Typographical Reference
Some useful character entities to help get everything typographically correct. Use of the decimal notation ensures widest possible compatibility. Named entities probably don’t work in Netscape & Internet Explorer browsers less or equal to version 4, and Safari might have problems too. They are, however, easier to remember when hand-coding / amending pages.
| Character | Decimal | Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| ? | ‐ | Hyphen. See Hyphens. | |
| ? | ‑ | Non?breaking hyphen. See Hyphens. | |
| ? | ‒ | Figure Dash. See Hyphens. | |
| – | – | – | En Dash. See Hyphens. |
| — | — | — | Em Dash. See Hyphens. |
| ‘ | ‘ | ‘ | Left single quote — compare to typewriter quote ? ‘ (') |
| ’ | ’ | ’ | Apostrophe/Right single quote — compare to typewriter apostrophe/quote ? ‘ (') |
| “ | “ | “ | Opening Quotes — compare to typewriter quotes ? ” (") |
| ” | ” | ” | Closing Quotes — compare to typewriter quotes ? ” (") |
| … | … | … | Horizontal Ellipsis — compare spacing to three periods … ? … |
| ? | ‽ | Interrobang | |
| ? | ⁈ | Question Exclamation Mark | |
| ? | ⁉ | Exclamation Question Mark |
See more info at http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/category/Po/list.htm
