This post was originally published at sinewalker.blogspot.com.au on 22 March 2006.

You can use the following XHTML entity names to put propper punctuation symbols into your web pages.

The W3C maintains a complete list, though finding what you need can be a bit tricky. I'm working on a complete list that actually displays the characters together with the other detail from W3C's table, a lot neater coding than this Blogger post too, I hope…

In the mean-time, here's a short-list of common characters that I use quite a lot:

Double quotes: “ ” ⇒ use “ and ”
Single quotes: ‘ ’ ⇒ use ‘ and ’
Ellipsis: … ⇒ use …
En-dash: – ⇒ use –
Em-dash: — ⇒ use —
Minus sign: − ⇒ use −
Multiplication: × ⇒ use ×
Division: ÷ ⇒ use ÷
Approximately equal: ≈ ⇒ use ≈
Trade Mark: ™ ⇒ use ™
Copyright: © ⇒ use ©
Registered: ® ⇒ use ®
Right-arrow: ⇒ ⇒ use ⇒