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Hey guys, was just looking at this site here http://dropthebit.com/demos/fancy_input/fancyInput.html

see what appears first on the screen ?

an input box with a fancy "hand" character, if you dig the html source , you will see the following:

<span>✌</span>

Where do i find characters awesome like these ??

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✌ Peace, Bro.

It's one of the standard Unicode characters. In this case, U270C or &#9996; ✌

See online Unicode character map for the entire glyph set.

See also Unicode character names.

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gary

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but how would i find ...

Thanks alot ! Smile

but how would i find a unicode character if i did't know its name ??

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Unicode organization

I looked in two areas, symbols and dingbats. I didn't know the name. I thought it was called a peace sign but once I found the glyph, it was a matter of going backward to the name, "victory sign".

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Ok peace Bro !!

ok thanks gary !!! Smile

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hmmmm ... one more question

come across something interesting today:

     template = $('<div><b class="caret">&#8203;</b></div>');

documentation

What does such a character get used for ?

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Space usage …

Is weird and not well supported. I don't know that I've ever used it, but as your reference points out, it can be used for break word control. E.g. "under&#8203;standing" will suggest where the word may be broken:
under
standing

The soft hyphen is a more correct choice, but is very poorly supported.

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ok thanks gary

Thanks gary ! .....