ISO 8859-1 Character Set

This page contains the ISO 8859-1 character set. The ISO 8859-1 characters have been standardized by ISO (International Organization for Standardization) and can be entered into any HTML document using the entity name or number.

ISO 8859-1 Characters

The following table lists the ISO 8859-1 characters. To display a character/glyph as it appears in the left column, use either the entity number or name. For example, to display the "capital a, grave accent" character - À - use either À or À.

Character HTML Entity Number HTML Entity Name Description
À À À capital a, grave accent
Á Á Á capital a, acute accent
   capital a, circumflex accent
à à à capital a, tilde
Ä Ä Ä capital a, umlaut mark
Å Å Å capital a, ring
Æ Æ Æ capital ae
Ç Ç Ç capital c, cedilla
È È È capital e, grave accent
É É É capital e, acute accent
Ê Ê Ê capital e, circumflex accent
Ë Ë Ë capital e, umlaut mark
Ì Ì Ì capital i, grave accent
Í Í Í capital i, acute accent
Î Î Î capital i, circumflex accent
Ï Ï Ï capital i, umlaut mark
Ð Ð Ð capital eth, Icelandic
Ñ Ñ Ñ capital n, tilde
Ò Ò Ò capital o, grave accent
Ó Ó Ó capital o, acute accent
Ô Ô Ô capital o, circumflex accent
Õ Õ Õ capital o, tilde
Ö Ö Ö capital o, umlaut mark
Ø Ø Ø capital o, slash
Ù Ù Ù capital u, grave accent
Ú Ú Ú capital u, acute accent
Û Û Û capital u, circumflex accent
Ü Ü Ü capital u, umlaut mark
Ý Ý Ý capital y, acute accent
Þ Þ Þ capital THORN, Icelandic
ß ß ß small sharp s, German
à à à small a, grave accent
á á á small a, acute accent
â â â small a, circumflex accent
ã ã ã small a, tilde
ä ä ä small a, umlaut mark
å å å small a, ring
æ æ æ small ae
ç ç ç small c, cedilla
è è è small e, grave accent
é é é small e, acute accent
ê ê ê small e, circumflex accent
ë ë ë small e, umlaut mark
ì ì ì small i, grave accent
í í í small i, acute accent
î î î small i, circumflex accent
ï ï ï small i, umlaut mark
ð ð ð small eth, Icelandic
ñ ñ ñ small n, tilde
ò ò ò small o, grave accent
ó ó ó small o, acute accent
ô ô ô small o, circumflex accent
õ õ õ small o, tilde
ö ö ö small o, umlaut mark
ø ø ø small o, slash
ù ù ù small u, grave accent
ú ú ú small u, acute accent
û û û small u, circumflex accent
ü ü ü small u, umlaut mark
ý ý ý small y, acute accent
þ þ þ small thorn, Icelandic
ÿ ÿ ÿ small y, umlaut mark

ISO 8859-1 Symbols

This table contains the ISO 8859-1 symbols. As with the above ISO 8859-1 character set, to display a symbol from the left column, just use the entity name or number from the 2nd or 3rd column.

Symbol Entity Number Entity Name Description
      non-breaking space
¡ ¡ ¡ inverted exclamation mark
¢ ¢ ¢ cent
£ £ £ pound
¤ ¤ ¤ currency
¥ ¥ ¥ yen
¦ ¦ ¦ broken vertical bar
§ § § section
¨ ¨ ¨ spacing diaeresis
© © © copyright
ª ª ª feminine ordinal indicator
« « « angle quotation mark (left)
¬ ¬ ¬ negation
­ ­ ­ soft hyphen
® ® ® registered trademark
¯ ¯ ¯ spacing macron
° ° ° degree
± ± ± plus-or-minus 
² ² ² superscript 2
³ ³ ³ superscript 3
´ ´ ´ spacing acute
µ µ µ micro
¶ ¶ paragraph
· · · middle dot
¸ ¸ ¸ spacing cedilla
¹ ¹ ¹ superscript 1
º º º masculine ordinal indicator
» » » angle quotation mark (right)
¼ ¼ ¼ fraction 1/4
½ ½ ½ fraction 1/2
¾ ¾ ¾ fraction 3/4
¿ ¿ ¿ inverted question mark
× × × multiplication
÷ ÷ ÷ division