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Code to Character Map The standard ANSI or ASCII characters (decimal code 1-127) should appear the same in all Operating Systems (OSs). The extended characters (decimal 128-255) represented with raw binary codes may appear differently from OS to OS when viewed in a text editor, browser or other program. Most HTML pages use character or entity reference codes (e.g. '¢' for '¢') so they will display correctly in a browser regardles of the OS. (See also: Character to Code Map) You will need IE 4 (or greater) or Netscape 5 (or greater) to see some of the characters |
| Code | ANSI | * Bin Char | Display | |||||
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| Dec | Hex | Name | Char | Mac | Win | DOS | UNIX | |
| 128 | 80 | Euro | € | € | Ä | Ä | Ç | |
| 129 | 81 | unused | Å | Å | ü | |||
| 130 | 82 | baseline single quote | | ‚ | Ç | Ç | é | |
| 131 | 83 | florin | | ƒ | É | É | â | |
| 132 | 84 | baseline double quote | | „ | Ñ | Ñ | ä | |
| 133 | 85 | ellipsis | … | Ö | Ö | à | ||
| 134 | 86 | dagger (single) | | † | Ü | Ü | å | |
| 135 | 87 | dagger (double) | | ‡ | á | á | ç | |
| 136 | 88 | circumflex | | ˆ | à | à | ê | |
| 137 | 89 | per mil | | ‰ | â | â | ë | |
| 138 | 8A | S caron | | Š | ä | ä | è | |
| 139 | 8B | left single guillemet | | ‹ | ã | ã | ï | |
| 140 | 8C | OE ligature | | Œ | å | å | î | |
| 141 | 8D | unused | ç | ç | ||||
| 142 | 8E | Z caron | | Ž | é | é | ||
| 143 | 8F | unused | è | è | ||||
| 144 | 90 | unused | ê | ê | ||||
| 145 | 91 | open single quote | | ‘ | ë | ë | ||
| 146 | 92 | close single quote | | ’ | í | í | ||
| 147 | 93 | open double quote | | “ | ì | ì | ||
| 148 | 94 | close double quote | | ” | î | î | ||
| 149 | 95 | bullet (large) | | • | ï | ï | ||
| 150 | 96 | en dash | | – | ñ | ñ | ||
| 151 | 97 | em dash | | — | ó | ó | ||
| 152 | 98 | tilde | | ˜ | ò | ò | ||
| 153 | 99 | unregistered trademark | | ™ | ô | ô | ||
| 154 | 9A | s caron | | š | ö | ö | ||
| 155 | 9B | right single guillemet | | › | õ | õ | ||
| 156 | 9C | oe ligature | | œ | ú | ú | ||
| 157 | 9D | unused | ù | ù | ||||
| 158 | 9E | z caron | | ž | û | û | ||
| 159 | 9F | Y diaeresis | | Ÿ | ü | ü | ||
| Dec | Hex | Name | ANSI | Bin | Mac | Win | DOS | UNIX |
| 160 | A0 | non-breaking space | | Ý | á | |||
| 161 | A1 | Spanish inverted ! | ¡ | ¡ | ° | ° | í | ¡ |
| 162 | A2 | cents | ¢ | ¢ | ¢ | ¢ | ó | ¢ |
| 163 | A3 | pounds | £ | £ | £ | £ | ú | £ |
| 164 | A4 | intl. monetary symbol | ¤ | ¤ | § | § | ñ | |
| 165 | A5 | yen | ¥ | ¥ | | € | Ñ | ¥ |
| 166 | A6 | broken bar | ¦ | ¦ | ¶ | ¶ | ª | |
| 167 | A7 | section symbol | § | § | ß | ß | º | § |
| 168 | A8 | diaeresis | ¨ | ¨ | ® | ® | ¿ | ¨ |
| 169 | A9 | copyright | © | © | © | © | © | |
| 170 | AA | feminine ordinal | ª | ª | | ¬ | ª | |
| 171 | AB | left double guillemet | « | « | ´ | ´ | ½ | « |
| 172 | AC | not | ¬ | ¬ | ¨ | ¨ | ¼ | ¬ |
| 173 | AD | soft hyphen | - | | ≠ | | ¡ | |
| 174 | AE | registered trademark | ® | ® | Æ | Æ | « | ® |
| 175 | AF | macron | ¯ | ¯ | Ø | Ø | » | ¯ |
| 176 | B0 | ring (also degrees) | ° | ° | ![]() | | ° | |
| 177 | B1 | plus | ± | ± | ± | ± | ± | |
| 178 | B2 | superscript 2 | ² | ² | ≤ | ¾ | ||
| 179 | B3 | superscript 3 | ³ | ³ | ≥ | | ||
| 180 | B4 | acute | ´ | ´ | ¥ | ¥ | ´ | |
| 181 | B5 | micro symbol (or mu) | µ | µ | µ | µ | µ | |
| 182 | B6 | pilcrow (paragraph symbol) | ¶ | ¶ | ∂ | ¶ | ||
| 183 | B7 | bullet (small) | · | · | Σ | · | ||
| 184 | B8 | cedilla | ¸ | ¸ | Π | ½ | ¸ | |
| 185 | B9 | superscript 1 | ¹ | ¹ | π | ¼ | ¹ | |
| 186 | BA | masculine ordinal | º | º | ∫ | | º | |
| 187 | BB | right double guillemet | » | » | ª | ª | » | |
| 188 | BC | one-fourth | ¼ | ¼ | ° | ° | ||
| 189 | BD | one-half | ½ | ½ | Ω | | ||
| 190 | BE | three-fourths | ¾ | ¾ | æ | æ | ||
| 191 | BF | Spanish inverted ? | ¿ | ¿ | ø | ø | ||
| Dec | Hex | Name | ANSI | Bin | Mac | Win | DOS | |
| 192 | C0 | A grave | À | À | ¿ | ¿ | ![]() | |
| 193 | C1 | A acute | Á | Á | ¡ | ¡ | ![]() | |
| 194 | C2 | A circumflex | Â | Â | ¬ | ¬ | ![]() | |
| 195 | C3 | A tilde | Ã | Ã | √ | | ![]() | |
| 196 | C4 | A diaeresis | Ä | Ä | | | ||
| 197 | C5 | A ring | Å | Å | ≈ | | ||
| 198 | C6 | AE ligature | Æ | Æ | Δ | |||
| 199 | C7 | C cedilla | Ç | Ç | « | « | ||
| 200 | C8 | E grave | È | È | » | » | ||
| 201 | C9 | E acute | É | É | | |||
| 202 | CA | E circumflex | Ê | |||||
| 203 | CB | E diaeresis | Ë | Ë | À | À | ||
| 204 | CC | I grave | Ì | Ì | Ã | Ã | ||
| 205 | CD | I acute | Í | Í | Õ | Õ | ||
| 206 | CE | I circumflex | Î | Î | | | ||
| 207 | CF | I diaeresis | Ï | Ï | | ¦ | ||
| 208 | D0 | Icelandic Eth | Ð | Ð | | |||
| 209 | D1 | N tilde | Ñ | Ñ | | | ||
| 210 | D2 | O grave | Ò | Ò | | ³ | ||
| 211 | D3 | O acute | Ó | Ó | | ² | ||
| 212 | D4 | O circumflex | Ô | Ô | | | ||
| 213 | D5 | O tilde | Õ | Õ | | ¹ | ||
| 214 | D6 | O diaeresis | Ö | Ö | ÷ | ÷ | ||
| 215 | D7 | multiply symbol | × | × | ![]() | × | ||
| 216 | D8 | O with oblique stroke | Ø | Ø | ÿ | ÿ | ||
| 217 | D9 | U grave | Ù | Ù | | |||
| 218 | DA | U acute | Ú | Ú | / | |||
| 219 | DB | U circumflex | Û | Û | € | ¤ | ||
| 220 | DC | U diaeresis | Ü | Ü | | Ð | ||
| 221 | DD | Y acute | Ý | Ý | | ð | ||
| 222 | DE | Icelandic Thorn | Þ | Þ | ![]() | Þ | ||
| 223 | DF | German sharp s | ß | ß | ![]() | þ | ||
| Dec | Hex | Name | ANSI | Bin | Mac | Win | DOS | |
| 224 | E0 | a grave | à | à | | ý | α | |
| 225 | E1 | a acute | á | á | · | · | β | |
| 226 | E2 | a circumflex | â | â | | | Γ | |
| 227 | E3 | a tilde | ã | ã | | | Π | |
| 228 | E4 | a diaeresis | ä | ä | | | Σ | |
| 229 | E5 | a ring | å | å | Â | Â | σ | |
| 230 | E6 | ae ligature | æ | Ê | Ê | |||
| 231 | E7 | c cedilla | ç | ç | Á | Á | ||
| 232 | E8 | e grave | è | è | Ë | Ë | ||
| 233 | E9 | e acute | é | é | È | È | ||
| 234 | EA | e circumflex | ê | ê | Í | Í | ||
| 235 | EB | e diaeresis | ë | ë | Î | Î | ||
| 236 | EC | i grave | ì | ì | Ï | Ï | ||
| 237 | ED | i acute | í | í | Ì | Ì | ||
| 238 | EE | i circumflex | î | î | Ó | Ó | ||
| 239 | EF | i diaeresis | ï | ï | Ô | Ô | ||
| 240 | F0 | Icelandic eth | ð | ð | ![]() | | ||
| 241 | F1 | n tilde | ñ | ñ | Ò | Ò | ||
| 242 | F2 | o grave | ò | ò | Ú | Ú | ||
| 243 | F3 | o acute | ó | ó | Û | Û | ||
| 244 | F4 | o circumflex | ô | ô | Ù | Ù | ||
| 245 | F5 | o tilde | õ | õ | ![]() | |||
| 246 | F6 | o diaeresis | ö | ö | | | ||
| 247 | F7 | divide symbol | ÷ | ÷ | | | ||
| 248 | F8 | o with oblique stroke | ø | ø | ¯ | ¯ | ||
| 249 | F9 | u grave | ù | ù | ![]() | | ||
| 250 | FA | u acute | ú | ú | ![]() | | ||
| 251 | FB | u circumflex | û | û | ![]() | | ![]() | |
| 252 | FC | u diaeresis | ü | ü | ¸ | ¸ | ![]() | |
| 253 | FD | y acute | ý | ý | ![]() | | ![]() | |
| 254 | FE | Icelandic thorn | þ | þ | ![]() | | ![]() | |
| 255 | FF | y diaeresis | ÿ | ÿ | ![]() | ![]() | ||
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This table represents the most common character mappings by OS. It was tested on Windows 98 and Mac OS 9 and OS X. Appearance may vary depending on your settings and the application. For example with Internet Explorer the binary characters display as the ANSI characters on a Macintosh with OS9 while they
displayed as the native OS defaults for Win98 and Mac OS X.
The header for this page specifies <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> so I don't know why IE doesn't always display ANSI values. * The ANSI characters are generated with HTML character reference coding (&#xxx;) where xxx is the decimal code while the binary code contains the actual 8-bit character which will display differently depending on your OS and application software. Windows 98 sometimes displays the ANSI characters and sometimes the characters listed in the Win column. I haven't figured out what causes them to change, but it must be a system setting because word processors usually use the same character map as browsers. See also: Entity Reference codes. |