HTML Entities

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Some characters are reserved in HTML and they have special meaning when used in HTML document.

HTML Entities Example

If you use the less than (<) or greater than (>) signs in your text, the browser might mix them with tags. Character entities are used to display reserved characters in HTML.

HTML processors must support following five special characters listed :

Non-breaking Space

A common character entity used in HTML is the non-breaking space : &nbsp;

A non-breaking space is a space that will not break into a new line.

Two words separated by a non-breaking space will stick together. If you write 10 spaces in your text, the browser will remove 9 of them. To add real spaces to your text, you can use the &nbsp; character entity.

ISO 8859-1 Symbol Entities

Other Entities Supported by HTML Browsers

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