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Special HTML Characters
Most Common ASCII Codes
Special HTML characters, also known as ASCII Codes short for American Standard Code for Information Interexchange, is an industry standard character set consisting of:
- Standard ASCII Codes
- Uses seven bits of code characters
- Equaling 128 characters
- Defines codes for average letters and numbers used by computers
- Extended ASCII Codes
- 32 control characters
- 94 graphic characters plus
- The space character and the delete character
- Defines codes for extra characters, such as a special symbols, foreign language letters and drawing characters
Many special HTML characters are either not found on conventional keyboards or when they are found and used, HTML editors and browsers do not always display them correctly. To avoid problems, webmasters use special HTML character codes.
How To Use Special HTML Character Codes
Some of the most common Special HTML character codes include ampersand (&), copyright code (©),
trademark (™) and quotation mark ("). Those, and other HTML symbols, are shown in the table below.
Example
To properly display the apostrophe and ampersand in this sentence:
It's easy to use special HTML characters & HTML symbols.
The code in your HTML document should be:
It's easy to use special HTML characters & HTML symbols.
To avoid mistakes, copy the code directly from the 2nd column below and paste it into the desired location in your HTML document.
If you would like to print this chart in PDF format click on the button and download the table for a handy special html characters reference guide. Note: You must have Adobe Reader in order to print this chart in PDF format.
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