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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 Buying Checklist' without any HTML forms by simply using the Unicode character for a checkbox.
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:
== ☐ ☑ ☒ ==
 
 
 
The standardized Unicode characters that best represent a checkbox are:


?, U+2610 Ballot box
?, U+2610 Ballot box
?, U+2611 Ballot box with check
?, U+2611 Ballot box with check
If you don't have a Unicode-safe editor you can naturally spell them as ☐ and ☑.
?, U+2612 Ballot box with X


(There is also U+2612 using an X, ?.)
If you don't have a Unicode-safe editor you can naturally spell them as ☐ ☑ and &#x2612.


See also: [[wp:Checkbox]] [[Fonts]] [[I18N]]
== See also ==
[[wp:Checkbox]] [[Fonts]] [[I18n]]


[[Category:Fonts]]
[[Category:Fonts]]