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Here are a few special characters that you can use in your HTML text:
looks like type this & & < < > > © ©
The &, <, and > signs must be typed this way, because these signs have a different meaning in HTML, when typed normally. Your HTML editor probably handles that for you, however. The is a "non-breaking" space. This space will not cause a line break at the end of a line.
Foreign letters are also possible. For example ñ is ñ. Some other characters, like a degree sign (&176;) or an up-side-down question mark (&191;), are only identified by a number. My current HTML editor does not accept these. Time to get a new one. See The HTML Document Character Set for a much more complete list of available characters.