UTF-8 Characters
Extended characters sets give us many more symbols to use in our documents that are not found on the standard US-English keyboard.
Below is a list of some common utf-8 characters that are viewable in all the browsers that I tested (Win XP - IE8, IE6, Firefox, Chrome, Safari.)
| Quotes | “ ” ‘ ’ « » ‹ › |
|---|---|
| Misc | … · † ‡ – — |
| Legalese | © ™ ® |
| Money | ¢ £ € ¥ ¤ |
| Math | ¼ ½ ¾ × ÷ ≠ ∞ ± ≤ ≥ º √ ≈ |
| French | É é À à È è Ù ù Ê ê Î î Ô ô Ç ç |
| Spanish | Ñ ñ ¿ ¡ |
| German | Ä ä Ü ü Ö ö ß |
| Ligature | Æ æ Œ œ |
| Greek caps | Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω |
| Greek small | α β γ δ ε ζ η θ ι κ λ μ ν ξ ο π ρ σ τ υ φ χ ψ ω |
| Music | ♩ ♪ ♫ ♬ ♭ ♯ |
| Faces | ☺ ☻ |
| Gender | ♀ ♂ |
| Boxes | ■ □ ▣ ▤ ▥ ▦ ▧ ▨ ▩ ▪ ▫ |
| Triangles | ▲ △ ▶ ▷ ► ▼ ▽ ◀ ◁ ◄ |
| Phones | ☎ ☏ |
| Pointers | ☜ ☞ |
| Suits | ♠ ♡ ♣ ♤ ♥ ♦ ♧ |
| Arrows | ← ↑ → ↓ ↔ ↕ ↖ ↗ ↘ ↙ |
Once IE6 is gone, you'll be able to use these as well.
| Quotes | ❛ ❜ ❝ ❞ |
|---|---|
| Legalese | ℗ ℞ ℠ |
| Checks | ☐ ☑ ☒ ✓ ✔ ✗ ✘ |
| Cool | ☥ ☣ ☠ ☭ ☮ ☯ |
| Zodiac | ♈ ♉ ♊ ♋ ♌ ♍ ♎ ♏ ♐ ♑ ♒ ♓ |
| Planetary | ☽ ☾ ☿ ♁ ♃ ♄ ♅ ♆ ♇ |