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.

Important These characters aren’t allowed in Windows folder names and must not appear in your folder names or filenames: \ / : * <>@#| ? "

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.

ASCII Characters
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