SPECIAL CHARACTERS AND
THEIR NAMES

Here are a list of some of the more common special characters and their names:-

&	Ampersand
/	Solidus (or forward slash as we now know it!) Also known as “virgule” Thanks Alan Seeger
…	Ellipses
*	Asterisk
#	Crosshatch: Number: or Hash Apparently this is sometimes known as the Pound Sign as it is the symbol for Pounds weight. Thanks David Shockey for this information
Â¶	Paragraph
Â§	Section
™	Trade Mark
Â®	Registered
Â©	Copyright
Ã©	Acute
Ã¨	Grave
Ãª Ã¢ Ã® Ã´ Ã»	Circumflex
Ã±	Tilde
Ã¤ Ã¶ Ã« Ã¯ Ã¼ Ã¿	Umlaut
Ã§	Cedilla (below c)

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