Tips on Character Encoding
When typing in a word processor, you can easily add in all sorts of characters or glyphs like &, <, > and so on—basically whatever characters are contained within the fonts on your computer. It’s not necessarily so simple when you are authoring a web page. There are some extra considerations to take into account to ensure that all characters appear as intended.
This post provides a simple introduction to character encoding, character references and entity references, so that you will be able to add any character to your web page with confidence.
