Placing Unicode character in CSS content value I have a problem. I have found the HTML code for the downwards arrow, ↓ (↓) Cool. Now I need to use it in CSS like so: nav a:hover {content:"&darr";} That obviously won't work since ↓ is an HTML symbol. There seems to be less info about these "escaped unicode" symbols that are used in css. There are other symbols like \2020 that I found but no arrows. What are the arrow codes? Solution : Why don't you just save/serve the CSS

What characters can be used for up/down triangle (arrow without stem) for display in HTML? I'm looking for a HTML or ASCII character which is a triangle pointing up or down so that I can use it as a toggle switch. I found ↑ (↑), and ↓ (↓) - but those have a narrow stem. I'm looking just for the HTML arrow "head". Answer: Unicode arrows heads: ▲ - U+25B2 BLACK UP-POINTING TRIANGLE ▼ - U+25BC BLACK DOWN-POINTING TRIANGLE ▴ - U+25B4 SMALL BLACK UP-POINTING TRIANGLE ▾ -