The HTML Character Set
Below a list of the most common HTML special characters.
| Character | Entity Number | Entity Name | Description |
| & | & | & | ampersand |
| < | < | < | less-than |
| > | > | > | greater-than |
| ‘ | ‘ | ‘ | single left quote |
| “ | “ | “ | double left quote |
| ’ | ’ | ’ | single right quote |
| ” | ” | ” | double right quote |
|   | | non-breaking space | |
| ¢ | ¢ | ¢ | cent |
| £ | £ | £ | pound |
| © | © | © | copyright |
| ® | ® | ® | registered trademark |
| ° | ° | ° | degree |
| ± | ± | ± | plus-or-minus |
| ² | ² | ² | superscript 2 |
| ³ | ³ | ³ | superscript 3 |
| · | · | · | middle dot |
| ¼ | ¼ | ¼ | fraction 1/4 |
| ½ | ½ | ½ | fraction 1/2 |
| ¾ | ¾ | ¾ | fraction 3/4 |
| – | – | – | en dash |
| — | — | — | em dash |
| • | • | • | bullet |
| … | … | … | horizontal ellipsis |
| € | € | € | euro |
| ™ | ™ | ™ | trademark |