Adding Special Characters

Special Characters are a unique way to add a bit of flair to your postings. Your keyboard probably doesn't have these items and by now I'm pretty sure that special characters are not an option to bloggers. Here are some samples of special characters. ‘,’, ♥ and §. As with code examples, if you use the shortcut, blogger will treat them as html and display the characters. Here is a listing.

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Name Code	Number Code	Glyph	Description
‘		‘	left single quote
’		’	right single quote
‚		‚	single low-9 quote
“		“	left double quote
”		”	right double quote
„		„	double low-9 quote
†		†	dagger
‡		‡	double dagger
‰		‰	per mill sign
‹		‹	single left-pointing angle quote
›		›	single right-pointing angle quote
♠		♠	black spade suit
♣		♣	black club suit
♥		♥	black heart suit
♦		♦	black diamond suit
‾		‾	overline, = spacing overscore
←		←	leftward arrow
↑		↑	upward arrow
→		→	rightward arrow
↓		↓	downward arrow
™		™	trademark sign
Name Code	Number Code	Glyph	Description
&lt;	&#60;	<	less-than sign
&gt;	&#62;	>	greater-than sign
	&#123;	{	left curly brace
	&#124;	|	vertical bar
Name Code	Number Code	Glyph	Description
	&#125;	}	right curly brace
&ndash;	&#150;	–	en dash
&mdash;	&#151;	—	em dash
&nbsp;	&#160;		nonbreaking space
&iexcl;	&#161;	¡	inverted exclamation
&cent;	&#162;	¢	cent sign
&pound;	&#163;	£	pound sterling
&curren;	&#164;	¤	general currency sign
&yen;	&#165;	¥	yen sign
&brvbar; or &brkbar;	&#166;	¦	broken vertical bar
&sect;	&#167;	§	section sign
&uml; or &die;	&#168;	¨	umlaut
&copy;	&#169;	©	copyright
&ordf;	&#170;	ª	feminine ordinal
&laquo;	&#171;	«	left angle quote
&not;	&#172;	¬	not sign
&shy;	&#173;	­	soft hyphen
&reg;	&#174;	®	registered trademark
&macr; or &hibar;	&#175;	¯	macron accent
Name Code	Number Code	Glyph	Description
&deg;	&#176;	°	degree sign
&plusmn;	&#177;	±	plus or minus
&sup2;	&#178;	²	superscript two
&sup3;	&#179;	³	superscript three
&acute;	&#180;	´	acute accent
&micro;	&#181;	µ	micro sign
&para;	&#182;	¶	paragraph sign
&middot;	&#183;	·	middle dot
&cedil;	&#184;	¸	cedilla
&sup1;	&#185;	¹	superscript one
&ordm;	&#186;	º	masculine ordinal
&raquo;	&#187;	»	right angle quote
&frac14;	&#188;	¼	one-fourth
&frac12;	&#189;	½	one-half
&frac34;	&#190;	¾	three-fourths
&iquest;	&#191;	¿	inverted question mark
&Agrave;	&#192;	À	uppercase A, grave accent
&Aacute;	&#193;	Á	uppercase A, acute accent
&Acirc;	&#194;	Â	uppercase A, circumflex accent
Name Code	Number Code	Glyph	Description
&Atilde;	&#195;	Ã	uppercase A, tilde
&Auml;	&#196;	Ä	uppercase A, umlaut
&Aring;	&#197;	Å	uppercase A, ring
&AElig;	&#198;	Æ	uppercase AE
&Ccedil;	&#199;	Ç	uppercase C, cedilla
&Egrave;	&#200;	È	uppercase E, grave accent
&Eacute;	&#201;	É	uppercase E, acute accent
&Ecirc;	&#202;	Ê	uppercase E, circumflex accent
&Euml;	&#203;	Ë	uppercase E, umlaut
&Igrave;	&#204;	Ì	uppercase I, grave accent
&Iacute;	&#205;	Í	uppercase I, acute accent
&Icirc;	&#206;	Î	uppercase I, circumflex accent
&Iuml;	&#207;	Ï	uppercase I, umlaut
&ETH;	&#208;	Ð	uppercase Eth, Icelandic
&Ntilde;	&#209;	Ñ	uppercase N, tilde
&Ograve;	&#210;	Ò	uppercase O, grave accent
&Oacute;	&#211;	Ó	uppercase O, acute accent
&Ocirc;	&#212;	Ô	uppercase O, circumflex accent
&Otilde;	&#213;	Õ	uppercase O, tilde
Name Code	Number Code	Glyph	Description
&Ouml;	&#214;	Ö	uppercase O, umlaut
&times;	&#215;	×	multiplication sign
&Oslash;	&#216;	Ø	uppercase O, slash
&Ugrave;	&#217;	Ù	uppercase U, grave accent
&Uacute;	&#218;	Ú	uppercase U, acute accent
&Ucirc;	&#219;	Û	uppercase U, circumflex accent
&Uuml;	&#220;	Ü	uppercase U, umlaut
&Yacute;	&#221;	Ý	uppercase Y, acute accent
&THORN;	&#222;	Þ	uppercase THORN, Icelandic
&szlig;	&#223;	ß	lowercase sharps, German
&agrave;	&#224;	à	lowercase a, grave accent
&aacute;	&#225;	á	lowercase a, acute accent
&acirc;	&#226;	â	lowercase a, circumflex accent
&atilde;	&#227;	ã	lowercase a, tilde
&auml;	&#228;	ä	lowercase a, umlaut
&aring;	&#229;	å	lowercase a, ring
&aelig;	&#230;	æ	lowercase ae
&ccedil;	&#231;	ç	lowercase c, cedilla
&egrave;	&#232;	è	lowercase e, grave accent
Name Code	Number Code	Glyph	Description
&eacute;	&#233;	é	lowercase e, acute accent
&ecirc;	&#234;	ê	lowercase e, circumflex accent
&euml;	&#235;	ë	lowercase e, umlaut
&igrave;	&#236;	ì	lowercase i, grave accent
&iacute;	&#237;	í	lowercase i, acute accent
&icirc;	&#238;	î	lowercase i, circumflex accent
&iuml;	&#239;	ï	lowercase i, umlaut
&eth;	&#240;	ð	lowercase eth, Icelandic
&ntilde;	&#241;	ñ	lowercase n, tilde
&ograve;	&#242;	ò	lowercase o, grave accent
&oacute;	&#243;	ó	lowercase o, acute accent
&ocirc;	&#244;	ô	lowercase o, circumflex accent
&otilde;	&#245;	õ	lowercase o, tilde
&ouml;	&#246;	ö	lowercase o, umlaut
&divide;	&#247;	÷	division sign
&oslash;	&#248;	ø	lowercase o, slash
&ugrave;	&#249;	ù	lowercase u, grave accent
&uacute;	&#250;	ú	lowercase u, acute accent
&ucirc;	&#251;	û	lowercase u, circumflex accent
Name Code	Number Code	Glyph	Description
&uuml;	&#252;	ü	lowercase u, umlaut
&yacute;	&#253;	ý	lowercase y, acute accent
&thorn;	&#254;	þ	lowercase thorn, Icelandic
&yuml;	&#255;	ÿ	lowercase y, umlaut