Common ASCII/HTML codes within the books on the Econlib Website:

These characters are most likely to be found by searching for the ASCII/ISO Latin-1 or HTML Entities. Just copy and paste the code in the columns below directly into the Search Form. For example, to search for an m-dash, paste the code — (including the semi-colon but with no spaces around it) directly into the Search Form.

It may be productive to search for each of the possible variations: the character itself, the ASCII/ISO Latin-1, and the HTML Entity, separately.

In a few cases, notably fractions, additional matches might be found by searching for ordinary text variations. E.g., both non-case and case fractions (e.g., 1/2 or 1#2 instead of ½) occur in the text of some books, in addition to ½.

Note that the character # is technically a wildcard on the Econlib Search Form, but it can be used effectively within an ASCII/ISO Latin-1 Character Code while searching because of the unique ordering of an ampersand, followed by the #-sign, followed by digits, followed by a semi-colon.

Character	ASCII/ISO Latin-1 Character Code	HTML Entity	Description
¼	¼	¼	case fraction: 1/4
½	½	½	case fraction: 1/2
¾	¾	¾	case fraction: 3/4
—	—		m-dash, used without surrounding spaces.
©	©	©	copyright sign
×	×	×	multiply sign
÷	÷	÷	divide sign
	 	 	non-breaking space

Common Special Characters, Ligatures, and Accented Characters:

These characters are most likely to be found by searching for the character itself. However, there could be occasional occurrences of the ASCII/ISO Latin-1 or HTML Entities. Please let us know if you find them!

Rare characters:

These characters are included for completeness and do not to our knowledge occur yet in the books on the Econlib website. Please let us know if you find them!