Special Characters
The format is: &#?; (where ? is the ISO 8859-1 code)
(Input everything in lower case)

These tables include the ISO 8859-1 codes, along with the ANSI character set.
  • Please note that not all ANSI characters will display correctly.

    These are not the same as the characters used in creating MARC Formats, which follow another standard: Extended Latin Alphabet Coded Character Set for Bibliographic Use (ANSEL) (ANSI Z39.47)

    • DescriptionCodeDisplayEntity name Display
    quotation mark " "" "
    ampersand && &&
    less-than sign&#60;<&lt;<
    greater-than sign&#62;>&gt;>
    baseline single quote&#130;‚
    florin&#131;ƒ127 to 159
    are
    ANSI values,
    and do not
    necessarily work
    in HTML.
    baseline double quote&#132;„
    ellipsis&#133;…
    dagger&#134;†
    double dagger (subfield code)&#135;‡
    circumflex&#136;ˆ
    per mil&#137;‰
    S-hacek&#138;Š
    left single guillemet&#139;‹
    open single quote&#145;‘
    close single quote&#146;’
    open double quote&#147;“
    close double quote&#148;”
    bullet (large)&#149;•
    en dash&#150;–
    em dash&#151;—
    tilde&#152;˜
    Unregistered trademark&#153;™
    s-hacek&#154;š
    right single guillemet&#155;›
    oe ligature&#156;œ
    Y diaresis&#159;Ÿ
    non-breaking space &#160;  &nbsp; 
    inverted exclamation &#161; ¡ &iexcl; ¡
    cent sign&#162;¢&cent;¢
    pound sterling&#163;£ &pound; £
    general currency sign&#164;¤&curren; ¤
    yen sign&#165; ¥ &yen; ¥
    Description Code Display Entity name Display
    broken vertical bar&#166; ¦ &brvbar; ¦

    		&brkbar; &brkbar;
    section sign&#167; § &sect; §
    umlaut (dieresis)&#168; ¨ &uml; ¨

    		 &die; ¨
    copyright&#169; © &copy; ©
    feminine ordinal&#170; ª &ordf; ª
    left angle quote, guillemotleft&#171; « &laquo; «
    not sign &#172; ¬ &not; ¬
    soft hyphen &#173; ­ &shy; ­
    registered trademark &#174; ® &reg; ®
    macron accent&#175; ¯ &macr; ¯

    		 &hibar; &hibar;
    degree sign &#176; ° &deg; °
    plus or minus&#177; ± &plusmn; ±
    superscript two&#178; ² &sup2; ²
    superscript three&#179; ³ &sup3; ³
    acute accent &#180; ´ &acute; ´
    micro sign&#181; µ &micro; µ
    Description Code Display Entity name Display
    paragraph sign&#182; &para;
    middle dot &#183; · &middot; ·
    cedilla &#184; ¸ &cedil; ¸
    superscript one &#185; ¹ &sup1; ¹
    masculine ordinal &#186; º &ordm; º
    right angle quote, guillemotright&#187; » &raquo; »
    fraction one-fourth&#188; ¼ &frac14; ¼
    fraction one-half &#189; ½ &frac12; ½
    fraction three-fourths &#190; ¾ &frac34; ¾
    inverted question mark &#191; ¿ &iquest; ¿
    capital A, grave accent &#192; À &Agrave; À
    capital A, acute accent &#193; Á &Aacute; Á
    capital A, circumflex accent &#194; Â &Acirc; Â
    capital A, tilde &#195; Ã &Atilde; Ã
    capital A, dieresis or umlaut mark &#196; Ä &Auml; Ä
    Description Code Display Entity name Display
    capital A, ring &#197; Å &Aring; Å
    capital AE diphthong (ligature) &#198; Æ &AElig; Æ
    capital C, cedilla &#199; Ç &Ccedil; Ç
    capital E, grave accent&#200; È &Egrave; È
    capital E, acute accent&#201; É &Eacute; É
    capital E, circumflex accent &#202; Ê &Ecirc; Ê
    capital E, dieresis or umlaut mark &#203; Ë &Euml; Ë
    capital I, grave accent &#204; Ì &Igrave; Ì
    capital I, acute accent &#205; Í &Iacute; Í
    capital I, circumflex accent &#206; Î &Icirc; Î
    capital I, dieresis or umlaut mark &#207; Ï &Iuml; Ï
    capital Eth, Icelandic &#208; Ð &ETH; Ð

    		&Dstrok; Đ
    capital N, tilde &#209; Ñ &Ntilde; Ñ
    capital O, grave accent &#210; Ò &Ograve; Ò
    capital O, acute accent &#211; Ó &Oacute; Ó
    capital O, circumflex accent&#212; Ô &Ocirc; Ô
    capital O, tilde&#213; Õ &Otilde; Õ
    capital O, dieresis or umlaut mark &#214; Ö &Ouml; Ö
    multiply sign&#215; × &times; ×
    capital O, slash&#216; Ø &Oslash; Ø
    capital U, grave accent &#217; Ù &Ugrave; Ù
    Description Code Display Entity name Display
    capital U, acute accent&#218; Ú &Uacute; Ú
    capital U, circumflex accent&#219; Û &Ucirc; Û
    capital U, dieresis or umlaut mark&#220; Ü &Uuml; Ü
    capital Y, acute accent&#221; Ý &Yacute; Ý
    capital THORN, Icelandic&#222; Þ &THORN; Þ
    small sharp s, German
    (sz ligature)    		 &#223; ß &szlig; ß
    small a, grave accent &#224; à &agrave; à
    small a, acute accent &#225; á &aacute; á
    small a, circumflex accent &#226; â &acirc; â
    small a, tilde&#227; ã &atilde; ã
    small a, dieresis or umlaut mark&#228; ä &auml; ä
    small a, ring &#229; å &aring; å
    small ae diphthong (ligature) &#230; æ &aelig; æ
    small c, cedilla&#231; ç &ccedil; ç
    small e, grave accent &#232; è &egrave; è
    small e, acute accent &#233; é &eacute; é
    small e, circumflex accent &#234; ê &ecirc; ê
    small e, dieresis or umlaut mark&#235; ë &euml; ë
    small i, grave accent &#236; ì &igrave; ì
    small i, acute accent&#237; í &iacute; í
    small i, circumflex accent&#238; î &icirc; î
    small i, dieresis or umlaut mark &#239; ï &iuml; ï
    small eth, Icelandic&#240; ð &eth; ð
    small n, tilde &#241; ñ &ntilde; ñ
    small o, grave accent &#242; ò &ograve; ò
    Description Code Display Entity name Display
    small o, acute accent&#243; ó &oacute; ó
    small o, circumflex accent &#244; ô &ocirc; ô
    small o, tilde &#245; õ &otilde; õ
    small o, dieresis or umlaut mark&#246; ö &ouml; ö
    division sign &#247; ÷ &divide; ÷
    small o, slash &#248; ø &oslash; ø
    small u, grave accent &#249; ù &ugrave; ù
    small u, acute accent &#250; ú &uacute; ú
    small u, circumflex accent &#251; û &ucirc; û
    small u, dieresis or umlaut mark&#252; ü &uuml; ü
    small y, acute accent &#253; ý &yacute; ý
    small thorn, Icelandic&#254; þ &thorn; þ
    small y, dieresis or umlaut mark &#255; ÿ &yuml; ÿ