HTML ISO-8859-1 Reference
ISO-8859-1
ISO-8859-1 was the default character in HTML 4.01.
ISO (The International Standards Organization) defines the standard character sets for different alphabets/languages.
The different variants of ISO-8859 are listed at the bottom of this page.
ISO-8859-1 Character Set
The first part of ISO-8859-1 (entity numbers from 0-127) is the original ASCII character-set. It contains numbers, upper and lowercase English letters, and some special characters.
For a closer look, please study our Complete ASCII Reference.
Character | Number | Entity Name | Description |
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0 - 31 | Control characters | ||
32 | spaceTry it | ||
! | 33 | exclamation markTry it | |
" | 34 | " | quotation markTry it |
# | 35 | number signTry it | |
$ | 36 | dollar signTry it | |
% | 37 | percent signTry it | |
& | 38 | & | ampersandTry it |
' | 39 | apostropheTry it | |
( | 40 | left parenthesisTry it | |
) | 41 | right parenthesisTry it | |
* | 42 | asteriskTry it | |
+ | 43 | plus signTry it | |
, | 44 | commaTry it | |
- | 45 | hyphen-minusTry it | |
. | 46 | full stopTry it | |
/ | 47 | solidusTry it | |
0 | 48 | digit zeroTry it | |
1 | 49 | digit oneTry it | |
2 | 50 | digit twoTry it | |
3 | 51 | digit threeTry it | |
4 | 52 | digit fourTry it | |
5 | 53 | digit fiveTry it | |
6 | 54 | digit sixTry it | |
7 | 55 | digit sevenTry it | |
8 | 56 | digit eightTry it | |
9 | 57 | digit nineTry it | |
: | 58 | colonTry it | |
; | 59 | semicolonTry it | |
< | 60 | < | less-than signTry it |
= | 61 | equals signTry it | |
> | 62 | > | greater-than signTry it |
? | 63 | question markTry it | |
@ | 64 | commercial atTry it | |
A | 65 | Latin capital letter ATry it | |
B | 66 | Latin capital letter BTry it | |
C | 67 | Latin capital letter CTry it | |
D | 68 | Latin capital letter DTry it | |
E | 69 | Latin capital letter ETry it | |
F | 70 | Latin capital letter FTry it | |
G | 71 | Latin capital letter GTry it | |
H | 72 | Latin capital letter HTry it | |
I | 73 | Latin capital letter ITry it | |
J | 74 | Latin capital letter JTry it | |
K | 75 | Latin capital letter KTry it | |
L | 76 | Latin capital letter LTry it | |
M | 77 | Latin capital letter MTry it | |
N | 78 | Latin capital letter NTry it | |
O | 79 | Latin capital letter OTry it | |
P | 80 | Latin capital letter PTry it | |
Q | 81 | Latin capital letter QTry it | |
R | 82 | Latin capital letter RTry it | |
S | 83 | Latin capital letter STry it | |
T | 84 | Latin capital letter TTry it | |
U | 85 | Latin capital letter UTry it | |
V | 86 | Latin capital letter VTry it | |
W | 87 | Latin capital letter WTry it | |
X | 88 | Latin capital letter XTry it | |
Y | 89 | Latin capital letter YTry it | |
Z | 90 | Latin capital letter ZTry it | |
[ | 91 | left square bracketTry it | |
\ | 92 | reverse solidusTry it | |
] | 93 | right square bracketTry it | |
^ | 94 | circumflex accentTry it | |
_ | 95 | low lineTry it | |
` | 96 | grave accentTry it | |
a | 97 | Latin small letter aTry it | |
b | 98 | Latin small letter bTry it | |
c | 99 | Latin small letter cTry it | |
d | 100 | Latin small letter dTry it | |
e | 101 | Latin small letter eTry it | |
f | 102 | Latin small letter fTry it | |
g | 103 | Latin small letter gTry it | |
h | 104 | Latin small letter hTry it | |
i | 105 | Latin small letter iTry it | |
j | 106 | Latin small letter jTry it | |
k | 107 | Latin small letter kTry it | |
l | 108 | Latin small letter lTry it | |
m | 109 | Latin small letter mTry it | |
n | 110 | Latin small letter nTry it | |
o | 111 | Latin small letter oTry it | |
p | 112 | Latin small letter pTry it | |
q | 113 | Latin small letter qTry it | |
r | 114 | Latin small letter rTry it | |
s | 115 | Latin small letter sTry it | |
t | 116 | Latin small letter tTry it | |
u | 117 | Latin small letter uTry it | |
v | 118 | Latin small letter vTry it | |
w | 119 | Latin small letter wTry it | |
x | 120 | Latin small letter xTry it | |
y | 121 | Latin small letter yTry it | |
z | 122 | Latin small letter zTry it | |
{ | 123 | left curly bracketTry it | |
| | 124 | vertical lineTry it | |
} | 125 | right curly bracketTry it | |
~ | 126 | tildeTry it | |
127 | Control characterTry it |
ISO-8859-1 and Windows-1252
ISO-8859-1 is very similar to Windows-1252.
In ISO-8859-1, the characters from 128 to 159 are not defined.
In Windows-1252, the characters from 128 to 159 are used for some useful symbols.
For a closer look, please study our Complete ANSI (Windows-1252) Reference.
Since many web sites declare ISO-8859-1 and use the values from 128 to 159 as if they were using Windows-1252, most browsers will display these characters from the Windows-1252 character set instead of nothing.
Character | Number | Entity Name | Description |
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€ | 128 | € | euro signTry it |
129 | NOT USEDTry it | ||
‚ | 130 | ‚ | single low-9 quotation markTry it |
ƒ | 131 | ƒ | Latin small letter f with hookTry it |
„ | 132 | „ | double low-9 quotation markTry it |
… | 133 | … | horizontal ellipsisTry it |
† | 134 | † | daggerTry it |
‡ | 135 | ‡ | double daggerTry it |
ˆ | 136 | ˆ | modifier letter circumflex accentTry it |
‰ | 137 | ‰ | per mille signTry it |
Š | 138 | Š | Latin capital letter S with caronTry it |
‹ | 139 | ‹ | single left-pointing angle quotation markTry it |
Œ | 140 | Œ | Latin capital ligature OETry it |
141 | NOT USEDTry it | ||
Ž | 142 | Ž | Latin capital letter Z with caronTry it |
143 | NOT USEDTry it | ||
144 | NOT USEDTry it | ||
‘ | 145 | ‘ | left single quotation markTry it |
’ | 146 | ’ | right single quotation markTry it |
“ | 147 | “ | left double quotation markTry it |
” | 148 | ” | right double quotation markTry it |
• | 149 | • | bulletTry it |
– | 150 | – | en dashTry it |
— | 151 | — | em dashTry it |
˜ | 152 | ˜ | small tildeTry it |
™ | 153 | ™ | trade mark signTry it |
š | 154 | š | Latin small letter s with caronTry it |
› | 155 | › | single right-pointing angle quotation markTry it |
œ | 156 | œ | Latin small ligature oeTry it |
157 | NOT USEDTry it | ||
ž | 158 | ž | Latin small letter z with caronTry it |
Ÿ | 159 | Ÿ | Latin capital letter Y with diaeresisTry it |
ISO-8859-1 Symbols
The next part of ISO-8859-1 (codes from 160-191) contains commonly used special characters.
Character | Entity Number | Entity Name | Description |
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  | | non-breaking spaceTry it | |
¡ | ¡ | ¡ | inverted exclamation markTry it |
¢ | ¢ | ¢ | centTry it |
£ | £ | £ | poundTry it |
¤ | ¤ | ¤ | currencyTry it |
¥ | ¥ | ¥ | yenTry it |
¦ | ¦ | ¦ | broken vertical barTry it |
§ | § | § | sectionTry it |
¨ | ¨ | ¨ | spacing diaeresisTry it |
© | © | © | copyrightTry it |
ª | ª | ª | feminine ordinal indicatorTry it |
« | « | « | angle quotation mark (left)Try it |
¬ | ¬ | ¬ | negationTry it |
| ­ | ­ | soft hyphenTry it |
® | ® | ® | registered trademarkTry it |
¯ | ¯ | ¯ | spacing macronTry it |
° | ° | ° | degreeTry it |
± | ± | ± | plus-or-minusTry it |
² | ² | ² | superscript 2Try it |
³ | ³ | ³ | superscript 3Try it |
´ | ´ | ´ | spacing acuteTry it |
µ | µ | µ | microTry it |
¶ | ¶ | ¶ | paragraphTry it |
· | · | · | middle dotTry it |
¸ | ¸ | ¸ | spacing cedillaTry it |
¹ | ¹ | ¹ | superscript 1Try it |
º | º | º | masculine ordinal indicatorTry it |
» | » | » | angle quotation mark (right)Try it |
¼ | ¼ | ¼ | fraction 1/4Try it |
½ | ½ | ½ | fraction 1/2Try it |
¾ | ¾ | ¾ | fraction 3/4Try it |
¿ | ¿ | ¿ | inverted question markTry it |
ISO-8859-1 Characters
The higher part of ISO-8859-1 (codes from 192-255, except 215 and 247) contains characters used in Western European countries.
Character | Entity Number | Entity Name | Description |
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À | À | À | capital a, grave accentTry it |
Á | Á | Á | capital a, acute accentTry it |
 |  |  | capital a, circumflex accentTry it |
à | à | à | capital a, tildeTry it |
Ä | Ä | Ä | capital a, umlaut markTry it |
Å | Å | Å | capital a, ringTry it |
Æ | Æ | Æ | capital aeTry it |
Ç | Ç | Ç | capital c, cedillaTry it |
È | È | È | capital e, grave accentTry it |
É | É | É | capital e, acute accentTry it |
Ê | Ê | Ê | capital e, circumflex accentTry it |
Ë | Ë | Ë | capital e, umlaut markTry it |
Ì | Ì | Ì | capital i, grave accentTry it |
Í | Í | Í | capital i, acute accentTry it |
Î | Î | Î | capital i, circumflex accentTry it |
Ï | Ï | Ï | capital i, umlaut markTry it |
Ð | Ð | Ð | capital eth, IcelandicTry it |
Ñ | Ñ | Ñ | capital n, tildeTry it |
Ò | Ò | Ò | capital o, grave accentTry it |
Ó | Ó | Ó | capital o, acute accentTry it |
Ô | Ô | Ô | capital o, circumflex accentTry it |
Õ | Õ | Õ | capital o, tildeTry it |
Ö | Ö | Ö | capital o, umlaut markTry it |
× | × | × | multiplicationTry it |
Ø | Ø | Ø | capital o, slashTry it |
Ù | Ù | Ù | capital u, grave accentTry it |
Ú | Ú | Ú | capital u, acute accentTry it |
Û | Û | Û | capital u, circumflex accentTry it |
Ü | Ü | Ü | capital u, umlaut markTry it |
Ý | Ý | Ý | capital y, acute accentTry it |
Þ | Þ | Þ | capital THORN, IcelandicTry it |
ß | ß | ß | small sharp s, GermanTry it |
à | à | à | small a, grave accentTry it |
á | á | á | small a, acute accentTry it |
â | â | â | small a, circumflex accentTry it |
ã | ã | ã | small a, tildeTry it |
ä | ä | ä | small a, umlaut markTry it |
å | å | å | small a, ringTry it |
æ | æ | æ | small aeTry it |
ç | ç | ç | small c, cedillaTry it |
è | è | è | small e, grave accentTry it |
é | é | é | small e, acute accentTry it |
ê | ê | ê | small e, circumflex accentTry it |
ë | ë | ë | small e, umlaut markTry it |
ì | ì | ì | small i, grave accentTry it |
í | í | í | small i, acute accentTry it |
î | î | î | small i, circumflex accentTry it |
ï | ï | ï | small i, umlaut markTry it |
ð | ð | ð | small eth, IcelandicTry it |
ñ | ñ | ñ | small n, tildeTry it |
ò | ò | ò | small o, grave accentTry it |
ó | ó | ó | small o, acute accentTry it |
ô | ô | ô | small o, circumflex accentTry it |
õ | õ | õ | small o, tildeTry it |
ö | ö | ö | small o, umlaut markTry it |
÷ | ÷ | ÷ | divisionTry it |
ø | ø | ø | small o, slashTry it |
ù | ù | ù | small u, grave accentTry it |
ú | ú | ú | small u, acute accentTry it |
û | û | û | small u, circumflex accentTry it |
ü | ü | ü | small u, umlaut markTry it |
ý | ý | ý | small y, acute accentTry it |
þ | þ | þ | small thorn, IcelandicTry it |
ÿ | ÿ | ÿ | small y, umlaut markTry it |
Variants of ISO-8859
Number | Description | Covers |
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8859-1 | Latin 1 | North America, Western Europe, Latin America, the Caribbean, Canada, Africa. |
8859-2 | Latin 2 | Eastern Europe. |
8859-3 | Latin 3 | SE Europe, Esperanto, miscellaneous others. |
8859-4 | Latin 4 | Scandinavia/Baltics (and others not in ISO-8859-1). |
8859-5 | Latin/Cyrillic | The Cyrillic alphabet. Bulgarian, Belarusian, Russian and Macedonian. |
8859-6 | Latin/Arabic | The Arabic alphabet. |
8859-7 | Latin/Greek | The modern Greek alphabet and mathematical symbols derived from the Greek. |
8859-8 | Latin/Hebrew | The Hebrew alphabet. |
8859-9 | Latin/Turkish | The Turkish alphabet. Same as ISO-8859-1 except Turkish characters replace Icelandic. |
8859-10 | Latin/Nordic | Nordic alphabets. Lappish, Nordic, Eskimo. |
8859-15 | Latin 9 (Latin 0) | Similar to ISO-8859-1 but replaces some less common symbols with the euro sign and some other missing characters. |
2022-JP | Latin/Japanese 1 | The Japanese alphabet part 1. |
2022-JP-2 | Latin/Japanese 2 | The Japanese alphabet part 2. |
2022-KR | Latin/Korean 1 | The Korean alphabet. |