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ASCII Characters
View information about ASCII characters in Marketing Cloud Engagement.
This guide provides information about ASCII characters that Engagement supports.
ASCII characters are part of a universally standardized character set to preserve the correct presentation of the characters in HTML.
Why Use ASCII Characters
US-ASCII is the standard character set used in the United States, so use ASCII characters to create email content in American English. Using ASCII characters helps maintain your text and decreases the chances of your symbols being read as an action in HTML.
ASCII Characters
This chart shows the ASCII characters supported by Engagement. The characters with an X in the Email Address column can be used in email addresses. All characters shown can be used in attribute values.
..| Email Address | ASCII Decimal | Actual Symbol | HTML Number | HTML Name | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32 |   | space | |||
| X | 33 | ! | ! | exclamation point | |
| 34 | " | " | " | double quotes | |
| X | 35 | # | # | number sign | |
| X | 36 | $ | $ | dollar sign | |
| X | 37 | % | % | percent sign | |
| X | 38 | & | & | & | ampersand |
| X | 39 | ' | ' | single quote | |
| 40 | ( | ( | opening parenthesis | ||
| 41 | ) | ) | closing parenthesis | ||
| X | 42 | * | * | asterisk | |
| X | 43 | + | + | plus sign | |
| X | 44 | , | , | comma | |
| X | 45 | - | - | minus sign - hyphen | |
| X | 46 | . | . | period | |
| X | 47 | / | / | slash | |
| X | 48 | 0 | 0 | zero | |
| X | 49 | 1 | 1 | one | |
| X | 50 | 2 | 2 | two | |
| X | 51 | 3 | 3 | three | |
| X | 52 | 4 | 4 | four | |
| X | 53 | 5 | 5 | five | |
| X | 54 | 6 | 6 | six | |
| X | 55 | 7 | 7 | seven | |
| X | 56 | 8 | 8 | eight | |
| X | 57 | 9 | 9 | nine | |
| 58 | : | : | colon | ||
| 59 | ; | ; | semicolon | ||
| 60 | < | < | < | less than sign | |
| X | 61 | = | = | equal sign | |
| 62 | > | > | > | greater than sign | |
| X | 63 | ? | ? | question mark | |
| X | 64 | @ | @ | at symbol | |
| X | 65 | A | A | ||
| X | 66 | B | B | ||
| X | 67 | C | C | ||
| X | 68 | D | D | ||
| X | 69 | E | E | ||
| X | 70 | F | F | ||
| X | 71 | G | G | ||
| X | 72 | H | H | ||
| X | 73 | I | I | ||
| X | 74 | J | J | ||
| X | 75 | K | K | ||
| X | 76 | L | L | ||
| X | 77 | M | M | ||
| X | 78 | N | N | ||
| X | 79 | O | O | ||
| X | 80 | P | P | ||
| X | 81 | Q | Q | ||
| X | 82 | R | R | ||
| X | 83 | S | S | ||
| X | 84 | T | T | ||
| X | 85 | U | U | ||
| X | 86 | V | V | ||
| X | 87 | W | W | ||
| X | 88 | X | X | ||
| X | 89 | Y | Y | ||
| X | 90 | Z | Z | ||
| 91 | [ | [ | opening bracket | ||
| 92 | \ | \ | backslash | ||
| 93 | ] | ] | closing bracket | ||
| X | 94 | ^ | ^ | caret - circumflex | |
| X | 95 | _ | _ | underscore | |
| X | 96 | ` | ` | grave accent | |
| X | 97 | a | a | ||
| X | 98 | b | b | ||
| X | 99 | c | c | ||
| X | 100 | d | d | ||
| X | 101 | e | e | ||
| X | 102 | f | f | ||
| X | 103 | g | g | ||
| X | 104 | h | h | ||
| X | 105 | i | i | ||
| X | 106 | j | j | ||
| X | 107 | k | k | ||
| X | 108 | l | l | ||
| X | 109 | m | m | ||
| X | 110 | n | n | ||
| X | 111 | o | o | ||
| X | 112 | p | p | ||
| X | 113 | q | q | ||
| X | 114 | r | r | ||
| X | 115 | s | s | ||
| X | 116 | t | t | ||
| X | 117 | u | u | ||
| X | 118 | v | v | ||
| X | 119 | w | w | ||
| X | 120 | x | x | ||
| X | 121 | y | y | ||
| X | 122 | z | z | ||
| X | 123 | { | { | opening brace | |
| X | 124 | | | | | vertical bar | |
| X | 125 | } | } | closing brace | |
| X | 126 | ~ | ~ | equivalency sign - tilde | |
| 127 | (not defined in HTML 4 standard) | ||||
| 128 | (not defined in HTML 4 standard) | ||||
| 129 | (not defined in HTML 4 standard) | ||||
| 130 | (not defined in HTML 4 standard) | ||||
| 131 | (not defined in HTML 4 standard) | ||||
| 132 | (not defined in HTML 4 standard) | ||||
| 133 | (not defined in HTML 4 standard) | ||||
| 134 | (not defined in HTML 4 standard) | ||||
| 135 | (not defined in HTML 4 standard) | ||||
| 136 | (not defined in HTML 4 standard) | ||||
| 137 | (not defined in HTML 4 standard) | ||||
| 138 | (not defined in HTML 4 standard) | ||||
| 139 | (not defined in HTML 4 standard) | ||||
| 140 | (not defined in HTML 4 standard) | ||||
| 141 | (not defined in HTML 4 standard) | ||||
| 142 | (not defined in HTML 4 standard) | ||||
| 143 | (not defined in HTML 4 standard) | ||||
| 144 | (not defined in HTML 4 standard) | ||||
| 145 | (not defined in HTML 4 standard) | ||||
| 146 | (not defined in HTML 4 standard) | ||||
| 147 | (not defined in HTML 4 standard) | ||||
| 148 | (not defined in HTML 4 standard) | ||||
| 149 | (not defined in HTML 4 standard) | ||||
| 150 | (not defined in HTML 4 standard) | ||||
| 151 | (not defined in HTML 4 standard) | ||||
| 152 | (not defined in HTML 4 standard) | ||||
| 153 | (not defined in HTML 4 standard) | ||||
| 154 | (not defined in HTML 4 standard) | ||||
| 155 | (not defined in HTML 4 standard) | ||||
| 156 | (not defined in HTML 4 standard) | ||||
| 157 | (not defined in HTML 4 standard) | ||||
| 158 | (not defined in HTML 4 standard) | ||||
| 159 | (not defined in HTML 4 standard) | ||||
| 160 |   | | non-breaking space | ||
| 161 | ¡ | ¡ | ¡ | inverted exclamation mark | |
| 162 | ¢ | ¢ | ¢ | cent sign | |
| 163 | £ | £ | £ | pound sign | |
| 164 | ¤ | ¤ | ¤ | currency sign | |
| 165 | ¥ | ¥ | ¥ | yen sign | |
| 166 | ¦ | ¦ | ¦ | broken vertical bar | |
| 167 | § | § | § | section sign | |
| 168 | ¨ | ¨ | ¨ | spacing diaeresis - umlaut | |
| 169 | © | © | © | copyright sign | |
| 170 | ª | ª | ª | feminine ordinal indicator | |
| 171 | « | « | « | left double angle quotes | |
| 172 | ¬ | ¬ | ¬ | not sign | |
| 173 | ­ | ­ | soft hyphen | ||
| 174 | ® | ® | ® | registered trade mark sign | |
| 175 | ¯ | ¯ | ¯ | spacing macron - overline | |
| 176 | ° | ° | ° | degree sign | |
| 177 | ± | ± | ± | plus-or-minus sign | |
| 178 | ² | ² | ² | superscript two - squared | |
| 179 | ³ | ³ | ³ | superscript three - cubed | |
| 180 | ´ | ´ | ´ | acute accent - spacing acute | |
| 181 | µ | µ | µ | micro sign | |
| 182 | ¶ | ¶ | ¶ | pilcrow sign - paragraph sign | |
| 183 | · | · | · | middle dot - Georgian comma | |
| 184 | ¸ | ¸ | ¸ | spacing cedilla | |
| 185 | ¹ | ¹ | ¹ | superscript one | |
| 186 | º | º | º | masculine ordinal indicator | |
| 187 | » | » | » | right double angle quotes | |
| 188 | ¼ | ¼ | ¼ | fraction one quarter | |
| 189 | ½ | ½ | ½ | fraction one half | |
| 190 | ¾ | ¾ | ¾ | fraction three quarters | |
| 191 | ¿ | ¿ | ¿ | inverted question mark | |
| 192 | À | À | À | Latin capital letter A with grave | |
| 193 | Á | Á | Á | Latin capital letter A with acute | |
| 194 | Â | Â | Â | Latin capital letter A with circumflex | |
| 195 | Ã | Ã | Ã | Latin capital letter A with tilde | |
| 196 | Ä | Ä | Ä | Latin capital letter A with diaeresis | |
| 197 | Å | Å | Å | Latin capital letter A with ring above | |
| 198 | Æ | Æ | Æ | Latin capital letter AE | |
| 199 | Ç | Ç | Ç | Latin capital letter C with cedilla | |
| 200 | È | È | È | Latin capital letter E with grave | |
| 201 | É | É | É | Latin capital letter E with acute | |
| 202 | Ê | Ê | Ê | Latin capital letter E with circumflex | |
| 203 | Ë | Ë | Ë | Latin capital letter E with diaeresis | |
| 204 | Ì | Ì | Ì | Latin capital letter I with grave | |
| 205 | Í | Í | Í | Latin capital letter I with acute | |
| 206 | Î | Î | Î | Latin capital letter I with circumflex | |
| 207 | Ï | Ï | Ï | Latin capital letter I with diaeresis | |
| 208 | Ð | Ð | Ð | Latin capital letter ETH | |
| 209 | Ñ | Ñ | Ñ | Latin capital letter N with tilde | |
| 210 | Ò | Ò | Ò | Latin capital letter O with grave | |
| 211 | Ó | Ó | Ó | Latin capital letter O with acute | |
| 212 | Ô | Ô | Ô | Latin capital letter O with circumflex | |
| 213 | Õ | Õ | Õ | Latin capital letter O with tilde | |
| 214 | Ö | Ö | Ö | Latin capital letter O with diaeresis | |
| 215 | × | × | × | multiplication sign | |
| 216 | Ø | Ø | Ø | Latin capital letter O with slash | |
| 217 | Ù | Ù | Ù | Latin capital letter U with grave | |
| 218 | Ú | Ú | Ú | Latin capital letter U with acute | |
| 219 | Û | Û | Û | Latin capital letter U with circumflex | |
| 220 | Ü | Ü | Ü | Latin capital letter U with diaeresis | |
| 221 | Ý | Ý | Ý | Latin capital letter Y with acute | |
| 222 | Þ | Þ | Þ | Latin capital letter THORN | |
| 223 | ß | ß | ß | Latin small letter sharp s - ess-zed | |
| 224 | à | à | à | Latin small letter a with grave | |
| 225 | á | á | á | Latin small letter a with acute | |
| 226 | â | â | â | Latin small letter a with circumflex | |
| 227 | ã | ã | ã | Latin small letter a with tilde | |
| 228 | ä | ä | ä | Latin small letter a with diaeresis | |
| 229 | å | å | å | Latin small letter a with ring above | |
| 230 | æ | æ | æ | Latin small letter ae | |
| 231 | ç | ç | ç | Latin small letter c with cedilla | |
| 232 | è | è | è | Latin small letter e with grave | |
| 233 | é | é | é | Latin small letter e with acute | |
| 234 | ê | ê | ê | Latin small letter e with circumflex | |
| 235 | ë | ë | ë | Latin small letter e with diaeresis | |
| 236 | ì | ì | ì | Latin small letter i with grave | |
| 237 | í | í | í | Latin small letter i with acute | |
| 238 | î | î | î | Latin small letter i with circumflex | |
| 239 | ï | ï | ï | Latin small letter i with diaeresis | |
| 240 | ð | ð | ð | Latin small letter eth | |
| 241 | ñ | ñ | ñ | Latin small letter n with tilde | |
| 242 | ò | ò | ò | Latin small letter o with grave | |
| 243 | ó | ó | ó | Latin small letter o with acute | |
| 244 | ô | ô | ô | Latin small letter o with circumflex | |
| 245 | õ | õ | õ | Latin small letter o with tilde | |
| 246 | ö | ö | ö | Latin small letter o with diaeresis | |
| 247 | ÷ | ÷ | ÷ | division sign | |
| 248 | ø | ø | ø | Latin small letter o with slash | |
| 249 | ù | ù | ù | Latin small letter u with grave | |
| 250 | ú | ú | ú | Latin small letter u with acute | |
| 251 | û | û | û | Latin small letter u with circumflex | |
| 252 | ü | ü | ü | Latin small letter u with diaeresis | |
| 253 | ý | ý | ý | Latin small letter y with acute | |
| 254 | þ | þ | þ | Latin small letter thorn | |
| 255 | ÿ | ÿ | ÿ | Latin small letter y with diaeresis |

