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Geometric shapes and miscellaneous symbols

Below is a table of the geometric shapes and miscellaneous symbol character codes with both names and entity codes for each. Also in the table is an indication of which browsers each of the entity codes work for (the name codes don't always work when the entity codes do). A key is provided below the table if you don't understand the browser selection.

Description: The character codes for the geometric shapes and miscellaneous symbols character set
Entity Name Description Example Internet Explorer 6+ Netscape 4 Mozilla and Netscape 6+ Opera 6+ MSN TV (WebTV) Konqeuror 3.0+
◊  ◊  Lozenge  ◊  Yes  No  Yes  Yes  No  Yes 
♠  ♠  Spade suit symbol  ♠  Yes  No  Yes  Yes  No  No 
♣  ♣  Club suit symbol  ♣  Yes  No  Yes  Yes  No  No 
♥  ♥  Heart suit symbol  ♥  Yes  No  Yes  Yes  No  No 
♦  ♦  Diamond suit symbol  ♦  Yes  No  Yes  Yes  No  No 

Key to table

The browser icons are explained in the below list:
Internet Explorer 6+ = Microsoft Internet Explorer 6+
Netscape 4 = Netscape Communicator 4
Mozilla and Netscape 6+ = Mozilla and Netscape Navigator 6+
Opera 6+ = Opera 6+
MSN TV (WebTV) = MSN TV (aka. WebTV)
Konqeuror 3.0+ = Konqueror 3.0+