Compatibility notes
All the characters from 0 through 255 are given here, including those which are reserved in official ISO 8859-1, so that you can test your browser's compliance. Specifically, if you are using MS-DOS or MS-Windows, check to see if your browser is using CP1252, CP437 or an ISO 8859-1 compliant code page. The correct way to write such glyphs is with HTML 4.0 entities , which several browsers already understand (within the limits of their operating systems). I would advise using them even in HTML 3.2 documents, even though the CP1252 numerical entities are technically valid HTML 3.2 and the named entities are not, due to the mysteries of SGML. (It defines valid characters as ranges, and nobody bothered to excluded those.) However, to be completely compliant, you should indicate that such documents are HTML 4.0, which is what W3C wants you to use anyway. The numeric character entities here are all given in decimal and hexadecimal for your viewing pleasure.
If you are running a version of MacOS predating version 10, several characters may be rendered incorrectly. Specifically, Latin 1 characters 166, 178, 185, 188, 189, 190, 208, 221, 222, 240, 253, and 254 may be wrong. I hear you can get special fonts to work around this problem, but since I don't use a Mac, I don't know where to get these or how to use them.
Allowed
Number | Numeric Entity | Named Entity | Description | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Entity | Character | ||||||
Decimal | Hex | Dec | Hex | Entity | Char | ||
9 | 	 | 	 | horizontal tab | ||||
10 | | 
 | line feed | ||||
13 | | 
 | carriage return | ||||
32 |   |   | space | ||||
33 | ! | ! | ! | ! | exclamation mark | ||
34 | " | " | " | " | " | " | quotation mark |
35 | # | # | # | # | number sign | ||
36 | $ | $ | $ | $ | dollar sign | ||
37 | % | % | % | % | percent sign | ||
38 | & | & | & | & | & | & | ampersand |
39 | ' | ' | ' | ' | apostrophe (acute accent, close single quote) | ||
40 | ( | ( | ( | ( | left parenthesis | ||
41 | ) | ) | ) | ) | right parenthesis | ||
42 | * | * | * | * | asterisk | ||
43 | + | + | + | + | plus sign | ||
44 | , | , | , | , | comma | ||
45 | - | - | - | - | hyphen | ||
46 | . | . | . | . | period (fullstop) | ||
47 | / | / | / | / | solidus (slash) | ||
48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
49 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
50 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
51 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
52 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||
53 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||
54 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||
55 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | ||
56 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | ||
57 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||
58 | : | : | : | : | colon | ||
59 | ; | ; | ; | ; | semi-colon | ||
60 | < | < | < | < | < | < | less than |
61 | = | = | = | = | equals sign | ||
62 | > | > | > | > | > | > | greater than |
63 | ? | ? | ? | ? | question mark | ||
64 | @ | @ | @ | @ | commercial at | ||
65 | A | A | A | A | A | ||
66 | B | B | B | B | B | ||
67 | C | C | C | C | C | ||
68 | D | D | D | D | D | ||
69 | E | E | E | E | E | ||
70 | F | F | F | F | F | ||
71 | G | G | G | G | G | ||
72 | H | H | H | H | H | ||
73 | I | I | I | I | I | ||
74 | J | J | J | J | J | ||
75 | K | K | K | K | K | ||
76 | L | L | L | L | L | ||
77 | M | M | M | M | M | ||
78 | N | N | N | N | N | ||
79 | O | O | O | O | O | ||
80 | P | P | P | P | P | ||
81 | Q | Q | Q | Q | Q | ||
82 | R | R | R | R | R | ||
83 | S | S | S | S | S | ||
84 | T | T | T | T | T | ||
85 | U | U | U | U | U | ||
86 | V | V | V | V | V | ||
87 | W | W | W | W | W | ||
88 | X | X | X | X | X | ||
89 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||
90 | Z | Z | Z | Z | Z | ||
91 | [ | [ | [ | [ | left square bracket | ||
92 | \ | \ | / | / | reverse solidus (backslash) | ||
93 | ] | ] | ] | ] | right square bracket | ||
94 | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | caret | ||
95 | _ | _ | _ | _ | horizontal bar (underscore) | ||
96 | ` | ` | ` | ` | grave accent (open single quote, backquote) | ||
97 | a | a | a | a | a | ||
98 | b | b | b | b | b | ||
99 | c | c | c | c | c | ||
100 | d | d | d | d | d | ||
101 | e | e | e | e | e | ||
102 | f | f | f | f | f | ||
103 | g | g | g | g | g | ||
104 | h | h | h | h | h | ||
105 | i | i | i | i | i | ||
106 | j | j | j | j | j | ||
107 | k | k | k | k | k | ||
108 | l | l | l | l | l | ||
109 | m | m | m | m | m | ||
110 | n | n | n | n | n | ||
111 | o | o | o | o | o | ||
112 | p | p | p | p | p | ||
113 | q | q | q | q | q | ||
114 | r | r | r | r | r | ||
115 | s | s | s | s | s | ||
116 | t | t | t | t | t | ||
117 | u | u | u | u | u | ||
118 | v | v | v | v | v | ||
119 | w | w | w | w | w | ||
120 | x | x | x | x | x | ||
121 | y | y | y | y | y | ||
122 | z | z | z | z | z | ||
123 | { | { | { | { | left curly brace | ||
124 | | | | | | | | | vertical bar | ||
125 | } | } | } | } | right curly brace | ||
126 | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | tilde | ||
160 |   |   | | non-breaking Space | |||
161 | ¡ | ¡ | ¡ | ¡ | ¡ | ¡ | inverted exclamation |
162 | ¢ | ¢ | ¢ | ¢ | ¢ | ¢ | cent sign |
163 | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | pound sterling |
164 | ¤ | ¤ | ¤ | ¤ | ¤ | ¤ | general currency sign |
165 | ¥ | ¥ | ¥ | ¥ | ¥ | ¥ | yen sign |
166 | ¦ | ¦ | ¦ | ¦ | ¦ | ¦ | broken vertical bar |
167 | § | § | § | § | § | § | section sign |
168 | ¨ | ¨ | ¨ | ¨ | ¨ | ¨ | umlaut (diaeresis) |
169 | © | © | © | © | © | © | copyright |
170 | ª | ª | ª | ª | ª | ª | feminine ordinal |
171 | « | « | « | « | « | « | left angle quote, guillemot left |
172 | ¬ | ¬ | ¬ | ¬ | ¬ | ¬ | not sign |
173 | ­ | ­ | | | ­ | | soft hyphen |
174 | ® | ® | ® | ® | ® | ® | registered trademark |
175 | ¯ | ¯ | ¯ | ¯ | ¯ | ¯ | macron accent |
176 | ° | ° | ° | ° | ° | ° | degree sign |
177 | ± | ± | ± | ± | ± | ± | plus or minus |
178 | ² | ² | ² | ² | ² | ² | superscript two |
179 | ³ | ³ | ³ | ³ | ³ | ³ | superscript three |
180 | ´ | ´ | ´ | ´ | ´ | ´ | acute accent |
181 | µ | µ | µ | µ | µ | µ | micro sign |
182 | ¶ | ¶ | ¶ | ¶ | ¶ | ¶ | paragraph sign |
183 | · | · | · | · | · | · | middle dot |
184 | ¸ | ¸ | ¸ | ¸ | ¸ | ¸ | cedilla |
185 | ¹ | ¹ | ¹ | ¹ | ¹ | ¹ | superscript one |
186 | º | º | º | º | º | º | masculine ordinal |
187 | » | » | » | » | » | » | right angle quote, guillemot right |
188 | ¼ | ¼ | ¼ | ¼ | ¼ | ¼ | fraction one-fourth |
189 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | fraction one-half |
190 | ¾ | ¾ | ¾ | ¾ | ¾ | ¾ | fraction three-fourths |
191 | ¿ | ¿ | ¿ | ¿ | ¿ | ¿ | inverted question mark |
192 | À | À | À | À | À | À | A, grave accent |
193 | Á | Á | Á | Á | Á | Á | A, acute accent |
194 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | A, circumflex accent |
195 | Ã | Ã | Ã | Ã | Ã | Ã | A, tilde |
196 | Ä | Ä | Ä | Ä | Ä | Ä | A, diaereris or umlaut mark |
197 | Å | Å | Å | Å | Å | Å | A, ring |
198 | Æ | Æ | Æ | Æ | Æ | Æ | AE diphthong (ligature) |
199 | Ç | Ç | Ç | Ç | Ç | Ç | C, cedilla |
200 | È | È | È | È | È | È | E, grave accent |
201 | É | É | É | É | É | É | E, acute accent |
202 | Ê | Ê | Ê | Ê | Ê | Ê | E, circumflex accent |
203 | Ë | Ë | Ë | Ë | Ë | Ë | E, diaereris or umlaut mark |
204 | Ì | Ì | Ì | Ì | Ì | Ì | I, grave accent |
205 | Í | Í | Í | Í | Í | Í | I, acute accent |
206 | Î | Î | Î | Î | Î | Î | I, circumflex accent |
207 | Ï | Ï | Ï | Ï | Ï | Ï | I, diaereris or umlaut mark |
208 | Ð | Ð | Ð | Ð | Ð | Ð | Eth, Icelandic |
209 | Ñ | Ñ | Ñ | Ñ | Ñ | Ñ | N, tilde |
210 | Ò | Ò | Ò | Ò | Ò | Ò | O, grave accent |
211 | Ó | Ó | Ó | Ó | Ó | Ó | O, acute accent |
212 | Ô | Ô | Ô | Ô | Ô | Ô | O, circumflex accent |
213 | Õ | Õ | Õ | Õ | Õ | Õ | O, tilde |
214 | Ö | Ö | Ö | Ö | Ö | Ö | O, diaereris or umlaut mark |
215 | × | × | × | × | × | × | multiply sign |
216 | Ø | Ø | Ø | Ø | Ø | Ø | O, slash |
217 | Ù | Ù | Ù | Ù | Ù | Ù | U, grave accent |
218 | Ú | Ú | Ú | Ú | Ú | Ú | U, acute accent |
219 | Û | Û | Û | Û | Û | Û | U, circumflex accent |
220 | Ü | Ü | Ü | Ü | Ü | Ü | U, diaereris or umlaut mark |
221 | Ý | Ý | Ý | Ý | Ý | Ý | Y, acute accent |
222 | Þ | Þ | Þ | Þ | Þ | Þ | THORN, Icelandic |
223 | ß | ß | ß | ß | ß | ß | sharp s, German (sz ligature) |
224 | à | à | à | à | à | à | a, grave accent |
225 | á | á | á | á | á | á | a, acute accent |
226 | â | â | â | â | â | â | a, circumflex accent |
227 | ã | ã | ã | ã | ã | ã | a, tilde |
228 | ä | ä | ä | ä | ä | ä | a, diaereris or umlaut mark |
229 | å | å | å | å | å | å | a, ring |
230 | æ | æ | æ | æ | æ | æ | ae diphthong (ligature) |
231 | ç | ç | ç | ç | ç | ç | c, cedilla |
232 | è | è | è | è | è | è | e, grave accent |
233 | é | é | é | é | é | é | e, acute accent |
234 | ê | ê | ê | ê | ê | ê | e, circumflex accent |
235 | ë | ë | ë | ë | ë | ë | e, diaereris or umlaut mark |
236 | ì | ì | ì | ì | ì | ì | i, grave accent |
237 | í | í | í | í | í | í | i, acute accent |
238 | î | î | î | î | î | î | i, circumflex accent |
239 | ï | ï | ï | ï | ï | ï | i, diaereris or umlaut mark |
240 | ð | ð | ð | ð | ð | ð | eth, Icelandic |
241 | ñ | ñ | ñ | ñ | ñ | ñ | n, tilde |
242 | ò | ò | ò | ò | ò | ò | o, grave accent |
243 | ó | ó | ó | ó | ó | ó | o, acute accent |
244 | ô | ô | ô | ô | ô | ô | o, circumflex accent |
245 | õ | õ | õ | õ | õ | õ | o, tilde |
246 | ö | ö | ö | ö | ö | ö | o, diaereris or umlaut mark |
247 | ÷ | ÷ | ÷ | ÷ | ÷ | ÷ | division sign |
248 | ø | ø | ø | ø | ø | ø | o, slash |
249 | ù | ù | ù | ù | ù | ù | u, grave accent |
250 | ú | ú | ú | ú | ú | ú | u, acute accent |
251 | û | û | û | û | û | û | u, circumflex accent |
252 | ü | ü | ü | ü | ü | ü | u, diaereris or umlaut mark |
253 | ý | ý | ý | ý | ý | ý | y, acute accent |
254 | þ | þ | þ | þ | þ | þ | thorn, Icelandic |
255 | ÿ | ÿ | ÿ | ÿ | ÿ | ÿ | y, diaereris or umlaut mark |
Reserved
The following characters should not be rendered by any browser. However, MS Windows uses the character set Code Page 1252 (CP1252), which is a superset of ISO 8859-1, defining several characters between 128 and 159. HTML authors should be using the ISO 10646 replacements for these , which will be understood by HTML 4.0 compliant browsers. MS Windows browsers can then render these by displaying the appropriate CP1252 character.
Number | Numeric Entity | Description | CP1252 Description | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Entity | Character | |||||
Decimal | Hex | Dec | Hex | |||
0 | � | � |