Internet, Networking, & Security Web Development HTML Codes for French Language Characters How to insert those characters not found on your keyboard by Jeremy Girard Writer Author, educator, and director of marketing/head of web design and development at Envision Technology Advisors. our editorial process Twitter Jeremy Girard Updated on February 28, 2020 JannHuizenga / Getty Images Web Development CSS & HTML Web Design SQL Tweet Share Email The French language includes characters that aren't found on the standard English keyboard. That means you must use HTML codes to produce them when entering French text on a website. Some French characters are part of the Unicode character set, so you need to declare UTF-8 in the head element of your page so they display properly:<!DOCTYPE html><head><meta charset="utf-8"/>... HTML Codes for French Characters Here are the HTML codes for some of the most often used French-language characters. Display Friendly Code Numerical Code Hex Code Description À À À À Capital A-grave à à à à Lowercase a-grave     Capital A-circumflex â â â â Lowercase a-circumflex Æ Æ Æ Æ Capital AE ligature æ æ æ æ Lowercase AE ligature Ç Ç Ç Ç Capital C-cedilla ç ç ç ç Lowercase c-cedilla È È È È Capital E-grave è è è è Lowercase e-grave É É É É Capital E-acute é é é é Lowercase e-acute Ê Ê Ê Ê Capital E-circumflex ê ê ê ê Lowercase e-circumflex Ë Ë Ë Ë Capital E-umlaut ë ë ë ë Lowercase e-umlaut Î Î Î Î Capital I-circumflex î î î î Lowercase i-circumflex Ï Ï Ï Ï Capital I-umlaut ï ï ï ï Lowercase i-umlaut Ô Ô Ô Ô Capital O-circumflex ô ô ô ô Lowercase o-circumflex Œ Œ Œ Œ Capital OE ligature œ œ œ œ Lowercase oe ligature Ù Ù Ù Ù Capital U-grave ù ù ù ù Lowercase u-grave Û Û Û Û Capital U-circumflex û û û û Lowercase U-circumflex Ü Ü Ü Ü Capital U-umlaut ü ü ü ü Lowercase U-umlaut « « « « Left angle quotes » » » » Right angle quotes € € € € Euro ₣ ₣ ₣ Franc How and Where to Insert the Codes Using these characters is simple: Just place any character code in your page's HTML markup where you want the French character to appear. This is the same way you'd use other HTML special character codes. Always preview your web page in a browser to make sure the characters display properly.