Here's a tiny sample of HTML codes used to produce special characters on Web pages. Throw a few of these around to amuse and astound people. Many better resources exist for this information; for example, the HTML Special Entity Codes page at Penn State.
Symbol Name | Appearance | HTML code |
---|---|---|
Infinity symbol | ∞ | ∞ |
Plus/Minus | ± | ± |
Pounds | £ | £ |
Yen | ¥ | ¥ |
Cent | ¢ | ¢ |
Degree | ° | ° |
Micro | µ | µ |
Copyright | © | © |
Registered | ® | ® |
Trademark | ™ | ™ |
Sum | ∑ | ∑ |
Therefore | ∴ | ∴ |
alpha | α | α |
Alpha | Α | Α |
pi | π | π |
German double S | ß | ß |
Section | § | § |