Special Character Table
Special Character Table
| Char | Description | Entity | Notes | PostScript Name | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ISO-8859-1 Characters (Supplementary Characters in bottom section) | |||||
| � –  | Unused | ||||
| 	 | Horizontal tab | ||||
| | Line feed | ||||
|  –  | Unused | ||||
| | Carriage Return | ||||
|  –  | Unused | ||||
|   | Space | space | |||
| ! | ! | Exclamation mark | exclam | ||
| " | “ | Quotation mark | " | quotedbl | |
| # | # | Number sign | numbersign | ||
| $ | $ | Dollar sign | dollar | ||
| % | % | Percent sign | percent | ||
| & | & | Ampersand | & | ampersand | |
| ' | ‘ | Apostrophe | quotesingle | ||
| ( | ( | Left parenthesis | parenleft | ||
| ) | ) | Right parenthesis | parenright | ||
| * | * | Asterisk | asterisk | ||
| + | + | Plus sign | plus | ||
| , | , | Comma | comma | ||
| - | - | Hyphen | hyphen | ||
| . | . | Period (fullstop) | period | ||
| / | / | Solidus | slash | ||
| 0 – 9 | 0 – 9 | Decimal digits | |||
| : | : | Colon | colon | ||
| ; | ; | Semi-colon | semicolon | ||
| < | < | Less than | < | less | |
| = | = | Equals sign | equal | ||
| > | > | Greater than | > | greater | |
| ? | ? | Question mark | question | ||
| @ | @ | Commercial at | at | ||
| A – Z | A – Z | Uppercase letters | |||
| [ | [ | Left square bracket | bracketleft | ||
| \ | \ | Reverse solidus | backslash | ||
| ] | ] | Right square bracket | bracketright | ||
| ^ | ^ | Caret | asciicircum | ||
| _ | _ | Horizontal bar | underscore | ||
| ` | ` | Grave accent | grave | ||
| a – z | a – z | Lowercase letters | |||
| { | { | Left curly brace | braceleft | ||
| | | | | Vertical bar | bar | ||
| } | } | Right curly brace | braceright | ||
| ~ | ~ | Tilde | asciitilde | ||
|  – Ÿ | Unused (truly!) | ||||
|   | Nonbreaking space | | nbspace
nobreakspace |
||
| À | À | Capital A, grave accent | À | Agrave | |
| à | à | Small a, grave accent | à | agrave | |
| Á | Á | Capital A, acute accent | Á | Aacute | |
| á | á | Small a, acute accent | á | aacute | |
| Â | Â | Capital A, circumflex accent | Â | Acircumflex | |
| â | â | Small a, circumflex accent | â | acircumflex | |
| Ã | Ã | Capital A, tilde | Ã | Atilde | |
| ã | ã | Small a, tilde | ã | atilde | |
| Ä | Ä | Capital A, dieresis or umlaut mark | Ä | Adieresis | |
| ä | ä | Small a, dieresis or umlaut mark | ä | adieresis | |
| Å | Å | Capital A, ring | Å | Aring | |
| å | å | Small a, ring | å | aring | |
| Æ | Æ | Capital AE dipthong (ligature) | Æ | AE | |
| æ | æ | Small ae dipthong (ligature) | æ | ae | |
| Ç | Ç | Capital C, cedilla | Ç | Ccedilla | |
| ç | ç | Small c, cedilla | ç | ccedilla | |
| Ð | Capital Eth, Icelandic | Ð | c1 | Eth | |
| ð | Small eth, Icelandic | ð | c1 | eth | |
| È | È | Capital E, grave accent | È | Egrave | |
| è | è | Small e, grave accent | è | egrave | |
| É | É | Capital E, acute accent | É | Eacute | |
| é | é | Small e, acute accent | é | eacute | |
| Ê | Ê | Capital E, circumflex accent | Ê | Ecircumflex | |
| ê | ê | Small e, circumflex accent | ê | ecircumflex | |
| Ë | Ë | Capital E, dieresis or umlaut mark | Ë | Edieresis | |
| ë | ë | Small e, dieresis or umlaut mark | ë | edieresis | |
| Ì | Ì | Capital I, grave accent | Ì | Igrave | |
| ì | ì | Small i, grave accent | ì | igrave | |
| Í | Í | Capital I, acute accent | Í | Iacute | |
| í | í | Small i, acute accent | í | iacute | |
| Î | Î | Capital I, circumflex accent | Î | Icircumflex | |
| î | î | Small i, circumflex accent | î | icircumflex | |
| Ï | Ï | Capital I, dieresis or umlaut mark | Ï | Idieresis | |
| ï | ï | Small i, dieresis or umlaut mark | ï | idieresis | |
| µ | µ | Micro sign | µ | mu | |
| Ñ | Ñ | Capital N, tilde | Ñ | Ntilde | |
| ñ | ñ | Small n, tilde | ñ | ntilde | |
| Ò | Ò | Capital O, grave accent | Ò | Ograve | |
| ò | ò | Small o, grave accent | ò | ograve | |
| Ó | Ó | Capital O, acute accent | Ó | Oacute | |
| ó | ó | Small o, acute accent | ó | oacute | |
| Ô | Ô | Capital O, circumflex accent | Ô | Ocircumflex | |
| ô | ô | Small o, circumflex accent | ô | ocircumflex | |
| Õ | Õ | Capital O, tilde | Õ | Otilde | |
| õ | õ | Small o, tilde | õ | otilde | |
| Ö | Ö | Capital O, dieresis or umlaut mark | Ö | Odieresis | |
| ö | ö | Small o, dieresis or umlaut mark | ö | odieresis | |
| Ø | Ø | Capital O, slash | Ø | Oslash | |
| ø | ø | Small o, slash | ø | oslash | |
| ß | ß | Small sharp s, German (sz ligature) | ß | germandbls | |
| Þ | Capital THORN, Icelandic | Þ | c1 | Thorn | |
| þ | Small thorn, Icelandic | þ | c1 | thorn | |
| Ù | Ù | Capital U, grave accent | Ù | Ugrave | |
| ù | ù | Small u, grave accent | ù | ugrave | |
| Ú | Ú | Capital U, acute accent | Ú | Uacute | |
| ú | ú | Small u, acute accent | ú | uacute | |
| Û | Û | Capital U, circumflex accent | Û | Ucircumflex | |
| û | û | Small u, circumflex accent | û | ucircumflex | |
| Ü | Ü | Capital U, dieresis or umlaut mark | Ü | Udieresis | |
| ü | ü | Small u, dieresis or umlaut mark | ü | udieresis | |
| Ý | Capital Y, acute accent | Ý | c1 | Yacute | |
| ý | Small y, acute accent | ý | c1 | yacute | |
| ÿ | ÿ | Small y, dieresis or umlaut mark | ÿ | ydieresis | |
| ¨ | ¨ | Umlaut | ¨ | dieresis | |
| ¯ | ¯ | Macron accent | ¯ | macron | |
| ´ | ´ | Acute accent | ´ | acute | |
| ¸ | ¸ | Cedilla | ¸ | cedilla | |
| ¡ | ¡ | Inverted exclamation | ¡ | exclamdown | |
| ¿ | ¿ | Inverted question mark | ¿ | questiondown | |
| · | · | Middle dot | · | periodcentered | |
| ¦ | Broken vertical bar | ¦ | c1 | brokenbar | |
| « | « | Left angle quote | « | guillemotleft | |
| » | » | Right angle quote | » | guillemotright | |
| ¶ | ¶ | Paragraph sign | ¶ | paragraph | |
| § | § | Section sign | § | section | |
| © | © | Copyright | © | copyright
copyrightserif |
|
| ® | ® | Registered trademark | ® | registered
registerserif |
|
| ¹ | Superscript one | ¹ | c1 | onesuperior | |
| ² | Superscript two | ² | c1 | twosuperior | |
| ³ | Superscript three | ³ | c1 | threesuperior | |
| ­ | Soft hyphen | ­ | e1 | minus(?) | |
| × | Multiply sign | × | c1 | multiply | |
| ÷ | ÷ | Division sign | ÷ | divide | |
| ¼ | Fraction one-fourth | ¼ | c1 | onequarter | |
| ½ | Fraction one-half | ½ | c1 | onehalf | |
| ¾ | Fraction three-fourths | ¾ | c1 | threequarters | |
| ª | ª | Feminine ordinal | ª | ordfeminine | |
| º | º | Masculine ordinal | º | ordmasculine | |
| ¬ | ¬ | Not sign | ¬ | logicalnot | |
| ° | ° | Degree sign | ° | degree | |
| ± | ± | Plus or minus | ± | plusminus | |
| ¤ | ¤ | General currency sign | ¤ | currency | |
| ¢ | ¢ | Cent sign | ¢ | cent | |
| £ | £ | Pound sterling | £ | sterling | |
| ¥ | ¥ | Yen sign | ¥ | yen | |
| Supplementary Characters (Unicode UCS-2 is “charset=UNICODE-1-1″) | |||||
| Δ | delta | Δ | e0 | Delta | |
| ƒ | florin | ƒ | e0 | florin | |
| Ω | omega | Ω | e0 | Omega | |
| Π| OE ligature | Π| e0 | OE | |
| œ | oe ligature | œ | e0 | oe | |
| Š | Scaron | Š | e0 | Scaron | |
| š | scaron | š | e0 | scaron | |
| Ÿ | Ydieresis | Ÿ | e0 | Ydieresis | |
| ı | dotless i | ı | e0 | dotlessi | |
| ˆ | circumflex | ˆ | e0 | circumflex | |
| ˇ | caron | ˇ | e0 | caron | |
| ˘ | breve | ˘ | e0 | breve | |
| ˙ | dot accent | ˙ | e0 | dotaccent | |
| ˚ | ring | ˚ | e0 | ring | |
| ˛ | ogonek | ˛ | e0 | ogonek | |
| ˜ | tilde | ˜ | e0 | tilde | |
| ˝ | double acute accent | ˝ | e0 | hungarumlaut | |
| – | en dash | – | e1 | endash | |
| — | em dash | — | e1 | emdash | |
| † | dagger | † | e0 | dagger | |
| ‡ | double dagger | ‡ | e0 | daggerdbl | |
| • | bullet | • | e0 | bullet | |
| … | ellipsis | … | e0 | ellipsis | |
| ‘ | quote left | ‘ | e0 | quoteleft | |
| ’ | quote right | ’ | e0 | quoteright | |
| ‚ | quote single base | ‚ | e0 | quotesinglbase | |
| “ | quote double left | “ | e0 | quotedblleft | |
| ” | quote double right | ” | e0 | quotedblright | |
| „ | quote double base | „ | e0 | quotedblbase | |
| ‹ | guille single left | ‹ | e? | guilsinglleft | |
| › | guille single right | › | e? | guilsinglright | |
| ™ | trademark, TM | ™ | e1 | trademark
trademarkserif |
|
| ℠ | service mark, SM | ||||
| ℗ | sound recording copyright, (P) | ||||
| √ | radical | √ | e0 | radical | |
| ∞ | infinity | ∞ | e0 | infinity | |
| ∫ | integral | ∫ | e0 | integral | |
| ∂ | partial differential | ∂ | e0 | partialdiff | |
| ≅ | approximately equal | ≈ | e0 | approxequal | |
| ≠ | not equal | ≠ | e0 | notequal | |
| ≤ | less than or equal | ≤ | e0 | lessequal | |
| ≥ | greater than or equal | ≥ | e0 | greaterequal | |
| Σ | summation | ∑ | e0 | summation | |
| ‰ | per thousand (mille) | ‰ | e0 | perthousand | |
| ⁄ | fraction separator | fraction | |||
| ∏ | product | ∏ | e0 | product | |
| π | pi | π | e0 | pi | |
| ◊ | lozenge (diamond) | ◊ | e0 | lozenge | |
| ₣ | franc | franc | |||
|  | Apple logo | apple | |||
| ⌘ | command key | ||||
| ⌥ | option key | ||||
| ☮ | peace symbol | ||||
| ☯ | yin yang | ||||
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