Utility: Convert Special Characters to Decimal, Hex or HTML

(Tested using IE6, IE7, Firefox 2 and Firefox 3)

By selecting a font name from the selection list above (“1. ???,” etc.) or by clicking or , you can choose among the various fonts. If you are using Internet Explorer 6.0 or later, then the font selection list will include all of the fonts which are actually installed on your computer, otherwise, the list will be short, and will consist of a few of the most popular fonts. The reason for this is simple: As far as I know, it is not possible for a list of your computer’s installed fonts to be obtained from web browsers other than Internet Explorer 6.0 or later. If you are not using Internet Explorer 6.0 or later and a font displays as miscellaneous graphics characters, that indicates that you do not have that particular font installed on your computer.

To compare two fonts, first select one and then the other. Then use the button to toggle back and forth between the two fonts. (This will work only if no buttons other than , , , or are clicked after the second font selection.)

Clicking results in a more compact version of the HTML code than is attained by clicking .

NOTE: This web page was created using Notepad. Except for the background image file, the keyboard command JavaScript file, and the font / color data JavaScript file, it is completely self contained, and the absence of these three files will not cause any problems. Please feel free to save it to your hard drive using “File/Save as….” Double-click on the newly created “LLBest - Utility - Convert Special Characters to Decimal, Hex or HTML” icon (“ConvertSpecialCharacters” icon for Firefox), and make it one of your “Favorites.” It will work perfectly even when you are no longer connected to the Internet, or, heaven forbid, when this web page is no longer available!

Questions, comments and suggestions are welcome.
Howard Best ()

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