If your HTML document is using a Unicode encoding like UTF-8, you shouldn’t need to enter escape codes to insert a special characters; you can just paste or type the character in directly and everything will Just Work.<p>(And to make typing in special characters easier, you can use a compose key: <a href="https://jasonlefkowitz.net/2015/03/make-typing-special-characters-drop-dead-easy-with-the-compose-key/" rel="nofollow">https://jasonlefkowitz.net/2015/03/make-typing-special-chara...</a>)