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HTML Entities / Special Characters

Most of the special characters that you see around the web that aren't on your keyboard are created using HTML entities. An entity is simply a code to access a certain character. In order to use it, one needs to start an entity with an ampersand & and follow it with either the name of the entity amp or the numeric value that represents the entity #38, then close it with a semicolon ;. Depending on the method you used to create the character, you'll end up with either & or & (this example will produce the ampersand character). Some characters do not have names assigned to them and you will need to use the numeric value instead.

The database of available entities expands far beyond the scope of this page. However, to preserve the internet, we will only include entities up to the value of 9,999. Past that number is only foolish entities that really shouldn't exist, but were created by foolish people. Most modern fonts don't even support characters past that point (for obvious reasons). If you ever come across an entity that is not supported by the font you are using, you will see a square box in place of that character, sometimes containing the hexadecimal code for the character inside the box. If we're missing a character that you were looking for, please let us know.