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using HTML-entities for Unicode
Sometimes {{Warning|The current editor on this wiki is NOT unicode safe. Unicode characters will be replaced by ? in the editor. You can copy/paste Unicode into the editor and it will save properly, but you just want a character that is not won't be able to edit the article properly. As a standard letterwork-around, you could view the article in one window and edit the article in another so that will show up in email or a webpageyou can copy/paste back the Unicode characters. For exampleAs a more permanent solution, we made this handy 'Used Car Buying Checklist' without any re using the HTML forms by simply using -entity equivalents until we can make the editor Unicode character for a checkboxsafe.}}
== ? ? ? ==Sometimes you just want a character that is not a standard letter, that will show up in email or a webpage. For example, we made this handy '[[Used car checklist|Used Car Buying Checklist]]' without any HTML forms by simply using the Unicode character for a checkbox.
The standardised Unicode characters that best represent a checkbox are:== ☐ ☑ ☒ ==
?, U+2610 Ballot box?, U+2611 Ballot box with checkIf you don't have The standardized Unicode characters that best represent a Unicode-safe editor you can naturally spell them as ☐ and ☑.checkbox are:
(There is also &#x2610;, U+2610 Ballot box <br>&#x2611;, U+2611 Ballot box with check <br>&#x2612;, U+2612 using an Ballot box with X, ?.)<br>
If you don't have a Unicode-safe editor you can use the HTML entity equivalent:<br>&amp;#x2610; <br>&amp;#x2611; <br>&amp;#x2612; <br> == See also: == [[wp:Checkbox]] [[Fonts]] [[I18NI18n]]
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