Martin Ramsch - iso8859-1 table

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iso8859-1 table

This table grew out of an ISO Latin-1 Character Set overview related to the Hyper-G Text Format (HTF). The entity names &brkbar; and &Dstrok; seem to be unique to HTF. The entity name &hibar; has been supported by X Mosaic but seems to be replaced with ¯. The entity names ¨ and &die; should be equivalent.

The standards stuff: The HTML 2.0 Standard includes a section on Character Entity Sets and an overview on the HTML Coded Character Set (The entity names are derived from ISO 8879).
Or have a look at the Latin-1 Character Entities as listed in an draft for the HTML 3.0 specification.
The Appendix II of CERN's HTML+ Discussion Document contains a table (in PostScript format) of the proposed character entities for HTML+ and their corresponding character codes for Unicode and the Adobe Latin-1 & Symbol character sets.

Please note that there is nothing wrong with using characters of ISO Latin-1 above 127: HTTP/1.0 uses the 8bit ISO latin-1 as default encoding. (Thanks to Roman Czyborra for pointing this out!)

Other information:

Kevin J. Brewer has done two very good pages on the subject:
- ASCII - ISO 8859-1 (Latin-1) with HTML 3.0 Entities Table and
- ISO 8879 Entities Gopher Menu
The excellent overview on the series of ISO 8859 character sets compiled by Roman Czyborra.
Also have a look on Alan Flavell's page of pointers to information about ISO8859. It's written very well!
Maybe also of interest to you is the ISO 8859-1 FAQ by Michael Gschwind (mike@vlsivie.tuwien.ac.at), part of his page on Internationalization.
For users of X11R5 on SunOS systems: the table over the compose combinations (also coded with entities where possible). It's taken from the MIT X sources in server/ddx/sun/Compose.list.
Finally you could have a look at RFC 1345: Character Mnemonics & Character Sets by K. Simonsen (06/11/92, 103 pages, approx. 240 Kbytes).

Martin Ramsch, 16.02.1994, 07.01.1996, 01.07.1996

Description Code Entity name =================================== ============ ============== quotation mark " --> " " --> " ampersand & --> & & --> & less-than sign < --> < < --> < greater-than sign > --> > > --> > Description Char Code Entity name =================================== ==== ============ ============== non-breaking space   -->   --> inverted exclamation ¡ ¡ --> ¡ ¡ --> ¡ cent sign ¢ ¢ --> ¢ ¢ --> ¢ pound sterling £ £ --> £ £ --> £ general currency sign ¤ ¤ --> ¤ ¤ --> ¤ yen sign ¥ ¥ --> ¥ ¥ --> ¥ broken vertical bar ¦ ¦ --> ¦ ¦ --> ¦ &brkbar; --> &brkbar section sign § § --> § § --> § umlaut (dieresis) ¨ ¨ --> ¨ ¨ --> ¨ &die; --> &die copyright © © --> © © --> © feminine ordinal ª ª --> ª ª --> ª left angle quote, guillemotleft « « --> « « --> « not sign ¬ ¬ --> ¬ ¬ --> ¬ soft hyphen  -->  --> registered trademark ® ® --> ® ® --> ® macron accent ¯ ¯ --> ¯ ¯ --> ¯ &hibar; --> &hibar degree sign ° ° --> ° ° --> ° plus or minus ± ± --> ± ± --> ± superscript two ² ² --> ² ² --> ² superscript three ³ ³ --> ³ ³ --> ³ acute accent ´ ´ --> ´ ´ --> ´ micro sign µ µ --> µ µ --> µ paragraph sign ¶ ¶ --> ¶ ¶ --> ¶ middle dot · · --> · · --> · cedilla ¸ ¸ --> ¸ ¸ --> ¸ superscript one ¹ ¹ --> ¹ ¹ --> ¹ masculine ordinal º º --> º º --> º right angle quote, guillemotright » » --> » » --> » fraction one-fourth ¼ ¼ --> ¼ ¼ --> ¼ fraction one-half ½ ½ --> ½ ½ --> ½ fraction three-fourths ¾ ¾ --> ¾ ¾ --> ¾ inverted question mark ¿ ¿ --> ¿ ¿ --> ¿ capital A, grave accent À À --> À À --> À capital A, acute accent Á Á --> Á Á --> Á capital A, circumflex accent Â Â --> Â Â --> Â capital A, tilde Ã Ã --> Ã Ã --> Ã capital A, dieresis or umlaut mark Ä Ä --> Ä Ä --> Ä capital A, ring Å Å --> Å Å --> Å capital AE diphthong (ligature) Æ Æ --> Æ Æ --> Æ capital C, cedilla Ç Ç --> Ç Ç --> Ç capital E, grave accent È È --> È È --> È capital E, acute accent É É --> É É --> É capital E, circumflex accent Ê Ê --> Ê Ê --> Ê capital E, dieresis or umlaut mark Ë Ë --> Ë Ë --> Ë capital I, grave accent Ì Ì --> Ì Ì --> Ì capital I, acute accent Í Í --> Í Í --> Í capital I, circumflex accent Î Î --> Î Î --> Î capital I, dieresis or umlaut mark Ï Ï --> Ï Ï --> Ï capital Eth, Icelandic Ð Ð --> Ð Ð --> Ð &Dstrok; --> &Dstrok capital N, tilde Ñ Ñ --> Ñ Ñ --> Ñ capital O, grave accent Ò Ò --> Ò Ò --> Ò capital O, acute accent Ó Ó --> Ó Ó --> Ó capital O, circumflex accent Ô Ô --> Ô Ô --> Ô capital O, tilde Õ Õ --> Õ Õ --> Õ capital O, dieresis or umlaut mark Ö Ö --> Ö Ö --> Ö multiply sign × × --> × × --> × capital O, slash Ø Ø --> Ø Ø --> Ø capital U, grave accent Ù Ù --> Ù Ù --> Ù capital U, acute accent Ú Ú --> Ú Ú --> Ú capital U, circumflex accent Û Û --> Û Û --> Û capital U, dieresis or umlaut mark Ü Ü --> Ü Ü --> Ü capital Y, acute accent Ý Ý --> Ý Ý --> Ý capital THORN, Icelandic Þ Þ --> Þ Þ --> Þ small sharp s, German (sz ligature) ß ß --> ß ß --> ß small a, grave accent à à --> à à --> à small a, acute accent á á --> á á --> á small a, circumflex accent â â --> â â --> â small a, tilde ã ã --> ã ã --> ã small a, dieresis or umlaut mark ä ä --> ä ä --> ä small a, ring å å --> å å --> å small ae diphthong (ligature) æ æ --> æ æ --> æ small c, cedilla ç ç --> ç ç --> ç small e, grave accent è è --> è è --> è small e, acute accent é é --> é é --> é small e, circumflex accent ê ê --> ê ê --> ê small e, dieresis or umlaut mark ë ë --> ë ë --> ë small i, grave accent ì ì --> ì ì --> ì small i, acute accent í í --> í í --> í small i, circumflex accent î î --> î î --> î small i, dieresis or umlaut mark ï ï --> ï ï --> ï small eth, Icelandic ð ð --> ð ð --> ð small n, tilde ñ ñ --> ñ ñ --> ñ small o, grave accent ò ò --> ò ò --> ò small o, acute accent ó ó --> ó ó --> ó small o, circumflex accent ô ô --> ô ô --> ô small o, tilde õ õ --> õ õ --> õ small o, dieresis or umlaut mark ö ö --> ö ö --> ö division sign ÷ ÷ --> ÷ ÷ --> ÷ small o, slash ø ø --> ø ø --> ø small u, grave accent ù ù --> ù ù --> ù small u, acute accent ú ú --> ú ú --> ú small u, circumflex accent û û --> û û --> û small u, dieresis or umlaut mark ü ü --> ü ü --> ü small y, acute accent ý ý --> ý ý --> ý small thorn, Icelandic þ þ --> þ þ --> þ small y, dieresis or umlaut mark ÿ ÿ --> ÿ ÿ --> ÿ