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labs / tiddlers / system / cheatsheet / $__Cheatsheet_Cheatsheet_Handy Unicode Characters.md

Some Unicode characters that are occasionally handy:

  • ❭ : ❭

    U+0276D MEDIUM RIGHT-POINTING ANGLE BRACKET ORNAMENT

    Handy as an ornamental separator. Used by <<menu>> macro.

  • ``` : &#96;&#96;&#96;

    Triple back quotes.

    Use with <pre> tags for formatting things like Markdown or WikiText source code.

  • ∕ : &#x2215;

    U+2215 DIVISION SLASH
    Useful for adding a forward slash to a Tiddler title (use the actual character rather than a code) --- it looks very close to a forward slash and should be availabe in most fonts.

  • &#x200B;

    U+200B ZERO WIDTH SPACE

    Useful for preventing the Markdown auto-dingus from converting things like (​c) into ©.

  • @: &#xFF20;

    U+FF20 FULL WIDTH COMMERCIAL AT

    Useful for email addresses that would otherwise be converted into hyperlinks which can cause problems with the very fragile Markdown parser.

  • ☺: &#x263A;

    U+263A WHITE SMILING FACE

  • ☹: &#x2639;

    U+2639 WHITE FROWNING FACE

  • ☐: &#x2610;

    U+2610 BALLOT BOX

  • ☑: &#x2611;

    U+2611 BALLOT BOX WITH CHECK

  • ☒: &#x2612;

    U+2612 BALLOT BOX WITH X

See: https://www.compart.com/en/unicode/block/U+FF00 for half/full width versions of common characters that might be useful when auto-markup features are getting in the way.