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Cool Web Symbols

by Derek—2005.12.02 @ 2113

In a search for stars, I found a website that has a list of all kinds of Unicode entities provided as a sort of test suite (they even have the Deseret alphabet!). A great reference. Here are some of my favorites:

(Note: Not all browsers/platforms may support these symbols. Oh well!)

☁ (9729, a black cloud)
★ (9733, black filled star)
☆ (9734, outlined star)
☠ (9760, skull and crossbones)
♐ (9808, Sagittarius, my sign)
♞ (9822, black chess knight)
♨ (9832, steam rising)
♫ (9835, eighth notes)
♭ (9837, music flat)
♮ (9839, music neutral)
♯ (9839, music sharp)
♻ (9851, generic recycle)

Comments

All these cool dingbat symbols work in Safari 2.0.2 (Tiger), but not in the newest incarnation of Firefox on the same platform. Interesting… (It doesn’t work in IE/Mac either, but who cares?).

by Derek Hansen [TypeKey Profile Page]—2005.12.04 @ 1623

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