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Special characters

In the lite format, one should use the following entities:

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For characters with numerical values higher than 127, the following entities can be used, following ISO 8879-1986.

nbsp160no-break space
iexcl161inverted exclamation mark
cent162cent sign
pound163pound sterling sign
curren164general currency sign
yen165yen sign
brvbar166broken (vertical) bar
sect167section sign
uml168umlaut (dieresis)
copy169copyright sign
ordf170ordinal indicator, feminine
laquo171angle quotation mark, left
not172not sign
shy173soft hyphen
reg174registered sign
macr175macron
deg176degree sign
plusmn177plus-or-minus sign
sup2178superscript two
sup3179superscript three
acute180acute accent
micro181micro sign
para182pilcrow (paragraph sign)
middot183middle dot
cedil184cedilla
sup1185superscript one
ordm186ordinal indicator, masculine
raquo187angle quotation mark, right
frac14188fraction one-quarter
frac12189fraction one-half
frac34190fraction three-quarters
iquest191inverted question mark
Agrave192capital A, grave accent
Aacute193capital A, acute accent
Acirc194capital A, circumflex accent
Atilde195capital A, tilde
Auml196capital A, dieresis or umlaut mark
Aring197capital A, ring
AElig198capital AE diphthong (ligature)
Ccedil199capital C, cedilla
Egrave200capital E, grave accent
Eacute201capital E, acute accent
Ecirc202capital E, circumflex accent
Euml203capital E, dieresis or umlaut mark
Igrave204capital I, grave accent
Iacute205capital I, acute accent
Icirc206capital I, circumflex accent
Iuml207capital I, dieresis or umlaut mark
ETH208capital Eth, Icelandic
Ntilde209capital N, tilde
Ograve210capital O, grave accent
Oacute211capital O, acute accent
Ocirc212capital O, circumflex accent
Otilde213capital O, tilde
Ouml214capital O, dieresis or umlaut mark
times215multiply sign
Oslash216capital O, slash
Ugrave217capital U, grave accent
Uacute218capital U, acute accent
Ucirc219capital U, circumflex accent
Uuml220capital U, dieresis or umlaut mark
Yacute221capital Y, acute accent
THORN222capital THORN, Icelandic
szlig223small sharp s, German (sz ligature)
agrave224small a, grave accent
aacute225small a, acute accent
acirc226small a, circumflex accent
atilde227small a, tilde
auml228small a, dieresis or umlaut mark
aring229small a, ring
aelig230small ae diphthong (ligature)
ccedil231small c, cedilla
egrave232small e, grave accent
eacute233small e, acute accent
ecirc234small e, circumflex accent
euml235small e, dieresis or umlaut mark
igrave236small i, grave accent
iacute237small i, acute accent
icirc238small i, circumflex accent
iuml239small i, dieresis or umlaut mark
eth240small eth, Icelandic
ntilde241small n, tilde
ograve242small o, grave accent
oacute243small o, acute accent
ocirc244small o, circumflex accent
otilde245small o, tilde
ouml246small o, dieresis or umlaut mark
divide247divide sign
oslash248small o, slash
ugrave249small u, grave accent
uacute250small u, acute accent
ucirc251small u, circumflex accent
uuml252small u, dieresis or umlaut mark
yacute253small y, acute accent
thorn254small thorn, Icelandic
yuml255small y, dieresis or umlaut mark