Adding HTML entities using CSS content

Question

How do you use the CSS content property to add HTML entities?

Using something like this just prints  

Answer 1

There is a way to paste an nbsp - open CharMap and copy character 160. However, in this case I'd probably space it out with padding, like this:

.breadcrumbs a:before { content: '>'; padding-right: .5em; }

You might need to set the breadcrumbs display:inline-block or something, though.