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Unicode characters (UTF-8)

Full stack development - Unschool.in

The symbol ​★​ used in the video is a Unicode character.

How to use these characters in HTML?


There are multiple ways to use these symbols in HTML. Here are the two popular ways.

1. Copy/Paste (What I did in the video):


​ nd paste it in the code. Most modern IDEs can
The easiest way is to copy this symbol ​★ a
deal with this.

2. Using the Hexadecimal value:


Each Unicode character has a unique hex value that you can use to add these
characters/symbols in your HTML.

For example, the hex value of ​★ i​ s 2605. So to use this symbol in the HTML file, we can
do the following.

♠

Paste the above string in your HTML file and see the outcome. The syntax is
&#x​{hexadecimal}​;

There are tens of thousands of other characters that are encoded using Unicode. Check the
following links for more details.

Wikipedia:​ ​https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Unicode_characters
W3Schools:​ ​https://www.w3schools.com/charsets/ref_utf_misc_symbols.asp

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