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

I prefer Font Awesome: http://fortawesome.github.io/Font-Awesome/icons/

The icon you would be looking for is fa-times. It's as simple as this to use:

 Close

Fiddle here