HTML special characters in CSS “content” attribute

Question

I\'m trying to add content to something before an item using the CSS :before + content: fields. I want to insert a checkmark (☑), BUT if I use that in the content opti

Answer 1

You need to use Unicode values inside the content property. (The list of miscellaneous symbols may also be useful.)

A heavy checkmark is listed as U+2713 so you would put content: "\2713";