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Below are all the special character codes for programming websites so the characters display correctly.

below are the ones I use the most, farther down is a list of everything!


left double quote   “ “
right double quote   ” ”
space extra WIDE almost double!      
space for DW and WP      
exclamation mark !   !
question mark ?   ?
double quotation mark " " "
number sign #   #
dollar sign $   $
percent sign %   %
ampersand & & &
apostrophe FANCY   ’ ’
Required for CC apostrophe FANCY   ’ ’
apostrophe PLAIN '   '
left parenthesis (   (
right parenthesis )   )
trademark sign ™ ™ ™
copyright © © ©
registered trademark ® ® ®
asterisk *   *
plus sign +   +
comma ,   ,
hyphen -   -
en dash – – –
en dash (required for CC) Use -> – –
em dash — — —
em dash (required for CC) Use -> — —
horizontal bar (underscore) _   _
period .   .
slash / ⁄ /
colon :   :
semicolon &#59;   ;
equals sign =   =
at sign @   @
left curly brace {   {
vertical bar |   |
right curly brace }   }
tilde ~   ~
ellipses … … …




left single quote   ‘ ‘
right single quote   ’ ’
single low-9 quote   ‚ ‚
left double quote   “ “
right double quote   ” ”
double low-9 quote   „ „
dagger   † †
double dagger   ‡ ‡
per mill sign   ‰ ‰
single left-pointing angle quote   ‹ ‹
single right-pointing angle quote   › ›
black spade suit   ♠ ♠
black club suit   ♣ ♣
black heart suit   ♥ ♥
black diamond suit   ♦ ♦
overline, = spacing overscore   ‾ ‾
leftward arrow   ← ←
upward arrow   ↑ ↑
rightward arrow   → →
downward arrow   ↓ ↓
trademark sign ™ ™ ™
unused �-
		    
horizontal tab 	    
line feed 
    
unused     
space      
space      
exclamation mark !   !
double quotation mark " " "
number sign #   #
dollar sign $   $
percent sign %   %
ampersand & & &
apostrophe ’   ’
apostrophe '   '
left parenthesis (   (
right parenthesis )   )
asterisk *   *
plus sign +   +
comma ,   ,
hyphen -   -
period .   .
slash / ⁄ /
digits 0-9 0-
9		    
colon :   :
semicolon &#59;   ;
less-than sign &#60; &lt; <
equals sign &#61;   =
greater-than sign &#62; &gt; >
question mark &#63;   ?
at sign &#64;   @
uppercase letters A-Z &#65;-
&#90;		    
left square bracket &#91;   [
backslash &#92;   \
right square bracket &#93;   ]
caret &#94;   ^
horizontal bar (underscore) &#95;   _
grave accent &#96;   `
lowercase letters a-z &#97;-
&#122;		    
left curly brace &#123;   {
vertical bar &#124;   |
right curly brace &#125;   }
tilde &#126;   ~
ellipses &#133; &hellip; …
en dash &#150; &ndash; –
em dash &#151; &mdash; —
unused &#152;-
&#159;		    
nonbreaking space &#160; &nbsp;  
inverted exclamation &#161; &iexcl; ¡
cent sign &#162; &cent; ¢
pound sterling &#163; &pound; £
general currency sign &#164; &curren; ¤
yen sign &#165; &yen; ¥
broken vertical bar &#166; &brvbar; or &brkbar; ¦
section sign &#167; &sect; §
umlaut &#168; &uml; or &die; ¨
copyright &#169; &copy; ©
feminine ordinal &#170; &ordf; ª
left angle quote &#171; &laquo; «
not sign &#172; &not; ¬
soft hyphen &#173; &shy;
registered trademark &#174; &reg; ®
macron accent &#175; &macr; or &hibar; ¯
degree sign &#176; &deg; °
plus or minus &#177; &plusmn; ±
superscript two &#178; &sup2; ²
superscript three &#179; &sup3; ³
acute accent &#180; &acute; ´
micro sign &#181; &micro; µ
paragraph sign &#182; &para;
middle dot &#183; &middot; ·
cedilla &#184; &cedil; ¸
superscript one &#185; &sup1; ¹
masculine ordinal &#186; &ordm; º
right angle quote &#187; &raquo; »
one-fourth &#188; &frac14; ¼
one-half &#189; &frac12; ½
three-fourths &#190; &frac34; ¾
inverted question mark &#191; &iquest; ¿
uppercase A, grave accent &#192; &Agrave; À
uppercase A, acute accent &#193; &Aacute; Á
uppercase A, circumflex accent &#194; &Acirc; Â
uppercase A, tilde &#195; &Atilde; Ã
uppercase A, umlaut &#196; &Auml; Ä
uppercase A, ring &#197; &Aring; Å
uppercase AE &#198; &AElig; Æ
uppercase C, cedilla &#199; &Ccedil; Ç
uppercase E, grave accent &#200; &Egrave; È
uppercase E, acute accent &#201; &Eacute; É
uppercase E, circumflex accent &#202; &Ecirc; Ê
uppercase E, umlaut &#203; &Euml; Ë
uppercase I, grave accent &#204; &Igrave; Ì
uppercase I, acute accent &#205; &Iacute; Í
uppercase I, circumflex accent &#206; &Icirc; Î
uppercase I, umlaut &#207; &Iuml; Ï
uppercase Eth, Icelandic &#208; &ETH; Ð
uppercase N, tilde &#209; &Ntilde; Ñ
uppercase O, grave accent &#210; &Ograve; Ò
uppercase O, acute accent &#211; &Oacute; Ó
uppercase O, circumflex accent &#212; &Ocirc; Ô
uppercase O, tilde &#213; &Otilde; Õ
uppercase O, umlaut &#214; &Ouml; Ö
multiplication sign &#215; &times; ×
uppercase O, slash &#216; &Oslash; Ø
uppercase U, grave accent &#217; &Ugrave; Ù
uppercase U, acute accent &#218; &Uacute; Ú
uppercase U, circumflex accent &#219; &Ucirc; Û
uppercase U, umlaut &#220; &Uuml; Ü
uppercase Y, acute accent &#221; &Yacute; Ý
uppercase THORN, Icelandic &#222; &THORN; Þ
lowercase sharps, German &#223; &szlig; ß
lowercase a, grave accent &#224; &agrave; à
lowercase a, acute accent &#225; &aacute; á
lowercase a, circumflex accent &#226; &acirc; â
lowercase a, tilde &#227; &atilde; ã
lowercase a, umlaut &#228; &auml; ä
lowercase a, ring &#229; &aring; å
lowercase ae &#230; &aelig; æ
lowercase c, cedilla &#231; &ccedil; ç
lowercase e, grave accent &#232; &egrave; è
lowercase e, acute accent &#233; &eacute; é
lowercase e, circumflex accent &#234; &ecirc; ê
lowercase e, umlaut &#235; &euml; ë
lowercase i, grave accent &#236; &igrave; ì
lowercase i, acute accent &#237; &iacute; í
lowercase i, circumflex accent &#238; &icirc; î
lowercase i, umlaut &#239; &iuml; ï
lowercase eth, Icelandic &#240; &eth; ð
lowercase n, tilde &#241; &ntilde; ñ
lowercase o, grave accent &#242; &ograve; ò
lowercase o, acute accent &#243; &oacute; ó
lowercase o, circumflex accent &#244; &ocirc; ô
lowercase o, tilde &#245; &otilde; õ
lowercase o, umlaut &#246; &ouml; ö
division sign &#247; &divide; ÷
lowercase o, slash &#248; &oslash; ø
lowercase u, grave accent &#249; &ugrave; ù
lowercase u, acute accent &#250; &uacute; ú
lowercase u, circumflex accent &#251; &ucirc; û
lowercase u, umlaut &#252; &uuml; ü
lowercase y, acute accent &#253; &yacute; ý
lowercase thorn, Icelandic &#254; &thorn; þ
lowercase y, umlaut &#255; &yuml; ÿ
Alpha &Alpha; Α
alpha &alpha; α
Beta &Beta; Β
beta &beta; β
Gamma &Gamma; Γ
gamma &gamma; γ
Delta &Delta; Δ
delta &delta; δ
Epsilon &Epsilon; Ε
epsilon &epsilon; ε
Zeta &Zeta; Ζ
zeta &zeta; ζ
Eta &Eta; Η
eta &eta; η
Theta &Theta; Θ
theta &theta; θ
Iota &Iota; Ι
iota &iota; ι
Kappa &Kappa; Κ
kappa &kappa; κ
Lambda &Lambda; Λ
lambda &lambda; λ
Mu &Mu; Μ
mu &mu; μ
Nu &Nu; Ν
nu &nu; ν
Xi &Xi; Ξ
xi &xi; ξ
Omicron &Omicron; Ο
omicron &omicron; ο
Pi &Pi; Π
pi &pi; π
Rho &Rho; Ρ
rho &rho; ρ
Sigma &Sigma; Σ
sigma &sigma; σ
Tau &Tau; Τ
tau &tau; τ
Upsilon &Upsilon; Υ
upsilon &upsilon; υ
Phi &Phi; Φ
phi &phi; φ
Chi &Chi; Χ
chi &chi; χ
Psi &Psi; Ψ
psi &psi; ψ
Omega &Omega; Ω
omega &omega; ω
password dot &#9679; ●
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