HTML Character entities

I've finally completed the HTML character entity list I promised.  Hopefully it'll be useful to someone besides myself.

Now I've got that listing frenzy out of my system, I'd best get on with actual work…

Using punctuation entity names in XHTML

You can use the following XHTML entity names to put propper punctuation symbols into your web pages.

The W3C maintains a complete list, though finding what you need can be a bit tricky. I'm working on a complete list that actually displays the characters together with the other detail from W3C's table, a lot neater coding than this Blogger post too, I hope…

In the mean-time, here's a short-list of common characters that I use quite a lot:

Double quotes: “ ” ⇒ use “ and ”
Single quotes: ‘ ’ ⇒ use ‘ and ’
Ellipsis: … ⇒ use …
En-dash: – ⇒ use –
Em-dash: — ⇒ use —
Minus sign: − ⇒ use −

Multiplication: × ⇒ use ×
Division: ÷ ⇒ use ÷
Approximately equal: ≈ ⇒ use ≈

Trade Mark: ™ ⇒ use ™
Copyright: © ⇒ use ©
Registered: ® ⇒ use ®

Right-arrow: ⇒ ⇒ use ⇒