, cedilla
è	è	è	è	lower case e, grave accent
é	é	é	é	lower case e, acute accent
ê	ê	ê	ê	lower case e, circumflex accent
ë	ë	ë	ë	lower case e, dieresis or umlaut mark
ì	ì	ì	ì	lower case i, grave accent
í	í	í	í	lower case i, acute accent
î	î	î	î	lower case i, circumflex accent
ï	ï	ï	ï	lower case i, dieresis or umlaut mark
ð	ð	ð	ð	lower case eth, Icelandic
ñ	ñ	ñ	ñ	lower case n, tilde
ò	ò	ò	ò	lower case o, grave accent
ó	ó	ó	ó	lower case o, acute accent
ô	ô	ô	ô	lower case o, circumflex accent
õ	õ	õ	õ	lower case o, tilde
ö	ö	ö	ö	lower case o, dieresis or umlaut mark
		÷	÷	division sign
ø	ø	ø	ø	lower case o, slash
ù	ù	ù	ù	lower case u, grave accent
ú	ú	ú	ú	lower case u, acute accent
û	û	û	û	lower case u, circumflex accent
ü	ü	ü	ü	lower case u, dieresis or umlaut mark
ý	ý	ý	ý	lower case y, acute accent
þ	þ	þ	þ	lower case thorn, Icelandic
ÿ	ÿ	ÿ	ÿ	lower case y, dieresis or umlaut mark
		Ā	Ā	upper case A, macron
		ā	ā	lower case a, macron
		Ē	Ē	upper case E, macron
		ē	ē	lower case e, macron
		Ī	Ī	upper case I, macron
		ī	ī	lower case i, macron
		Ō	Ō	upper case O, macron
		ō	ō	lower case o, macron
		Ū	Ū	upper case U, macron
		ū	ū	lower case u, macron
		ʻ	ʻ	Hawaiian Okina