HTML Signs

Below are HTML signs you could use in your web designs, eg. copyright sign, trade mark sign, at symbol, star sign, telephone mark ..., etc.


HTML Entity (decimal)
HTML Entity (hex)
HTML Entity (named)
C/C++/Java source code

HTML Symbols

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HTML Symbol Entities

There are many mathematical, technical, and currency symbols, are not present on a normal keyboard. To add such symbols to an HTML page, you can use an HTML entity name. If no entity name exists, you can use an entity number, a decimal, or hexadecimal reference.

How to add special characters in html

Look up the character code you need.
Place the code in your document.
You can use the friendly name if there is one, the decimal numeric code, or the hexadecimal numeric code.
eg. © (Copyright Sign) - © or © or ©
© © ©
Add the unicode declaration to your document head.
Simply add the following meta tag anywhere inside the <head> of your web page. This will insure that your special characters display correctly.

<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />

Usage Example

To add a copyright symbol to an HTML page, you can use the entity name or the entity number (a decimal or a hexadecimal reference) for the symbol.

HTML soruce code


<p>entity name : copyright &copy;</p>

<p>decimal value : copyright &#169;</p>

<p>hexadecimal value : copyright &#xA9;</p>

HTML display

JavaScript source code


alert("copyright \uxA9");

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