title: ✔ and ✘ compatible alternative when lacking font
body: <p>I am trying to make a page which contains the symbols ✔ and ✘.</p>
  
  <p>These are Unicode <code>&amp;#10004;</code> and <code>&amp;#10008;</code> respectively. And it works fine on all my browsers. However, some of my testers report having boxes instead of these symbols, and I found it is due to them not having fonts installed. <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/658044/tick-symbol-in-html-xhtml">Reference</a></p>
  
  <p>My options to make it compatible seem to be restricted to:</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>make the symbols images instead</li>
  <li>find a suitable, more compatible, symbol to use instead.</li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>I would prefer not to use images, so I am looking for a similar symbol that doesn't require specific fonts. </p>
  
  <p>I am therefore looking for advice, which symbols do not require specific fonts, as I wasn't able to find that info online. (I was unaware that these required them before)</p>
  
  <p>Any alternative solutions are also welcome. </p>