HTML Commun Character Entities

Non-breaking Space

A common character entity used in HTML is the non-breaking space ( ).

Browsers will always truncate spaces in HTML pages. If you write 10 spaces in your text, the browser will remove 9 of them, before displaying the page. To add spaces to your text, you can use the   character entity.

Result	Description	     Entity Name     Entity Number
 	non-breaking space	 	         
<	less than	        <	        <
>	greater than	        >	        >
&	ampersand	        &	        &
¢	cent	                ¢	        ¢
£	pound	                £	        £
¥	yen	                ¥	        ¥
€	euro	                €	        €
§	section	                §	        §
©	copyright	        ©	        ©
®	registered trademark	®	        ®
™	trademark	        ™	        ™

 
Notes:
 
1. Entity names are case sensitive!
2. The advantage of using an entity name, instead of a number, is that the name is easier to remember. However, the disadvantage is that browsers may not support all entity names (the support for entity numbers is very good).