Let's say you're starting a code tutorial website like this one, and you want to write this line of code within your page: <h1>Hello World!</h1> but whatever you try, you just can't type < > symbols normally. Does that mean you can't do that in HTML? This is what HTML special characters is about. Here is an example:
HTML special characters are typed using "entities" – codes that start with an ampersand (&) and end with a semicolon (;). Numbered entities use a symbol list with over 50,000 symbols. Put a hashtag (#) and the symbol's number code after the ampersand (&) when using numbered entities.
ϧ is ϧHTML5 also has named entities using letters after & instead of a hashtag and a number that represent letters, punctuation, math, and currency symbols. However, named entities are more limited than numbered entities.
! is !We type special characters in HTML by using codes called numbered intities and named entities. Numbered entities follow the format&#number-that-represents-the-symbol; and named entities follow the format &letters-that-represent-the-symbol;. HTML special characters are very useful, so remember the important symbols' codes!
| Symbol | Numbered entities | Named entities |
|---|---|---|
|   | | |
| < | < | < |
| > | > | > |
| & | & | & |
| # | # | # |
| " | " | " |
| ' | ' | ' |
| ¢ | ¢ | ¢ |
| © | © | © |