ANSI (Windows-1252)
ANSI was the default character set in Windows up to Windows 95.
ANSI is also called Windows-1252.
Important Note
ANSI and ISO-8859-1 are very similar. They only differ in 32 characters.
In ANSI, the characters from 128 to 159 are used for some useful characters such as the Euro symbol.
In ISO-8859-1 these characters are mapped to control characters which are useless in HTML.
Many web developers declare ISO-8859-1 and use these 32 values as if they were using Windows-1252.
Because of this common misunderstanding, browsers will change to Windows-1252 when ISO-8859-1 is declared. This is done for any DOCTYPE: HTML4, HTML5, and XHTML.
ANSI and ASCII
The first part of ANSI (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.
The ANSI Character Set
| Character | Number | Entity Name | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 - 31 | Control characters (se below) | ||
| 32 | space | ||
| ! | 33 | exclamation mark | |
| " | 34 | " | quotation mark |
| # | 35 | number sign | |
| $ | 36 | dollar sign | |
| % | 37 | percent sign | |
| & | 38 | & | ampersand |
| ' | 39 | apostrophe | |
| ( | 40 | left parenthesis | |
| ) | 41 | right parenthesis | |
| * | 42 | asterisk | |
| + | 43 | plus sign | |
| , | 44 | comma | |
| - | 45 | hyphen-minus | |
| . | 46 | full stop | |
| / | 47 | solidus | |
| 0 | 48 | digit zero | |
| 1 | 49 | digit one | |
| 2 | 50 | digit two | |
| 3 | 51 | digit three | |
| 4 | 52 | digit four | |
| 5 | 53 | digit five | |
| 6 | 54 | digit six | |
| 7 | 55 | digit seven | |
| 8 | 56 | digit eight | |
| 9 | 57 | digit nine | |
| : | 58 | colon | |
| ; | 59 | semicolon | |
| < | 60 | < | less-than sign |
| = | 61 | equals sign | |
| > | 62 | > | greater-than sign |
| ? | 63 | question mark | |
| @ | 64 | commercial at | |
| A | 65 | Latin capital letter A | |
| B | 66 | Latin capital letter B | |
| C | 67 | Latin capital letter C | |
| D | 68 | Latin capital letter D | |
| E | 69 | Latin capital letter E | |
| F | 70 | Latin capital letter F | |
| G | 71 | Latin capital letter G | |
| H | 72 | Latin capital letter H | |
| I | 73 | Latin capital letter I | |
| J | 74 | Latin capital letter J | |
| K | 75 | Latin capital letter K | |
| L | 76 | Latin capital letter L | |
| M | 77 | Latin capital letter M | |
| N | 78 | Latin capital letter N | |
| O | 79 | Latin capital letter O | |
| P | 80 | Latin capital letter P | |
| Q | 81 | Latin capital letter Q | |
| R | 82 | Latin capital letter R | |
| S | 83 | Latin capital letter S | |
| T | 84 | Latin capital letter T | |
| U | 85 | Latin capital letter U | |
| V | 86 | Latin capital letter V | |
| W | 87 | Latin capital letter W | |
| X | 88 | Latin capital letter X | |
| Y | 89 | Latin capital letter Y | |
| Z | 90 | Latin capital letter Z | |
| [ | 91 | left square bracket | |
| \ | 92 | reverse solidus | |
| ] | 93 | right square bracket | |
| ^ | 94 | circumflex accent | |
| _ | 95 | low line | |
| ` | 96 | grave accent | |
| a | 97 | Latin small letter a | |
| b | 98 | Latin small letter b | |
| c | 99 | Latin small letter c | |
| d | 100 | Latin small letter d | |
| e | 101 | Latin small letter e | |
| f | 102 | Latin small letter f | |
| g | 103 | Latin small letter g | |
| h | 104 | Latin small letter h | |
| i | 105 | Latin small letter i | |
| j | 106 | Latin small letter j | |
| k | 107 | Latin small letter k | |
| l | 108 | Latin small letter l | |
| m | 109 | Latin small letter m | |
| n | 110 | Latin small letter n | |
| o | 111 | Latin small letter o | |
| p | 112 | Latin small letter p | |
| q | 113 | Latin small letter q | |
| r | 114 | Latin small letter r | |
| s | 115 | Latin small letter s | |
| t | 116 | Latin small letter t | |
| u | 117 | Latin small letter u | |
| v | 118 | Latin small letter v | |
| w | 119 | Latin small letter w | |
| x | 120 | Latin small letter x | |
| y | 121 | Latin small letter y | |
| z | 122 | Latin small letter z | |
| { | 123 | left curly bracket | |
| | | 124 | vertical line | |
| } | 125 | right curly bracket | |
| ~ | 126 | tilde | |
| 127 | Control character (Se below) | ||
| € | 128 | € | euro sign |
| 129 | NOT USED | ||
| ‚ | 130 | ‚ | single low-9 quotation mark |
| ƒ | 131 | ƒ | Latin small letter f with hook |
| „ | 132 | „ | double low-9 quotation mark |
| … | 133 | … | horizontal ellipsis |
| † | 134 | † | dagger |
| ‡ | 135 | ‡ | double dagger |
| ˆ | 136 | ˆ | modifier letter circumflex accent |
| ‰ | 137 | ‰ | per mille sign |
| Š | 138 | Š | Latin capital letter S with caron |
| ‹ | 139 | ‹ | single left-pointing angle quotation mark |
| Π| 140 | Π| Latin capital ligature OE |
| 141 | NOT USED | ||
| Ž | 142 | Ž | Latin capital letter Z with caron |
| 143 | NOT USED | ||
| 144 | NOT USED | ||
| ‘ | 145 | ‘ | left single quotation mark |
| ’ | 146 | ’ | right single quotation mark |
| “ | 147 | “ | left double quotation mark |
| ” | 148 | ” | right double quotation mark |
| • | 149 | • | bullet |
| – | 150 | – | en dash |
| — | 151 | — | em dash |
| ˜ | 152 | ˜ | small tilde |
| ™ | 153 | ™ | trade mark sign |
| š | 154 | š | Latin small letter s with caron |
| › | 155 | › | single right-pointing angle quotation mark |
| œ | 156 | œ | Latin small ligature oe |
| 157 | NOT USED | ||
| ž | 158 | ž | Latin small letter z with caron |
| Ÿ | 159 | Ÿ | Latin capital letter Y with diaeresis |
| 160 | | no-break space | |
| ¡ | 161 | ¡ | inverted exclamation mark |
| ¢ | 162 | ¢ | cent sign |
| £ | 163 | £ | pound sign |
| ¤ | 164 | ¤ | currency sign |
| ¥ | 165 | ¥ | yen sign |
| ¦ | 166 | ¦ | broken bar |
| § | 167 | § | section sign |
| ¨ | 168 | ¨ | diaeresis |
| © | 169 | © | copyright sign |
| ª | 170 | ª | feminine ordinal indicator |
| « | 171 | « | left-pointing double angle quotation mark |
| ¬ | 172 | ¬ | not sign |
| | 173 | ­ | soft hyphen |
| ® | 174 | ® | registered sign |
| ¯ | 175 | ¯ | macron |
| ° | 176 | ° | degree sign |
| ± | 177 | ± | plus-minus sign |
| ² | 178 | ² | superscript two |
| ³ | 179 | ³ | superscript three |
| ´ | 180 | ´ | acute accent |
| µ | 181 | µ | micro sign |
| ¶ | 182 | ¶ | pilcrow sign |
| · | 183 | · | middle dot |
| ¸ | 184 | ¸ | cedilla |
| ¹ | 185 | ¹ | superscript one |
| º | 186 | º | masculine ordinal indicator |
| » | 187 | » | right-pointing double angle quotation mark |
| ¼ | 188 | ¼ | vulgar fraction one quarter |
| ½ | 189 | ½ | vulgar fraction one half |
| ¾ | 190 | ¾ | vulgar fraction three quarters |
| ¿ | 191 | ¿ | inverted question mark |
| À | 192 | À | Latin capital letter A with grave |
| Á | 193 | Á | Latin capital letter A with acute |
| Â | 194 | Â | Latin capital letter A with circumflex |
| Ã | 195 | Ã | Latin capital letter A with tilde |
| Ä | 196 | Ä | Latin capital letter A with diaeresis |
| Å | 197 | Å | Latin capital letter A with ring above |
| Æ | 198 | Æ | Latin capital letter AE |
| Ç | 199 | Ç | Latin capital letter C with cedilla |
| È | 200 | È | Latin capital letter E with grave |
| É | 201 | É | Latin capital letter E with acute |
| Ê | 202 | Ê | Latin capital letter E with circumflex |
| Ë | 203 | Ë | Latin capital letter E with diaeresis |
| Ì | 204 | Ì | Latin capital letter I with grave |
| Í | 205 | Í | Latin capital letter I with acute |
| Î | 206 | Î | Latin capital letter I with circumflex |
| Ï | 207 | Ï | Latin capital letter I with diaeresis |
| Ð | 208 | Ð | Latin capital letter Eth |
| Ñ | 209 | Ñ | Latin capital letter N with tilde |
| Ò | 210 | Ò | Latin capital letter O with grave |
| Ó | 211 | Ó | Latin capital letter O with acute |
| Ô | 212 | Ô | Latin capital letter O with circumflex |
| Õ | 213 | Õ | Latin capital letter O with tilde |
| Ö | 214 | Ö | Latin capital letter O with diaeresis |
| × | 215 | × | multiplication sign |
| Ø | 216 | Ø | Latin capital letter O with stroke |
| Ù | 217 | Ù | Latin capital letter U with grave |
| Ú | 218 | Ú | Latin capital letter U with acute |
| Û | 219 | Û | Latin capital letter U with circumflex |
| Ü | 220 | Ü | Latin capital letter U with diaeresis |
| Ý | 221 | Ý | Latin capital letter Y with acute |
| Þ | 222 | Þ | Latin capital letter Thorn |
| ß | 223 | ß | Latin small letter sharp s |
| à | 224 | à | Latin small letter a with grave |
| á | 225 | á | Latin small letter a with acute |
| â | 226 | â | Latin small letter a with circumflex |
| ã | 227 | ã | Latin small letter a with tilde |
| ä | 228 | ä | Latin small letter a with diaeresis |
| å | 229 | å | Latin small letter a with ring above |
| æ | 230 | æ | Latin small letter ae |
| ç | 231 | ç | Latin small letter c with cedilla |
| è | 232 | è | Latin small letter e with grave |
| é | 233 | é | Latin small letter e with acute |
| ê | 234 | ê | Latin small letter e with circumflex |
| ë | 235 | ë | Latin small letter e with diaeresis |
| ì | 236 | ì | Latin small letter i with grave |
| í | 237 | í | Latin small letter i with acute |
| î | 238 | î | Latin small letter i with circumflex |
| ï | 239 | ï | Latin small letter i with diaeresis |
| ð | 240 | ð | Latin small letter eth |
| ñ | 241 | ñ | Latin small letter n with tilde |
| ò | 242 | ò | Latin small letter o with grave |
| ó | 243 | ó | Latin small letter o with acute |
| ô | 244 | ô | Latin small letter o with circumflex |
| õ | 245 | õ | Latin small letter o with tilde |
| ö | 246 | ö | Latin small letter o with diaeresis |
| ÷ | 247 | ÷ | division sign |
| ø | 248 | ø | Latin small letter o with stroke |
| ù | 249 | ù | Latin small letter u with grave |
| ú | 250 | ú | Latin small letter u with acute |
| û | 251 | û | Latin small letter with circumflex |
| ü | 252 | ü | Latin small letter u with diaeresis |
| ý | 253 | ý | Latin small letter y with acute |
| þ | 254 | þ | Latin small letter thorn |
| ÿ | 255 | ÿ | Latin small letter y with diaeresis |
ANSI Control Characters
The ANSI control characters (range 00-31, plus 127) were designed to control hardware devices.
Control characters (except horizontal tab, line feed, and carriage return) have nothing to do inside an HTML document.
| Char | Number | Description |
|---|---|---|
| NUL | 00 | null character |
| SOH | 01 | start of header |
| STX | 02 | start of text |
| ETX | 03 | end of text |
| EOT | 04 | end of transmission |
| ENQ | 05 | enquiry |
| ACK | 06 | acknowledge |
| BEL | 07 | bell (ring) |
| BS | 08 | backspace |
| HT | 09 | horizontal tab |
| LF | 10 | line feed |
| VT | 11 | vertical tab |
| FF | 12 | form feed |
| CR | 13 | carriage return |
| SO | 14 | shift out |
| SI | 15 | shift in |
| DLE | 16 | data link escape |
| DC1 | 17 | device control 1 |
| DC2 | 18 | device control 2 |
| DC3 | 19 | device control 3 |
| DC4 | 20 | device control 4 |
| NAK | 21 | negative acknowledge |
| SYN | 22 | synchronize |
| ETB | 23 | end transmission block |
| CAN | 24 | cancel |
| EM | 25 | end of medium |
| SUB | 26 | substitute |
| ESC | 27 | escape |
| FS | 28 | file separator |
| GS | 29 | group separator |
| RS | 30 | record separator |
| US | 31 | unit separator |
| DEL | 127 | delete (rubout) |