+@node List of special characters
+@appendixsec List of special characters
+
+The following special characters references can be used;
+for more details, see @ref{ASCII aliases}.
+
+The HTML syntax is used and most of these references are the same as HTML.
+The rest of them are inspired by @LaTeX{}.
+
+The characters are boxed so that you can see their size.
+A small padding has been added between the character and the box
+for more readability.
+
+@lilypond[quote]
+\include "special-characters.ly"
+@end lilypond
+
+