HTML unicode arrow works on Safari desktop, but not Safari for iOS

Question

I\'m using the ❯ arrow on a page, and it renders properly on Chrome, Firefox and Safari on OS X, however in Safari on iOS (iPhone), the arrows render as empty boxes (

Answer 1

Apparently the character “❯” (which not really an arrow but the Dingbat character U+276F HEAVY RIGHT-POINTING ANGLE QUOTATION MARK ORNAMENT) is not present in the fonts on iOS. The options are (in reasonability order): use a different character, or use an image, or use an embedded font.