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HTML Character entities

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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

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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 ⇒