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How to use entities for special characters

For copyright notices, or trademarks it is customary to include the appropriate signs:

Symbol Entity Example
Copyright sign © Copyright © 1999
Registered trademark ® Montana ®
Trademark ™ Keystone™

Here are a number of other entities you may find useful:

Symbol Entity Example
Less than &lt; <
Greater than &gt; >
Ampersand &amp; &
nonbreaking space &nbsp;  
em dash &#8212; —
quotation mark &quot; "
E-Mail at &#64; @

And then, there are entities for accented characters and miscellaneous symbols:

Symbol Entity Decimal   Symbol Entity Decimal
      [
   &#91;  
      ]
   &#93;
  &nbsp; &#160;  
      Ð
 &ETH; &#208;
¡ &iexcl; &#161;   Ñ &Ntilde; &#209;
¢ &cent; &#162;   Ò &Ograve; &#210;
£ &pound; &#163;   Ó &Oacute; &#211;
¤ &curren; &#164;   Ô &Ocirc; &#212;
¥ &yen; &#165;   Õ &Otilde; &#213;
¦ &brvbar; &#166;   Ö &Ouml; &#214;
§ &sect; &#167;   × &times; &#215;
¨ &uml; &#168;   Ø &Oslash; &#216;
© &copy; &#169;   Ù &Ugrave; &#217;
ª &ordf; &#170;   Ú &Uacute; &#218;
« &laquo; &#171;   Û &Ucirc; &#219;
¬ &not; &#172;   Ü &Uuml; &#220;
­ &shy; &#173;   Ý &Yacute; &#221;
® &reg; &#174;   Þ &THORN; &#222;
¯ &macr; &#175;   ß &szlig; &#223;
° &deg; &#176;   à &agrave; &#224;
± &plusmn; &#177;   á &aacute; &#225;
² &sup2; &#178;   â &acirc; &#226;
³ &sup3; &#179;   ã &atilde; &#227;
´ &acute; &#180;   ä &auml; &#228;
µ &micro; &#181;   å &aring; &#229;
&para; &#182;   æ &aelig; &#230;
· &middot; &#183;   ç &ccedil; &#231;
¸ &cedil; &#184;   è &egrave; &#232;
¹ &sup1; &#185;   é &eacute; &#233;
º &ordm; &#186;   ê &ecirc; &#234;
» &raquo; &#187;   ë &euml; &#235;
¼ &frac14; &#188;   ì &igrave; &#236;
½ &frac12; &#189;   í &iacute; &#237;
¾ &frac34; &#190;   î &icirc; &#238;
¿ &iquest; &#191;   ï &iuml; &#239;
À &Agrave; &#192;   ð &eth; &#240;
Á &Aacute; &#193;   ñ &ntilde; &#241;
 &Acirc; &#194;   ò &ograve; &#242;
à &Atilde; &#195;   ó &oacute; &#243;
Ä &Auml; &#196;   ô &ocirc; &#244;
Å &Aring; &#197;   õ &otilde; &#245;
Æ &AElig; &#198;   ö &ouml; &#246;
Ç &Ccedil; &#199;   ÷ &divide; &#247;
È &Egrave; &#200;   ø &oslash; &#248;
É &Eacute; &#201;   ù &ugrave; &#249;
Ê &Ecirc; &#202;   ú &uacute; &#250;
Ë &Euml; &#203;   û &ucirc; &#251;
Ì &Igrave; &#204;   ü &uuml; &#252;
Í &Iacute; &#205;   ý &yacute; &#253;
Î &Icirc; &#206;   þ &thorn; &#254;
Ï &Iuml; &#207;   ÿ &yuml; &#255;

♠ spade suit &spades; &#9824;
♣ club suit = shamrock &clubs; &#9827;
♥ heart suit = valentine &hearts; &#9829;
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