HTML Entities

Proper declaration in HTML files

<html lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
    <meta charset="utf-8"/>
</head>
Header 1 Header 2
Data 1 Data 2

Punctuation

Name Entity Sample
Left Single Quote &lsquo;
Right Single Quote &rsquo;
Left Double Quote &ldquo;
Right Double Quote &rdquo;
Single Low Quote &sbquo;
Double Low Quote &bdquo;
Prime &prime;
Double Prime &Prime;

Spaces and Breaks

Name Entity Sample
Non-Breaking Space &nbsp;  
En Space &ensp;
Em Space &emsp;
Thin Space &thinsp;
Zero-Width Space &#8203;
Word Joiner &#8288;

Dashes and Hyphens

Name Entity Sample
Em Dash &mdash;
En Dash &ndash;
Hyphen &hyphen;
Minus Sign &minus;

Mathematical Symbols

Name Entity Sample
Plus-Minus &plusmn; ±
Multiplication &times; ×
Division &divide; ÷
Not Equal &ne;
Less Than or Equal &le;
Greater Than or Equal &ge;
Infinity &infin;

Currency Symbols

Name Entity Sample
Pound &pound; £
Euro &euro;
Cent &cent; ¢
Yen &yen; ¥
Name Entity Sample
Copyright &copy; ©
Registered Trademark &reg; ®
Trademark &trade;
Section &sect; §
Paragraph &para;

Arrows and Directional Symbols

Name Entity Sample
Left Arrow &larr;
Right Arrow &rarr;
Up Arrow &uarr;
Down Arrow &darr;
Double Left Arrow &lArr;
Double Right Arrow &rArr;

Common Accented Characters

Name Entity Sample
á &aacute; á
é &eacute; é
í &iacute; í
ó &oacute; ó
ú &uacute; ú
ñ &ntilde; ñ
ü &uuml; ü

Misc.

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