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---
title: "Markup: Title with Special --- Characters"
categories:
  - Markup
tags:
  - html
  - markup
  - post
  - title
---

Putting special characters in the title should have no adverse effect on the layout or functionality.

Special characters in the post title have been known to cause issues with JavaScript and XML when not properly encoded and escaped.

## Latin Character Tests

This is a test to see if the fonts used in this theme support basic Latin characters.

<table>
  <tr>
    <td>
      !
    </td>
    
    <td>
      &#8220;
    </td>
    
    <td>
      #
    </td>
    
    <td>
      $
    </td>
    
    <td>
      %
    </td>
    
    <td>
      &
    </td>
    
    <td>
      &#8216;
    </td>
    
    <td>
      (
    </td>
    
    <td>
      )
    </td>
    
    <td>
      *
    </td>
  </tr>
  
  <tr>
    <td>
      +
    </td>
    
    <td>
      ,
    </td>
    
    <td>
      &#8211;
    </td>
    
    <td>
      .
    </td>
    
    <td>
      /
    </td>
    
    <td>
    </td>
    
    <td>
      1
    </td>
    
    <td>
      2
    </td>
    
    <td>
      3
    </td>
    
    <td>
      4
    </td>
  </tr>
  
  <tr>
    <td>
      5
    </td>
    
    <td>
      6
    </td>
    
    <td>
      7
    </td>
    
    <td>
      8
    </td>
    
    <td>
      9
    </td>
    
    <td>
      :
    </td>
    
    <td>
      ;
    </td>
    
    <td>
      >
    </td>
    
    <td>
      =
    </td>
    
    <td>
      <
    </td>
  </tr>
  
  <tr>
    <td>
      ?
    </td>
    
    <td>
      @
    </td>
    
    <td>
      A
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      B
    </td>
    
    <td>
      C
    </td>
    
    <td>
      D
    </td>
    
    <td>
      E
    </td>
    
    <td>
      F
    </td>
    
    <td>
      G
    </td>
    
    <td>
      H
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  </tr>
  
  <tr>
    <td>
      I
    </td>
    
    <td>
      J
    </td>
    
    <td>
      K
    </td>
    
    <td>
      L
    </td>
    
    <td>
      M
    </td>
    
    <td>
      N
    </td>
    
    <td>
      O
    </td>
    
    <td>
      P
    </td>
    
    <td>
      Q
    </td>
    
    <td>
      R
    </td>
  </tr>
  
  <tr>
    <td>
      S
    </td>
    
    <td>
      T
    </td>
    
    <td>
      U
    </td>
    
    <td>
      V
    </td>
    
    <td>
      W
    </td>
    
    <td>
      X
    </td>
    
    <td>
      Y
    </td>
    
    <td>
      Z
    </td>
    
    <td>
      [
    </td>
    
    <td>
    </td>
  </tr>
  
  <tr>
    <td>
      ]
    </td>
    
    <td>
      ^
    </td>
    
    <td>
      _
    </td>
    
    <td>
      `
    </td>
    
    <td>
      a
    </td>
    
    <td>
      b
    </td>
    
    <td>
      c
    </td>
    
    <td>
      d
    </td>
    
    <td>
      e
    </td>
    
    <td>
      f
    </td>
  </tr>
  
  <tr>
    <td>
      g
    </td>
    
    <td>
      h
    </td>
    
    <td>
      i
    </td>
    
    <td>
      j
    </td>
    
    <td>
      k
    </td>
    
    <td>
      l
    </td>
    
    <td>
      m
    </td>
    
    <td>
      n
    </td>
    
    <td>
      o
    </td>
    
    <td>
      p
    </td>
  </tr>
  
  <tr>
    <td>
      q
    </td>
    
    <td>
      r
    </td>
    
    <td>
      s
    </td>
    
    <td>
      t
    </td>
    
    <td>
      u
    </td>
    
    <td>
      v
    </td>
    
    <td>
      w
    </td>
    
    <td>
      x
    </td>
    
    <td>
      y
    </td>
    
    <td>
      z
    </td>
  </tr>
  
  <tr>
    <td>
      {
    </td>
    
    <td>
      |
    </td>
    
    <td>
      }
    </td>
    
    <td>
      ~
    </td>
    
    <td>
    </td>
    
    <td>
    </td>
    
    <td>
    </td>
    
    <td>
    </td>
    
    <td>
    </td>
    
    <td>
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>