View source for Category:Character-substitution templates

{{Template category
| type = function
| description = Templates enabling the use or insertion of [[Wikipedia:Character (computing)|a character or characters]] that otherwise:
* are or can be "[[Wikipedia:Escape sequence|escape]]" or [[Wikipedia:reserved character|reserved character]]s within Wikipedia {{small|(due to [[Wikipedia:HTML|HTML]], [[Wikipedia:wiki markup|wiki markup]], etc; e.g. {{tl|!!}} for two consecutive [[Wikipedia:Vertical bar|vertical bar ("pipe")]] symbols ("{{mono|100%|&#124;&#124;}}")<!--end small:-->}};
* may compromise HTML, wiki markup, etc that precedes or follows them {{small|(e.g. [[Template:'|single quote marks beside wiki markup]] for italics or bold text)}}.
* may tend to be illegible, even at normal (100%) font-size.
}}

For templates used to format and display Unicode characters and information about them (code point, formal name, etc.), see [[:Category:Unicode character templates]].

[[Category:Text-specific formatting and function templates]]
[[Category:Character templates]]