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CSS

Posted by Chris Wiley
Chris Wiley
11,327 Points

Where does the phone icon come from in the video?

In the CSS Foundations, Advanced Selectors, ::before and ::after segment the content code: "\2706"; is used. Where does that number come from? It is not included in the .img file like the PDF was. And I didn't hear an explanation for it.

2 Answers

Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points
Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points

thats the unicode character code for a "telephone location sign" symbol. see this for more info. you dont need to have an image file for it, its a unicode character.

Chris Wiley
Chris Wiley
11,327 Points

Thanks for the quick answer! I suspected it was something like that. The \ threw me off though. Does that work in place of the U+ part of the unicode when calling up characters and symbols?

Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points
Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points

yes the "\XXXX" is the general format for unicode characters in your css

Chris Wiley
Chris Wiley
11,327 Points
Chris Wiley
Chris Wiley
11,327 Points

Roger that! Thanks again for the guidance. The link was quite helpful.