Charset (HTML Plus) Conversion Charts for MSNTV

CHARSET (HTML PLUS) CODES FOR MSNTV

(and computers, too)

Alpha-Numeric and Other Keyboard Symbols

"HTML Plus" consists of character set codes. People commonly (and erroneously) refer to them as "Charset." The term "Charset" is simply cyber-shorthand for "character set." One of the character sets has its own name: "ascii"

Why do we need to use these special codes? When we build webpages and want various keyboard symbols, especially the < and the > brackets to show up with the regular text, using HTML Plus and/or ascii codes is much more reliable than using the HTML <xmp> and </xmp> or other such tags. Charsets do not change the font style, like the xmp tags do. When we use the latter, these tags also provide a double line break, which may or may not be desirable. Charsets fit right in with the rest of the text on the same line.

Another reason for using Charsets is because when we use the "alt" key plus "g" key, which for MSNTV produces the copyright symbol ©, not all browsers translate it the same way. This holds true for use of the "alt" key with any other key, too. So, bottom line: if you want your viewers to see what you see, use Charsets or ascii codes!

NOTE: you may notice that each time you edit a page, certain HTML tags, such as the xmp tags above, may disappear! If so, you will have to delete the brackets and retype the Charsets!

This phenomenon may be due to the vagaries of MSNTV and/or my host server's file manager. But there's a work-around. Thanks to Tom Landrum for showing me.

ENGLISH LETTERS Upper and lower case. (For Charsets for Spanish, French, etc languages using special symbols, see the link below.) Unfortunately, MSNTV does not translate some of the newer Charset codes for certain other languages, such as Greek or Russian.

NUMERALS.

KEYBOARD SYMBOLS: that appear as we type the numerical keys with the shift key, and the special symbols keys.

ALTERNATE SYMBOLS: alt key plus any other key.

MSNTV PAGES ONLY CHARSET SERIES 127-159. Use these ! This series has not been standardized for cross-browser platforms. Different browsers will translate these codes differently.

For printer-friendly versions of the following charts, see the links at page bottom.

When you type the code on your webpage,

BE SURE TO LEAVE NO SPACES.

CHARSET CONVERSION CHART - LETTERS
lower case	Codes	Upper Case	Codes
a	a	A	A
b	b	B	B
c	c	C	C
d	d	D	D
e	e	E	E
f	f	F	E
g	g	G	E
h	h	H	F
i	i	D	G
j	j	J	H
k	k	K	I
l	l	L	J
m	m	M	K
n	n	N	L
o	o	O	M
p	p	P	N
q	q	Q	O
r	r	R	P
s	s	S	Q
t	t	T	R
u	u	U	S
v	v	V	T
w	w	W	U
x	x	X	V
y	y	Y	W
z	z	Z	X

NUMERALS
Symbols	Codes	Symbols	Codes
0	0	5	5
1	1	6	6
2	2	7	7
3	3	8	8
4	4	9	9

KEYBOARD SYMBOLS Using Lower Case and Shift Keys
Symbols	Codes	Symbols	Codes
space		[	[
~	~	]	]
!	!	{	{
@	@	}	}
#	#	\	\
$	$	/	/
%	%	\|	¦
^	^	;	;
&	&	:	:
*	*	'	'
(	(	"	"
)	)	,	,
-	-	.	.
_	_	<	<
=	=	>	>
+	+	?	?

Now we come to the alternate characters and symbols (alt key plus any other key). MSNTV does not translate the Charsets for some of these. The chart below shows which ones we can use that will show up on our own browser plus computer browsers.

ALTERNATE KEYBOARD SYMBOLS Alt Key Plus Any Other Key
Symbols	Codes	Symbols	Codes
non-break- ing space		² super- script 2	²
¡	¡	³ super- script 3	³
¢	¢	´ acute accent	´
£	£	µ micron	µ
¤ currency	¤	¶ paragraph	¶
¥ yen	¥	· middle dot	·
¦ broken bar	¦	¸ cedilla	¸
§ section	§	¹ super- script 1	¹
¨ diaeresis	¨	º masculine ordinal	º
©	©	» right double brackets	»
ª feminine ordinal	ª	¼	¼
« left double brackets	«	½	½
¬ not	¬	¾	¾
soft hyphen		¿	¿
®	®	× multipli- cation	×
¯ macron	¯	÷ division	÷
° degree	°	± plus- minus	±

This last chart contains the special symbols as translated by MSNTV's browser. I omitted the numerals that MSNTV does not translate. Remember, use these codes ONLY on MSNTV pages!

CHARSET SERIES 127-159 Not All Work for MSNTV
Symbols	Codes	Symbols	Codes
€		'
?		'
‚		"
„		"
…		•
†		–
‡		—
ƒ		˜
ˆ		™
‰		š
Š		›
‹		œ
Œ		Ÿ

WORK-AROUND: As stated above, sometimes after you have finished and pulished a page, you may want to further edit it. In which case in all likelyhood, the < and > brackets, which the file manager has translated, will "disappear" from your viewers, taking with them everything in between them! So you can use the ascii code for the ampersand (&), which is & a m p ; (delete the spaces between the 5 symbol-letters when you type it).

http://www.evolt.org/article/ala/17/21234/

This website contains detailed explanations and several charts. By looking at the charts, you can tell readily which Charsets work for MSNTV. Our developers have a long way to go to catch up with the rest of cyber society. MSNTV can't translate Greek letters and many math signs, but it does translate most Spanish, French, Italian and Portuguese letters that use accent marks and other special characters. Consult these charts on this website.

Also, Cyber Junkie has a great ascii chart, which is somewhat different from the codes used here.

Tom Landrum's ASCII Converter (accessible by MSN TV only) allows people to convert any character on the MSNTV keyboard, upper and lower case, into ascii characters. Does not include alternate characters.

WWWC's Language Chart shows the charset code numbers for various languages, to be used in a special meta tag in the head of a webpage. This tag tells the browser which language is used in that webpage.

For Hebrew letters and a few other special symbols
click here.

Links to printer-friendly charts below

Letters ~ ~ ~ Numerals
Keyboard Symbols ~ ~ ~ Alternate Symbols
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