Make Use of Unicode Characters
Unicode characters allow computers to specify a large number of characters (across characters sets and languages), so that all computers everywhere can agree on which character representation means what.
This means you can use unusual characters on web pages that are not found anywhere on your keyboard.
You may want to use them as bullet points on an unnumbered list tag, for example.
To use a unicode character, you can just look it up and prefix it with an ampersand, and end it with a semi-colon in order to include it in a web or blog page.
Here are some unicode character examples – these have been printed large, for clarity.
- ❤
- ✔
- ✳
- ➡
- ✏
How To Embed Unicode Characters Like These, In Your Web Page
First, look up the character you need on a good Unicode Reference page.
Next, you prefix the code for te character you want with an ampersand, a hash, and the letter x, and post-fix with a semi-colon like so for example:
❤ produces ❤, and
⟿ produces ⟿
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