Unicode character for “X” cancel / close?

Question

I want to create a close button using CSS only.

I\'m sure I\'m not the first to do this, so does anyone know which font has an \'x\' the same width as height, so that it

Answer 1

As @Haza pointed out the times symbol can be used. Twitter Bootstrap maps this to a close icon for dismissing content like modals and alerts.

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