There was recently a question posed to WIGenWeb Project list regarding the html coding of special characters in transcription work. I asked for and received permission to forward the answer here, as I thought some of you might find it useful to share with your County Coordinators. Tina Vickery SC WIGenWeb Project _______ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ellen- (Genealogy)" <jeanealogist@hotmail.com> To: <WIGEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 19, 2003 6:19 PM Subject: Re: [WIGEN-L] Help with HTML > Might want to give them a more complete list. > It is not a complete list, but probably what they will be using most > > @ at symbol; use this to help stop spam > ¢ Cent sign > £ Pound sterling > ¤ General currency sign > ¥ Yen sign > ¨ Umlaut (dieresis) > © Copyright > ® Registered trademark > ¯ Macron accent > ° Degree sign > ± Plus or minus > ² Superscript two > ³ Superscript three > ´ Acute accent > µ Micro sign > · Middle dot > ¸ Cedilla > ¼ Fraction one-fourth > ½ Fraction one-half > ¾ Fraction three-fourths > À Capital A, grave accent > Á Capital A, acute accent > Â Capital A, circumflex accent > Ã Capital A, tilde > Ä Capital A, dieresis or umlaut mark > Å Capital A, ring > Æ Capital AE dipthong (ligature) > Ç Capital C, cedilla > È Capital E, grave accent > É Capital E, acute accent > Ê Capital E, circumflex accent > Ë Capital E, dieresis or umlaut mark > Ì Capital I, grave accent > Í Capital I, acute accent > Î Capital I, circumflex accent > Ï Capital I, dieresis or umlaut mark > Ð Capital Eth, Icelandic > Ñ Capital N, tilde > Ò Capital O, grave accent > Ó Capital O, acute accent > Ô Capital O, circumflex accent > Õ Capital O, tilde > Ö Capital O, dieresis or umlaut mark > × Multiply sign > Ø Capital O, slash > Ù Capital U, grave accent > Ú Capital U, acute accent > Û Capital U, circumflex accent > Ü Capital U, dieresis or umlaut mark > Ý Capital Y, acute accent > Þ Capital THORN, Icelandic > ß Small sharp s, German (sz ligature) > à Small a, grave accent > á Small a, acute accent > â Small a, circumflex accent > ã Small a, tilde > ä Small a, dieresis or umlaut mark > å Small a, ring > æ Small ae dipthong (ligature) > ç Small c, cedilla > è Small e, grave accent > é Small e, acute accent > ê Small e, circumflex accent > ë Small e, dieresis or umlaut mark > ì Small i, grave accent > í Small i, acute accent > î Small i, circumflex accent > ï Small i, dieresis or umlaut mark > ð Small eth, Icelandic > ñ Small n, tilde > ò Small o, grave accent > ó Small o, acute accent > ô Small o, circumflex accent > õ Small o, tilde > ö Small o, dieresis or umlaut mark > ÷ Division sign > ø Small o, slash > ù Small u, grave accent > ú Small u, acute accent > û Small u, circumflex accent > ü Small u, dieresis or umlaut mark > ý Small y, acute accent > þ Small thorn, Icelandic > ÿ Small y, dieresis or umlaut mark > > > Ellen-