Technical information

Symbol
NameStress outlined star
Unicode numberU+2729
CategoryStars
DescriptionThe Unicode character ✩, or U+2729, is known as the "Stress Outlined White Star". It falls under the "Dingbats" block and is categorized as a "Symbol, Other" in the Unicode standard. This symbol is an outlined version of a traditional five-pointed star, usually depicted with empty space in the center. It is often used to highlight or draw attention to a particular piece of text, or as a decorative symbol in various visual designs or publications. Its use can vary widely depending on the context, but it's often associated with notions of quality, importance, or special significance.

Encoding

HTML Entity✩
HTML Entity (hex)✩
URL Escape Code%E2%9C%A9
UTF-8 (hex)0xE2 0x9C 0xA9
UTF-8 (binary)11100010:10011100:10101001
UTF-160x2729
UTF-320x00002729

Source Code

C, C++, and Java"\u2729"
CSS Code\2729
JavaScript"\u2729"
Perl\x{2729}
Python 2u"\u2729"
Python 3\u2729
Ruby\u{2729}

Preview

This Unicode character looks like this ✩ in sentence and in bold like this and in italic like this .

Font size:

12px
16px
20px
28px
36px
48px
72px

CSS Property: font-weight

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HTML Forms and Input

input
disabled input
input-group
select
button
button

Code examples in HTML and CSS

<span>&#10025;</span>

            
span {
    content: "\2729";
}

The symbol in different fonts

-apple-system
Apple Color Emoji
Arial
BlinkMacSystemFont
Courier New
Georgia
Droid Sans
Helvetica
Noto Sans
Oxygen
Roboto
"Segoe UI"
sans-serif
Segoe UI Emoji
Segoe UI Symbol
system-ui
Times New Roman
Ubuntu
Verdana

References