HTML Character Codes
Greek Letters - Math in HTML

face="symbol" fonts NO LONGER WORK in Netscape, Mozilla, IE, ...
The newer standards require "entity" or numeric character codes, see
this very complete listing


To see the symbol fonts on Netscape 4.0+ you need to:
  • Enable document fonts:
    Edit -> Preferences -> Appearance -> Fonts -> Use-document-fonts
  • On Unix and win95/NT: Enable Western ISO-8859-1 fonts:
    View -> Encoding -> Western ISO-8859-1
  • On Unix you may also need to insert this line in your .Xdefaults file:
    Netscape*documentFonts.charset*adobe-fontspecific:  iso-8859-1
  • On the Mac: Enable MacRoman fonts: View -> Encoding -> MacRoman
    or     Options/Document-Encoding MacRoman

    To see the symbol fonts on IE4.0+ you need:

  • Western OR Universal Alphabet fonts:
    View -> Internet Options -> Fonts -> Western OR Universal Alphabet
  • If you still can't see the fonts, please let me know what is your setup.

    Modified from ITC,   with face="symbol" column added

    See below for:

    greek letters,   a Math-in-HTML example,   and the rest of the codes

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    Character Codes
    Entity Name Numeric Code Descriptive Code Character face=
    "symbol"
    quotation mark"" ""
    dollar sign$ $$ $
    ampersand& && &
    less-than sign&#60; &lt;< <
    greater-than sign&#62; &gt;> >
      ??? &#92; &#92;\ \
      ??? &#94; &#94;^ ^
    non-breaking space&#160; &nbsp;   
    inverted exclamat.&#161; &iexcl;¡ ¡
    cent sign &#162; &cent;¢ ¢
      ??? &#163; &#163;£ £
      ??? &#164; &#164;¤ ¤
    yen sign &#165; &yen;¥ ¥
      ??? &#166; &#166;¦ ¦
    section sign &#167; &sect;§ §
    umlaut &#168; &uml;¨ ¨
    copyright&#169; &copy;© ©
      ??? &#170; &#170;ª ª
    left angle quote&#171; &laquo;« «
      ??? &#172; &#172;¬ ¬
    soft hyphen&#173; &shy;­ ­
    registered trademark&#174; &reg;® ®
      ??? &#175; &#175;¯ ¯
    degree sign&#176; &deg;° °
    plus or minus&#177; &plusmn;± ±
    superscript two&#178; &sup2;² ²
    superscript three&#179; &sup3;³ ³
    acute accent&#180; &acute;´ ´
      ??? &#181; &#181;µ µ
    paragraph sign&#182; &para;
    middle dot&#183; &middot;· ·
      ??? &#184; &#184;¸ ¸
    superscript one&#185; &sup1;¹ ¹
      ??? &#186; &#186;º º
    right angle quote &#187; &raquo;» »
    fraction 1/4&#188; &frac14;¼ ¼
    fraction one-half&#189; &frac12;½ ½
    fraction 3/4&#190; &frac34;¾ ¾
      ??? &#191; &#191;¿
    capital A grave&#192; &Agrave;À À
    capital A acute&#193; &Aacute;Á Á
    capital A circumflex&#194; &Acirc; Â Â
    capital A tilde&#195; &Atilde;Ã Ã
    capital A umlaut&#196; &Auml;Ä Ä
    capital A ring (Angstrom) &#197;&Aring;Å Å
    capital AE (ligature)&#198; &AElig;Æ Æ
    capital C cedilla&#199; &Ccedil;Ç Ç
    capital E grave&#200; &Egrave;È È
    capital E acute&#201; &Eacute;É É
    capital E circumflex&#202; &Ecirc;Ê Ê
    capital E umlaut&#203; &Euml;Ë Ë
    capital I grave&#204; &Igrave;Ì Ì
    capital I acute&#205; &Iacute;Í Í
    capital I circumflex&#206; &Icirc;Î Î
    capital I umlaut&#207; &Iuml;Ï Ï
      ??? &#208; &#208;Ð Ð
    capital N tilde&#209; &Ntilde;Ñ Ñ
    capital O grave&#210; &Ograve;Ò Ò
    capital O acute&#211; &Oacute;Ó Ó
    capital O circumflex&#212; &Ocirc;Ô Ô
    capital O tilde&#213; &Otilde;Õ Õ
    capital O umlaut&#214; &Ouml;Ö Ö
    multiply sign&#215; &times;× ×
    capital O slash&#216; &Oslash;Ø Ø
    capital U grave&#217; &Ugrave;Ù Ù
    capital U acute&#218; &Uacute;Ú Ú
    capital U circumflex&#219; &Ucirc;Û Û
    capital U umlaut&#220; &Uuml;Ü Ü
    capital Y acute&#221; &Yacute;Ý Ý
      ??? &#222; &#222;Þ Þ
      ??? &#223; &#223;ß ß
    small a grave&#224; &agrave;à à
    small a acute&#225; &aacute;á á
    small a circumflex&#226; &acirc;â â
    small a tilde&#227; &atilde;ã ã
    small a umlaut&#228; &auml;ä ä
    small a ring&#229; &aring;å å
    small ae (ligature)&#230; &aelig;æ æ
    small c cedilla&#231; &ccedil;ç ç
    small e grave&#232; &egrave;è è
    small e acute&#233; &eacute;é é
    small e circumflex&#234; &ecirc;ê ê
    small e umlaut&#235; &euml;ë ë
    small i grave&#236; &igrave;ì ì
    small i acute&#237; &iacute;í í
    small i circumflex&#238; &icirc;î î
    small i umlaut&#239; &iuml;ï ï
      ??? &#240; &#240;ð ð
    small n tilde&#241; &ntilde;ñ ñ
    small o grave&#242; &ograve;ò ò
    small o acute&#243; &oacute;ó ó
    small o circumflex&#244; &ocirc;ô ô
    small o tilde&#245; &otilde;õ õ
    small o umlaut&#246; &ouml;ö ö
    division sign&#247; &divide;÷ ÷
    small o slash&#248; &oslash;ø ø
    small u grave&#249; &ugrave;ù ù
    small u acute&#250; &uacute;ú ú
    small u circumflex&#251; &ucirc;û û
    small u umlaut&#252; &uuml;ü ü
    small y acute&#253; &yacute;ý ý
      ??? &#254; &#254;þ þ
    small y umlaut &#255;&yuml;ÿ ÿ

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    Greek Letters via numeric or entity codes
    insert as:   &#nnn;   or as:   &name;

    Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω
    #913 #914 #915 #916 #917 #918 #919 #920 #921 #922 #923 #924 #925 #926 #927 #928 #929 #931 #932 #933 #934 #935 #936 #937
    Alpha Beta Gamma Delta Epsilon Zeta Eta Theta Iota Kappa Lambda Mu Nu Xi Omicron Pi Rho Sigma Tau Upsilon Phi Chi Psi Omega

    α β γ δ ε ζ η θ ι κ λ μ ν ξ ο π ρ σ ς τ υ φ χ ψ ω
    #945 #946 #947 #948 #949 #950 #951 #952 #953 #954 #955 #956 #957 #958 #959 #960 #961 #963 #962 #964 #965 #966 #967 #968 #969
    alpha beta gamma delta epsilon zeta eta theta iota kappa lambda mu nu xi omicron pi rho sigma sigmaf tau upsilon phi chi psi omega

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    OBSOLETE !
    No longer works in Netscape7.1 and Mozilla, nor in IE 7.0

    Math in straight HTML

      x
    ó
    õ
    0 

    x
     
    ( x ¢ ) dx ¢ = é
    ê
    ê
    ë
    1
    Ö x
      +   e ipx + Ñ2f + ty ù
    ú
    ú
    û

    Here is the HTML code that generates the above math expression
    ( modified from
    TtH in Action ).     Horrible and tricky, but it can be done !
    Note that we use the numeric codes (not the "descriptive code"), like:

    < font face="symbol">& #209;< /font>
    Crucial: To try it, remove the spaces after each < and &   !
    < TABLE align=left>
    < tr>
     < td nowrap align=center>
        < font size="-1">& nbsp; x< /font> < br>
        < font face="symbol">& #243;< br>& #245;< br>< /font>
        < font size="-1">0< /font>& nbsp; < br> < /td>
     < td nowrap align=center>
    	< br>< font face="symbol">x< /font>< br> & nbsp;< br>
    	< /td >
     < td nowrap align=center>
    	(x< font face="symbol">& #162;< /font>) 
    	dx< font face="symbol">& #162;< /font> < /td>
     < td nowrap align=center> = < /td>
     < td align=left>< font face="symbol">
            & #233;< br>& #234;< br>& #234;< br>& #235;< /FONT>
    	< br> & euml; < /font> < /td>
     < td nowrap align=center>
            1 < hr NOSHADE> < FONT face="symbol">& #214< /FONT> x
    	< /td>
     < td nowrap align=center>
    	e < sup> i < font face="symbol">p< /font> x < /sup>
    	< /td>
     < td nowrap align=center>
    	+ < font face="symbol">& #209;< /font>< sup>2< /sup> 
    	< font face="symbol"> f < /font> < /td>
     < td nowrap align=center>
    	+ < font face="symbol">& #182;< /font>< sub>t< /sub>< font 
    	face="symbol">y< /font> < /td>
     < td align=left>< font face="symbol">
            & #249;< br>& #250;< br>& #250; < br>& #251;
    	< /font> < /td>
    < /tr>
    < /TABLE >
    

    A better solution: compose in LaTex, use the TtH: Tex to HTML translator,
    then fix it up using the above symbols, if needed.

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    Here is what the rest of the numeric codes produce:

    (not visible on some browsers)

    Numeric Code Character face="symbol"
    &#0; - &#32; blank blank
    &#33; ! !
    &#34; " "
    &#35; # #
    &#36; $ $
    &#37; % %
    &#38; & &
    &#39; ' '
    &#40; ( (
    &#41; ) )
    &#42; * *
    &#43; + +
    &#44; , ,
    &#45; - -
    &#46; . .
    &#47; / /
    &#48; - &#57; 0 - 9 0 - 9
    &#58; : :
    &#59; ; ;
    &#60; < <
    &#61; = =
    &#62; > >
    &#63; ? ?
    &#64; @ @
    &#65; - &#90; A - Z A - Z
    &#91; [ [
    &#92; \ \
    &#93; ] ]
    &#94; ^ ^
    &#95; _ _
    &#96; ` `
    &#97; - &#122; a - z a - z
    &#123; { {
    &#124; | |
    &#125; } }
    &#126; ~ ~
    &#127;  
    &#128;
    &#129;  
    &#130;
    &#131; ƒ ƒ
    &#132;
    &#133;
    &#134;
    &#135;
    &#136; ˆ ˆ
    &#137;
    &#138; Š Š
    &#139;
    &#140; Œ Œ
    &#141;  
    &#142; Ž Ž
    &#143;  
    &#144;  
    &#145;
    &#146;
    &#147;
    &#148;
    &#149;
    &#150;
    &#151;
    &#152; ˜ ˜
    &#153;
    &#154; š š
    &#155;
    &#156; œ œ
    &#157;  
    &#158; ž ž
    &#159; Ÿ Ÿ

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