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{{Warning|The current editor on this wiki is NOT unicode safe. Unicode characters will be replaced by ? in the editor. You can copy/paste Unicode into the editor and it will save properly, but you won't be able to edit the article properly. As a work-around, you could view the article in one window and edit the article in another so that you can copy/paste back the Unicode characters. As a more permanent solution, we're using the HTML-entity equivalents until we can make the editor Unicode safe.}} | |||
Sometimes you just want a character that is not a standard letter, that will show up in email or a webpage. For example, we made this handy '[[Used car checklist|Used Car Buying Checklist]]' without any HTML forms by simply using the Unicode character for a checkbox. | Sometimes you just want a character that is not a standard letter, that will show up in email or a webpage. For example, we made this handy '[[Used car checklist|Used Car Buying Checklist]]' without any HTML forms by simply using the Unicode character for a checkbox. | ||
== ☐ ☑ ☒ == | == ☐ ☑ ☒ == | ||
The standardized Unicode characters that best represent a checkbox are: | The standardized Unicode characters that best represent a checkbox are: | ||
☐, U+2610 Ballot box <br> | |||
☑, U+2611 Ballot box with check <br> | |||
☒, U+2612 Ballot box with X <br> | |||
If you don't have a Unicode-safe editor you can | If you don't have a Unicode-safe editor you can use the HTML entity equivalent:<br> | ||
&#x2610; <br> | |||
&#x2611; <br> | |||
&#x2612; <br> | |||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
[[wp:Checkbox]] [[Fonts]] [[I18n]] | [[wp:Checkbox]] [[Fonts]] [[I18n]] | ||
[[Category:Fonts]] | [[Category:Fonts]] | ||
Latest revision as of 15:19, 13 January 2016
The current editor on this wiki is NOT unicode safe. Unicode characters will be replaced by ? in the editor. You can copy/paste Unicode into the editor and it will save properly, but you won't be able to edit the article properly. As a work-around, you could view the article in one window and edit the article in another so that you can copy/paste back the Unicode characters. As a more permanent solution, we're using the HTML-entity equivalents until we can make the editor Unicode safe.
Sometimes you just want a character that is not a standard letter, that will show up in email or a webpage. For example, we made this handy 'Used Car Buying Checklist' without any HTML forms by simply using the Unicode character for a checkbox.
☐ ☑ ☒[edit]
The standardized Unicode characters that best represent a checkbox are:
☐, U+2610 Ballot box
☑, U+2611 Ballot box with check
☒, U+2612 Ballot box with X
If you don't have a Unicode-safe editor you can use the HTML entity equivalent:
☐
☑
☒
