iso8859-1 table

Description                               Code            Entity name
===================================       ============    ==============
quotation mark                            "  --> "    "
ampersand                                 &  --> &    &
less-than sign                            &#60;  --> <    <
greater-than sign                         &#62;  --> >    >

Description                          Char Code            Entity name
===================================  ==== ============    ==============
non-breaking space                        &#160; -->      &nbsp;   -->  
inverted exclamation mark            !    &#161; --> !    &iexcl;  --> ¡
cent sign                            "    &#162; --> "    &cent;   --> ¢
pound sign                           #    &#163; --> #    &pound;  --> £
currency sign                        $    &#164; --> $    &curren; --> ¤
yen sign                             %    &#165; --> %    &yen;    --> ¥
broken vertical bar                  &    &#166; --> &    &brvbar; --> ¦
                                                          &brkbar; --> &brkbar;
section sign                         '    &#167; --> '    &sect;   --> §
spacing diaresis                     (    &#168; --> (    &uml;    --> ¨
copyright sign                       )    &#169; --> )    &copy;   --> ©
feminine ordinal indicator           *    &#170; --> *    &ordf;   --> ª
angle quotation mark, left           +    &#171; --> +    &laquo;  --> «
negation sign                        ,    &#172; --> ,    &not;    --> ¬
soft hyphen                          -    &#173; --> -    &shy;    --> ­
circled R registered sign            .    &#174; --> .    &reg;    --> $reg;
spacing macron                       /    &#175; --> /    &hibar;  --> &hibar;
degree sign                          0    &#176; --> 0    &deg;    --> °
plus-or-minus sign                   1    &#177; --> 1    &plusmn; --> ±
superscript 2                        2    &#178; --> 2    &sup2;   --> ²
superscript 3                        3    &#179; --> 3    &sup3;   --> ³
spacing acute                        4    &#180; --> 4    &acute;  --> ´
micro sign                           5    &#181; --> 5    &micro;  --> µ
paragraph sign                       6    &#182; --> 6    &para;   --> ¶
middle dot                           7    &#183; --> 7    &middot; --> ·
spacing cedilla                      8    &#184; --> 8    &cedil;  --> ¸
superscript 1                        9    &#185; --> 9    &sup1;   --> ¹
masculine ordinal indicator          :    &#186; --> :    &ordm;   --> º
angle quotation mark, right          ;    &#187; --> ;    &raquo;  --> »
fraction 1/4                         <    &#188; --> <    &frac14; --> ¼
fraction 1/2                         =    &#189; --> =    &frac12; --> ½
fraction 3/4                         >    &#190; --> >    &frac34; --> ¾
inverted question mark               ?    &#191; --> ?    &iquest; --> ¿
capital A, grave accent              @    &#192; --> @    &Agrave; --> À
capital A, acute accent              A    &#193; --> A    &Aacute; --> Á
capital A, circumflex accent         B    &#194; --> B    &Acirc;  --> Â
capital A, tilde                     C    &#195; --> C    &Atilde; --> Ã
capital A, dieresis or umlaut mark   D    &#196; --> D    &Auml;   --> Ä
capital A, ring                      E    &#197; --> E    &Aring;  --> Å
capital AE diphthong (ligature)      F    &#198; --> F    &AElig;  --> Æ
capital C, cedilla                   G    &#199; --> G    &Ccedil; --> Ç
capital E, grave accent              H    &#200; --> H    &Egrave; --> È
capital E, acute accent              I    &#201; --> I    &Eacute; --> É
capital E, circumflex accent         J    &#202; --> J    &Ecirc;  --> Ê
capital E, dieresis or umlaut mark   K    &#203; --> K    &Euml;   --> Ë
capital I, grave accent              L    &#204; --> L    &Igrave; --> Ì
capital I, acute accent              M    &#205; --> M    &Iacute; --> Í
capital I, circumflex accent         N    &#206; --> N    &Icirc;  --> Î
capital I, dieresis or umlaut mark   O    &#207; --> O    &Iuml;   --> Ï
capital Eth, Icelandic               P    &#208; --> P    &ETH;    --> Ð
                                                          &Dstrok; --> Đ
capital N, tilde                     Q    &#209; --> Q    &Ntilde; --> Ñ
capital O, grave accent              R    &#210; --> R    &Ograve; --> Ò
capital O, acute accent              S    &#211; --> S    &Oacute; --> Ó
capital O, circumflex accent         T    &#212; --> T    &Ocirc;  --> Ô
capital O, tilde                     U    &#213; --> U    &Otilde; --> Õ
capital O, dieresis or umlaut mark   V    &#214; --> V    &Ouml;   --> Ö
multiplication sign                  W    &#215; --> W    &times;  --> ×
capital O, slash                     X    &#216; --> X    &Oslash; --> Ø
capital U, grave accent              Y    &#217; --> Y    &Ugrave; --> Ù
capital U, acute accent              Z    &#218; --> Z    &Uacute; --> Ú
capital U, circumflex accent         [    &#219; --> [    &Ucirc;  --> Û
capital U, dieresis or umlaut mark   \    &#220; --> \    &Uuml;   --> Ü
capital Y, acute accent              ]    &#221; --> ]    &Yacute; --> Ý
capital THORN, Icelandic             ^    &#222; --> ^    &THORN;  --> Þ
small sharp s, German (sz ligature)  _    &#223; --> _    &szlig;  --> ß
small a, grave accent                `    &#224; --> `    &agrave; --> à
small a, acute accent                a    &#225; --> a    &aacute; --> á
small a, circumflex accent           b    &#226; --> b    &acirc;  --> â
small a, tilde                       c    &#227; --> c    &atilde; --> ã
small a, dieresis or umlaut mark     d    &#228; --> d    &auml;   --> ä
small a, ring                        e    &#229; --> e    &aring;  --> å
small ae diphthong (ligature)        f    &#230; --> f    &aelig;  --> æ
small c, cedilla                     g    &#231; --> g    &ccedil; --> ç
small e, grave accent                h    &#232; --> h    &egrave; --> è
small e, acute accent                i    &#233; --> i    &eacute; --> é
small e, circumflex accent           j    &#234; --> j    &ecirc;  --> ê
small e, dieresis or umlaut mark     k    &#235; --> k    &euml;   --> ë
small i, grave accent                l    &#236; --> l    &igrave; --> ì
small i, acute accent                m    &#237; --> m    &iacute; --> í
small i, circumflex accent           n    &#238; --> n    &icirc;  --> î
small i, dieresis or umlaut mark     o    &#239; --> o    &iuml;   --> ï
small eth, Icelandic                 p    &#240; --> p    &eth;    --> ð
small n, tilde                       q    &#241; --> q    &ntilde; --> ñ
small o, grave accent                r    &#242; --> r    &ograve; --> ò
small o, acute accent                s    &#243; --> s    &oacute; --> ó
small o, circumflex accent           t    &#244; --> t    &ocirc;  --> ô
small o, tilde                       u    &#245; --> u    &otilde; --> õ
small o, dieresis or umlaut mark     v    &#246; --> v    &ouml;   --> ö
division sign                        w    &#247; --> w    &divide; --> ÷
small o, slash                       x    &#248; --> x    &oslash; --> ø
small u, grave accent                y    &#249; --> y    &ugrave; --> ù
small u, acute accent                z    &#250; --> z    &uacute; --> ú
small u, circumflex accent           {    &#251; --> {    &ucirc;  --> û
small u, dieresis or umlaut mark     |    &#252; --> |    &uuml;   --> ü
small y, acute accent                }    &#253; --> }    &yacute; --> ý
small thorn, Icelandic               ~    &#254; --> ~    &thorn;  --> þ
small y, dieresis or umlaut mark         &#255; -->     &yuml;   --> ÿ

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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 Đ seem to be
unique to HTF.

The standards stuff: There is a list on Entities representing particular
graphic characters with special meanings in HTML and a list on the ISO Latin
1 Entities in HTML made available by the folks at CERN (derived from ISO
8879). [These seem to the ones currently known by Mosaic 2.4 for X.]
Or look at the end of Appendix I of CERN's HTML+ Discussion Document for
another list of the mnemonic character entities for 8 bit ANSI Latin-1.
The Appendix II contains a table 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: the HTTP protocol guarantees 8 bit transfer. (Thanks to Roman
Czyborra for pointing this out!)

Other information:

   * The excellent overview on the series of ISO 8859 character sets
     compiled by Roman Czyborra.
   * Maybe also of interest to you is the ISO 8859-1 FAQ by Michael Gschwind
     (mike@vlsivie.tuwien.ac.at).
   * 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 kbyte).