Character Entities


Character entities, like escape codes, allow you to insert characters even if you cannot type them in directly. Simply insert the code where you want the character to appear.

note: Letter codes are case-sensitive.

Avoid using the number codes; they are not very portable. Also, if there's a problem with the letter codes, at least the reader can guess at what's supposed to be there.

ß à á â ã ä å æ ç è é ê ë ì í î ï ð ñ ò ó ô õ ö ø ù ú û ü ý þ ÿ

Character Numerical Code Letter Code
(if applicable)
Name of Character
ß ß ß German small sharp "s"/"sz" ligature
à à à small "a" with a grave accent
á á á small "a" with an acute accent
â â â small "a" with a circumflex accent
ã ã ã small "a" with a tilde
ä ä ä small "a" with an umlaut or dieresis
å å å small "a" with a ring
æ æ æ small "ae" ligature/dipthong
ç ç ç small "c" with a cedilla
è è è small "e" with a grave accent
é é é small "e" with an acute accent
ê ê ê small "e" with a circumflex accent
ë ë ë small "e" with an umlaut or dieresis
ì ì ì small "i" with a grave accent
í í í small "i" with an acute accent
î î î small "i" with a circumflex accent
ï ï ï small "i" with an umlaut or dieresis
ð ð ð Icelandic small "eth"
ñ ñ ñ small "n" with a tilde
ò ò ò small "o" with a grave accent
ó ó ó small "o" with an acute accent
ô ô ô small "o" with a circumflex accent
õ õ õ small "o" with a tilde
ö ö ö small "o" with an umlaut or dieresis
ø ø ø small "o" with a slash
ù ù ù small "u" with a grave accent
ú ú ú small "u" with an acute accent
û û û small "u" with a circumflex accent
ü ü ü small "u" with an umlaut or dieresis
ý ý ý small "y" with an acute accent
þ þ þ Icelandic small "thorn"
ÿ ÿ ÿ small "y" with an umlaut or dieresis