HTML entity for check mark

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Is there an HTML entity for a check mark?

green checkmark

I've searched for it in various html entities cheat sheets but didn't find it

Darren Wainwright · Accepted Answer · 2017-06-14T20:23:12.960

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Something like this?

✔

if so, type the HTML ✔

And ✓ gives a lighter one:

✓

edited Jun 14 '17 at 20:23

answered Nov 01 '12 at 19:19

Darren Wainwright

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Where did you find this? I'm looking for a different entity, but in the same family. – Andrew Fox Jan 19 '16 at 06:02
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Googling would have given you all you need (HTML Entities) - I.E http://www.freeformatter.com/html-entities.html and http://www.danshort.com/HTMLentities/?w=dingb , for example :) – Darren Wainwright Jan 19 '16 at 13:33

ndp · Answer 2 · 2013-09-08T02:19:00.430

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Here are a couple: http://www.amp-what.com/unicode/search/check%20mark

&#x2713 &#x2714

edited Sep 08 '13 at 02:19

answered Nov 01 '12 at 19:20

ndp

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I appreciated this answer because it explains the difference between ✔ and ✓ Thanks! – KSev Mar 18 '14 at 23:40
Can we get a checkmark in HTML that doesn't look like Comic Sans? Is that too much to ask? – Gavin May 08 '14 at 19:03

Dai · Answer 3 · 2017-09-15T05:59:08.880

HTML and XML entities are just a way of referencing a Unicode code-point in a way that reliably works regardless of the encoding of the actual page, making them useful for using esoteric Unicode characters in a page using 7-bit ASCII or some other encoding scheme, ideally on a one-off basis. They're also used to escape the <, >, " and & characters as these are reserved in SGML.

Anyway, Unicode has a number of tick/check characters, as per Wikipedia ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tick_(check_mark) ).

Ideally you should save/store your HTML in a Unicode format like UTF-8 or 16, thus obviating the need to use HTML entities to represent a Unicode character. Nonetheless use: ✔ ✔.

&#x2714;

✔

Is using hex notation and is the same as

$#10004;

(as 2714 in base 16 is the same as 10004 in base 10)

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 01 '12 at 19:19

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There is HTML entity &#10003 but it doesn't work in some older browsers.

answered Nov 01 '12 at 19:19

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HTML entity for check mark

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