HTML special characters in CSS "content" attribute

Question

I'm trying to add content to something before an item using the CSS :before + content: fields. I want to insert a checkmark (☑), BUT if I use that in the content option, it prints as the literal. How can I tell CSS to make that a checkmark, not the literal string ☑?

Answer 1

Try this:

#target:before {
  content: "\2611";
}