Actually, they are the ISO Latin-1 codes. ASCII is a 7 bit character set
and has no characters with code positions greater than 127
> I find they work consistently,
> while some of the other special codes like © do not seem to in all
> browsers.
Yes, you are correct here. Browsers are gradually adding support for
named entities.
> The ASCII code for R in a circle is ® the ASCII code
> for TM is ™ the ASCII code for C in a circle (copyright) is
> © -- any other ASCII code can be entered in a similar manner.
Substituting ISO Latin-1 for ASCII throughout, I agree with you.
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