SDF 2.001: SDF Reference: Escape Characters

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# 3. Escape Characters

The escape characters available are summarised below. Escape characters are entered in paragraphs using either the E or CHAR phrase styles.

Symbol | Description | Output
Syntax related: |  |
lt | less-than | <
gt | greater-than | >
2{ | double left brace | {{
2} | double right brace | }}
2[ | double left bracket | [[
2] | double right bracket | ]]
Special symbols: |  |
amp | ampersand | &
bullet | bullet | .
c | copyright | ©
cent | cent | ¢
dagger | dagger | ^
doubledagger | double dagger | #
emdash | em-dash | --
endash | en-dash | -
emspace | em-space |
enspace | en-space |
lbrace | left brace | {
lbracket | left bracket | [
nbdash | non-breaking hyphen | -
nbspace | non-breaking space |
nl | newline |
pound | pound | £
quot | double quote | "
r | registered trademark | ®
rbrace | right brace | }
rbracket | right bracket | ]
tab | tab |
tm | trademark | ™
yen | yen | ¥
International: |  |
Aacute | capital A, acute accent | Á
aacute | small a, acute accent | á
Acirc | capital A, circumflex accent | Â
acirc | small a, circumflex accent | â
AElig | capital AE diphthong (ligature) | Æ
aelig | small ae diphthong (ligature) | æ
Agrave | capital A, grave accent | À
agrave | small a, grave accent | à
Aring | capital A, ring | Å
aring | small a, ring | å
Atilde | capital A, tilde | Ã
atilde | small a, tilde | ã
Auml | capital A, dieresis or umlaut mark | Ä
auml | small a, dieresis or umlaut mark | ä
Ccedil | capital C, cedilla | Ç
ccedil | small c, cedilla | ç
Eacute | capital E, acute accent | É
eacute | small e, acute accent | é
Ecirc | capital E, circumflex accent | Ê
ecirc | small e, circumflex accent | ê
Egrave | capital E, grave accent | È
egrave | small e, grave accent | è
Euml | capital E, dieresis or umlaut mark | Ë
euml | small e, dieresis or umlaut mark | ë
Iacute | capital I, acute accent | Í
iacute | small i, acute accent | í
Icirc | capital I, circumflex accent | Î
icirc | small i, circumflex accent | î
Igrave | capital I, grave accent | Ì
igrave | small i, grave accent | ì
Iuml | capital I, dieresis or umlaut mark | Ï
iuml | small i, dieresis or umlaut mark | ï
Ntilde | capital N, tilde | Ñ
ntilde | small n, tilde | ñ
Oacute | capital O, acute accent | Ó
oacute | small o, acute accent | ó
Ocirc | capital O, circumflex accent | Ô
ocirc | small o, circumflex accent | ô
Ograve | capital O, grave accent | Ò
ograve | small o, grave accent | ò
Oslash | capital O, slash | Ø
oslash | small o, slash | ø
Otilde | capital O, tilde | Õ
otilde | small o, tilde | õ
Ouml | capital O, dieresis or umlaut mark | Ö
ouml | small o, dieresis or umlaut mark | ö
Uacute | capital U, acute accent | Ú
uacute | small u, acute accent | ú
Ucirc | capital U, circumflex accent | Û
ucirc | small u, circumflex accent | û
Ugrave | capital U, grave accent | Ù
ugrave | small u, grave accent | ù
Uuml | capital U, dieresis or umlaut mark | Ü
uuml | small u, dieresis or umlaut mark | ü
yuml | small y, dieresis or umlaut mark | ÿ