ASCII stands for American Standard Code for Information Interchange. It is the standard format used for text files within computers and online.
As computers can only understand numbers, the ASCII code is the numerical representation of alphabetic and special characters, such as ‘a’ and/or the ‘©’ symbol.
In order to display special characters or symbols within your HTML pages, you must use a special ASCII code. The codes below display the HTML code and the character when displayed on your web page.
For example, if you’d like to place your copyright information on your web site, you will need to include a special ASCII Character Code within your HTML that looks like this:
©
When you place this ASCII Character Code within the HTML of your web page, it will display the copyright symbol, which will look like this:
©
Here’s how your HTML code might look:
Copyright © YEAR YOUR COMPANY NAME
The above HTML code will display like this within your web page:
Copyright © YEAR YOUR COMPANY NAME
Another example of using an ASCII code is for the trademark symbol. To display the trademark symbol within a web page, you must use the ASCII Character Code that looks like this:
™
When you place this ASCII Character Code within the HTML of your web page, it will display the trademark symbol, which will look like this:
™
Here’s how your HTML code might look:
Business™
The above HTML code will display like this within your web page:
Business™
Another great use for the ASCII code is display your email address. For example, instead of dispaying your email address within your HTML with the @ symbol, use the ASCII code equivalent. Your HTML code will look something like this:
you@yourdomain.com
Your email address will look like this within your web page:
you@yourdomain.com
This provides a great way to prevent your email address from being harvested by spam bots.
To use any of the characters displayed within the ASCII codes chart, copy & paste the HTML code to the left of the character you would like to use.
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| © | © | ! | ! | _ | _ |  | | Û | Û |
| ® | ® | " | " | ` | ` | ž | ž | Ü | Ü |
| | # | # | a | a | Ÿ | Ÿ | Ý | Ý | |
| " | " | $ | $ | b | b |   | Þ | Þ | |
| & | & | % | % | c | c | ¡ | ¡ | ß | ß |
| < | < | & | & | d | d | ¢ | ¢ | à | à |
| > | > | ' | ‘ | e | e | £ | £ | á | á |
| À | À | ( | ( | f | f | ¤ | ¤ | â | â |
| Á | Á | ) | ) | g | g | ¥ | ¥ | ã | ã |
| Â | Â | * | * | h | h | ¦ | ¦ | ä | ä |
| Ã | Ã | + | + | i | i | § | § | å | å |
| Ä | Ä | , | , | j | j | ¨ | ¨ | æ | æ |
| Å | Å | - | – | k | k | © | © | ç | ç |
| Æ | Æ | . | . | l | l | ª | ª | è | è |
| Ç | Ç | / | / | m | m | « | « | é | é |
| È | È | 0 | 0 | n | n | ¬ | ¬ | ê | ê |
| É | É | 1 | 1 | o | o | ­ | | ë | ë |
| Ê | Ê | 2 | 2 | p | p | ® | ® | ì | ì |
| Ë | Ë | 3 | 3 | q | q | ¯ | ¯ | í | í |
| Ì | Ì | 4 | 4 | r | r | ° | ° | î | î |
| Í | Í | 5 | 5 | s | s | ± | ± | ï | ï |
| Î | Î | 6 | 6 | t | t | ² | ² | ð | ð |
| Ï | Ï | 7 | 7 | u | u | ³ | ³ | ñ | ñ |
| Ð | Ð | 8 | 8 | v | v | ´ | ´ | ò | ò |
| Ñ | Ñ | 9 | 9 | w | w | µ | µ | ó | ó |
| Õ | Õ | : | : | x | x | ¶ | ¶ | ô | ô |
| Ö | Ö | ; | ; | y | y | · | · | õ | õ |
| Ø | Ø | < | < | z | z | ¸ | ¸ | ö | ö |
| Ù | Ù | = | = | { | { | ¹ | ¹ | ÷ | ÷ |
| Ú | Ú | > | > | | | | | º | º | ø | ø |
| Û | Û | ? | ? | } | } | » | » | ù | ù |
| Ü | Ü | @ | @ | ~ | ~ | ¼ | ¼ | ú | ú |
| Ý | Ý | A | A |  | ? | ½ | ½ | û | û |
| Þ | Þ | B | B | € | € | ¾ | ¾ | ü | ü |
| ß | ß | C | C |  | | ¿ | ¿ | ý | ý |
| à | à | D | D | ‚ | ‚ | À | À | þ | þ |
| á | á | E | E | ƒ | ƒ | Á | Á | ÿ | ÿ |
| å | å | F | F | „ | „ | Â | Â | ||
| æ | æ | G | G | … | … | Ã | Ã | ||
| ç | ç | H | H | † | † | Ä | Ä | ||
| è | è | I | I | ‡ | ‡ | Å | Å | ||
| é | é | J | J | ˆ | ˆ | Æ | Æ | ||
| ê | ê | K | K | ‰ | ‰ | Ç | Ç | ||
| ë | ë | L | L | Š | Š | È | È | ||
| ì | ì | M | M | ‹ | ‹ | É | É | ||
| í | í | N | N | Œ | Œ | Ê | ? | ||
| î | î | O | O |  | | Ë | Ë | ||
| ï | ï | P | P | Ž | Ž | Ì | Ì | ||
| ð | ð | Q | Q |  | | Í | Í | ||
| ñ | ñ | R | R |  | | Î | Î | ||
| ò | ò | S | S | ‘ | ‘ | Ï | Ï | ||
| ó | ó | T | T | ’ | ’ | Ð | Ð | ||
| ô | ô | U | U | “ | “ | Ñ | Ñ | ||
| õ | õ | V | V | ” | ” | Ò | Ò | ||
| ö | ö | W | W | • | • | Ó | Ó | ||
| ø | ø | X | X | – | – | Ô | Ô | ||
| ù | ù | Y | Y | — | — | Õ | Õ | ||
| ú | ú | Z | Z | ˜ | ˜ | Ö | Ö | ||
| û | û | [ | [ | ™ | ™ | × | × | ||
| ý | ý | \ | \ | š | š | Ø | Ø | ||
| þ | þ | ] | ] | › | › | Ù | Ù | ||
| ÿ | ÿ | ^ | ^ | œ | œ | Ú | Ú |